An old scanned pic
Door ek gaon hai,
Wahan thandi chaon hai,
Behti nadiya hai,
Jana hai nadiya ke paar…
[Some of these pics are clicked by my bro, and if someday he stumble upon this blog, he’s gonna sue me for using his pictures. So i am giving him the credit here. Please don’t mind bro… all in the family.]
thoughts, anecdotes and snapshots stumbled upon
frightfully wondrous things happen here.
thoughts and tips on my favorite things in life :)
sapiosexual,Writing and reading is aphrodisiac for me.This blog is my peaceful village which is far from cruel world.I meditate under the trees of words here
Running and life: thoughts from a runner who has been around the block
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Serene and enticing! Beautiful place it is,. 🙂
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It surely is… I knew you would like it!
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Of course! Any one will.
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You live in heaven on earth Mona 🙂
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Thats my native place..i don’t live there anymore. but i do live nearby in another place which is as much beautiful as this.
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🙂
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You live in paradise. Thank you for the amazing photos.
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The pleasure is all mine. 🙂
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Wow!! Which place is this Mona?
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This is my hometown, Pithoragarh. Its in Uttarakhand. Also called mini Kashmir, located near Nepal.
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ITS BEAUTIFUL!!
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What beautiful mountain views! :-0
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I miss this MOna! you refreshed my memories! I miss the Trishul! the snow peaked himalayas! the ranges, the cheed ke ped, ka phal, bal mithai, walking on the lanes,slipping thru those jungles full of scatterd dried fir leaves…still looks awesome,,every place of kumaon and grahwal
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Well i miss those things too…its been 2 years since i last went to Pithoragarh. These are old pics, but yes i am closer to the place than you. We can never forget the things you have mentioned here, bal mithai, cheed k ped, running through the valleys, those were wonderful days, beautiful moments. I had a lovely childhood in our kumaon, the life i had, oh i can never forget that.I’ve many pictures, i’ll keep posting them, of all the things you’ve written about, that’s a promise. 🙂 That’s the only thing i can do.
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and that will be much pleasure to me! i have all the old photos at mom’splace,so when I go next there i will surely scan and post them ..my college days in kumaon!
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I’ll wait for you to post those pics, i hope you’ll have pictures from Ranikhet, as i don’t have any, i want to see that place.
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yes dear! I have lots of them from Ranikhet, even from Binsar,kausani,chaukhutia..I went to almost all the places b4 we left ranikhet,nainital,kainchi…. actually I even took my husband and kid there for a vaction few years back to show them all the ones ,my college .
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What a beautiful landscape ..thanks for sharing these pictures from several thousand miles away from here. I wonder if you ever have snow? We’re almost drowning in it right now 😉
Greetings from Germany, Ocean
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The last pic has snow… but it doesn’t snow so heavily here as at your place. Only the himalayan ranges get enormous amount of snow, as for the town, the amount is really less.Loved your pictures of the snow, i wish to witness something like that someday. 🙂
Have a great day ahead… cheers.
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So happy with these scenes ! They made me dream,really!
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May all your dreams come true… 🙂
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Unbelievably beautiful scenery, and you captured it very well!
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Thank you… 🙂
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hi Mona
They are amazing clicks i just kept looking at them . You know i just went through your gravatar profile . And it just felt like i read about myself. I am a writer by choice. Engineer not really by compusion but by trend which most of the people followed. Since you like reading and writing. Have look at my blog i am sure yo will love it.
http://shwetalfoundhappiness.wordpress.com/2012/12/09/signs-of-time
http://shwetalfoundhappiness.wordpress.com/2012/11/30/emotions-good-bad-ugly
http://shwetalfoundhappiness.wordpress.com/2012/11/27/h-u-m-a-n
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Thank you for being here.. i am going through your posts. Love the way you write. I am definetely gonna come back for more.
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thanks i added u on google .. hope you wouldnt mind.. i am planning to write a book … are u in mumbai ?
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Its okay… a book, that’s great. well i am not in mumbai.
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well not a bad idea still… give it thought … i feel quite connected with your blog.. Also please accept my invite on google .. i have become a big fan of your writing … would love to interact with you more…
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Glad that you liked my writing. Engineers particularly feel connected to my blog, i’ve seen that trend. And my name is Mona.
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i am available on whats app as well … can we connect there. ? Also whats your fav choclate , flower and gift would ship them on email…. just read your contact me page 😉
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Also whats your name by the way …
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have a read through other articles as well 🙂
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Just going through them..
How can we team up for a book and a book would be impossible for me.I don’t think i’ll be able to contribute for a book. It requires a lot of patience. What’s this all about btw?
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well i havent thought of a title .. its gonna be all about life reality and experiences.. the reason i am asking you to team up with me is i read some of your blog and i believe you have the conviction. And if we team up we can make it success .. see unless we take that first step we wouldnt have the exp and so what if we fall.. after every fall there is a rise .. a rise of victory
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which city you are in by the way… trust me i am very serious about this book… and if you are feeling awckward let me know .. by the i didnt introduce myself. I am Shwetal working for a wall street bank whose indian subsidiary is in Mumbai. Bank of America Merrill Lynch..
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We dont have to publish a 500 page book. We can start of with a 100 or 150 page book .. well to take it further we need to disucss this idea. only after interaction it works out… please dont take this otherwise … you might feel how come such a stranger is ready to team but… i say whatever i feel is correct.
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Do let me know if you would like to team up with me for writing the book i would love to have someone with me to write and contribute to thought process
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are u online on blog or left ? will give you another one to read soon
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amazing! envy u haha xD
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Hey – was just thinking my Manali pictures looking so similar to yours then I saw the comments and realised they were from uttarakhand- aha, that’s why!
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Yes, both from the same state… :-), though i’ve never been to manali.
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rapturous photos. i came to your site because of the beautiful haiku you wrote at all about lemon. an inner wonder woman resides within me. thanks for helping me remember that.
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thank you so much.. i’ve just started writing haiku.. glad to know i was of any help. Don’t ever forget that strong soul inside you!
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Beautiful, beautiful pictures, and words.
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thank you.. 🙂
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Wow ! that’s your hometown ? It’s beautiful !
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Yes it is… thank you.. 😉
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OMG…
I’m gonna be there..
which place is this.. ?
It’s so beautiful…
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Its Pithoragarh, a place in uttrakhand. 🙂 do visit someday…
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I’ll plan to come here in January..
hope my mother allows me….
But I’ll surely visit this place… 🙂
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Amazing!!!!!!!! I just stumbled through it now….gosh! Its L.O.V.E.L.Y.!!!!!!!
Its just a paradise you lived in! ❤
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It was indeed my paradise…i just don’t live there anymore..!
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Hmmm….wish you did…
but great..my heart bounced 12 times while seeing those beautiful pics…(two times for the 4th one…) Loved it!
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I do visit sometimes..i’ll go there after my exams.
Thank god you said 4th one, i clicked that one. few others are by my bro. That’s the himalaya’s view from my village. Someday i’ll get you the whole himalayan range, i hope! 🙂
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Wooow! Thats great! I love these pics…just wish when one day I on my own, I could see these paradise views by my own eyes…cross my fingers….woooo…
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These are lovely.
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thank you..!
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you should be proud of your place ! I wish I could visit those hills one day . . . Lovely!
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I am proud of my hometown. Do come to visit. The photographs didn’t do justice to the actual beauty of the place.
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Beautiful. Have added it to my list of places to go. It is only about 300km from Delhi, but near the Nepali border. Had never thought about there before.
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You must visit the place. You’ll find a lot many beautiful places on the way from Delhi to kumaon..The entire region is beautiful. 🙂
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WOW!
breathtakingly beautiful.. an awesome place.. u are very lucky 🙂
Hope I visit this place someday..
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Yes, i am lucky to spend all my childhood at this place. Its heaven, do visit whenever you get a chance.
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Wow. Great pictures. Nothing as good as having spent your childhood in the lap of nature. These pics urge me to just pack my bags and be there. And I know I’ll be there one day. Thank you for adding one more destination on my list. 🙂
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You are most welcome. Do visit. You won’t be disappointed, infact you’ll get many more places to visit on the way. The whole of Kumaon region is beautiful.
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Reminded me of my visit to Uttarakhand. Amazing Pictures!
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Thank you.. 🙂
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Its an amazing place!!! simply astounding…. You are so lucky!
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As you said in the comments on my blog – this is indeed a beautiful place. We’ll put it on our next agenda!
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Someday soon,I am coming here Mona 🙂
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haha… you are welcome. 🙂 It may seem quite different in reality. It has become over crowded in the last four years since these photos were taken.
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Peace can be found in a fair also 🙂
But at least it won’t be as crowded as the cities 🙂
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Na na..its far better…especially the villages. People have almost deserted them…everyone is busy leaving for towns and big cities. That’s why I love villages…they kinda make me feel peaceful, normal… 😛
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Isliye,I am going to come there ASAP. To take a BIG break from this engineering k nautanki!! 😀
And then,maybe, I might also feel normal for sometime at least 😀
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You live in such a beautiful place. I wish I was staying somewhere in the Himalayan ranges.All my tours and now these amazing pictures here really makes me wanna visit the mountains soon enough. 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
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Ah…how I wish I lived there. It is my home but destiny didn’t let me stay there. I have been away from home for more than a decade now. It is just these pictures that make me feel like a part of home is still alive in me somewhere. 🙂
Thank you for visiting my blog and for all the lovely comments. It means a lot. 🙂
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Anytime Mona. It’s so sad that you had to stay away from this amazing and beautiful valley. Hope for your wishes to be fulfilled. 🙂 🙂 🙂
See you around Mona. 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 It’s all my pleasure. 🙂 🙂 ❤ ❤
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Wow! so beautiful. Love those shots and I think I have seen this page before 🙂
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