Parents @ Delhi(Visit to Akshardham)


My parents have shifted their venue of their quarrel from Chennai to Delhi for this month. Im having real problems in eating home made food nowadays, for which im scorned. My long stint in Delhi had totally isolated me from all those silly southee culture and food and is taking the toll before my parents as i insist them to eat all those rotis, and kebabs.

This weekend in order to shut down their mouth i had to take them to shopping in Sarojini Nagar market(i dont know what junks they bought) as i was happily sucking a Kulfi and watching the Chicks out there, leaving them inside the shops. My mom enjoyed the Lassi and the Paneer Pakoda @ the foot hills of Sarojini Nagar flyover kai endhi bhavan. Then by evening we decided to visit Akshardham Temple.

Akshardham is spread across 100 acres of land near the banks of Yamuna and the new Common Wealth games stadiums. I was awestruck with the intricate carvings of the ceiling and entrance. I spent nearly 2-3 hours walking in and out of the corridor...It is so huge that you cant see it in 1 or 2 hours. I would recommend seeing the link for the details. There are three Dwara's(doors) to enter the temple, each made on different theme for eg. one is Mayur dwara where carvings of about 1000 Peacocks are in place. Then there is a small fountain with the feet of the Swami(quite a bigger one..may be his feet in Vishwarooopa) betwee the two dwaras. Taking a right from the dwaras u enter the main temple which houses the garbagraha(main idol).

The main temple is awesome. Seems the cult gives importance to animals and trees more than Humans(which i liked very much) so any carving you take will have an elephant(special importance), monkeys, peacocks etc. One cannot imagine how these quixotic carvings were completed within a span of 5 years. One will be astonished how they did some 3-D carvings in the cielings inside the main temple. One who visits Delhi shouldnt go without seeing this temple, irrespective of whatever religion.

We reached there by 5 Pm and watched the Aarti there and waited till dusk so that we experience the exhilarating experience of seeing the Sunset from there and beautiful lightings around the Marble structure. Although the sun set besides the Indraprastha Gas Factory :)..it was good to watch it from inside this structure. The monument is a jewel during the night with its lightings and water fountains.

Entry is free to the temple but there are other entertainments like Musical Fountain, 3D film depicting the life of this swami,Library etc. I had visited the same temple in Gandhinagar and this one is its big brother. Dont miss this one when in Delhi, good place for hang out too if you have gf/bf.

Thinking like terrorist...

Seeing the way how terrorists have operated in Varanasi, their next target might be either an school or an hospital. that would be sufficient enough to trigger a jerk in the government. I recently read an article(propably in BBC) which states that War against terror has just started in India. But we had been facing the terrorists for the past 50 years, may be the article referred the trouble because of the newborn Indian affinity with the US. The best way to tackle terrorism is to get those folks a job in an Indian IT company and put them in bench(so that they die of real frustration and excess caffine consumption).

Deemed universities Vs Students in Tamil Nadu

Seems it is a rough weather for Eng. students in Tamilnadu Deemed universities, as their BTech degrees offered were termed unapproved by AICTE. I have lots of student friends who had invested a lot to get a seat in these univs. and they are happy abt this sudden vacation as they got their next semester started without any vacations

Though UGC has recognized these deemed univ's, AICTE has sent a notice stating that BTech/MTech degrees should get accredited by them by March 7th, and their fight is in the Supreme court. Now this has angered the student community when they came to know that their degree is not approved.
Being an Engineer i know what an AICTE approval means, just give an extra suitcase and get things done, without even a visit by an official to the college u can get an approval, just show some big lab and land space in papers and say they are coming up soon(like our Indian Highways/Flyovers). I would rather state that ANNA university's norms are much stricter than AICTE and i have seen colleges trying hard to wont to the strict norms of them.(that is how this deemed university status became an escape route for the colleges which didnt want to come under Anna university/AICTE control)

With elections around the corner in TN, i think any of the opposition parties will take this students issue for its political mileage, as there had been no communal violence for the past 5 years.

Sufi Festival @ Delhi

This weekend there is going to be a Sufi music concert at Humayun's Tomb,Delhi. Though still trying for a ticket, it is sure that it will be an wonderful event as many music legends from Pakistan and India are going to perform under a single roof. Also there is a concert from Shubha Mugdal in Chanakyapuri...still figuring out the venue as it is a free entrance.