On our way to the Himalayan Paradise Khajjiar, Nikhil and I stopped at Jalandhar to halt the journey and met up with my school chum, Nikhil. He came over to the hotel and after dinner we chatted and played some songs. Here’s a (grainy) video I shot of Nikhil (the guitarist!) playing guitar and singing…
Category: Anecdotes
After sending an Independence Day SMS to my sister in law, I realized that I should post this video of Capt. Lal reciting some Urdu Poetry during another one of our Sher o Shayri evenings that we enjoyed last year. He starts off with a patriotic poem by Bismil Allahabadi, a great freedom fighter and…
My trip to Khajjiar, which is still etched in my memory presented paradise in its own way. Here is a video Nikhil made while we made our trek to the top of the Kalatop Forest. It was a pretty dense forest full of many kinds of animals though we were only able to spot a…
Here is a video I made from the car as we drove thru clouds and mist during my trip to Khajjiar. If you have not seen the photos, click here for a journey thru the vivid dreamland. I highly recommend this place if you’re thinking of taking a vacation in the mountains. There are hardly…
Nikhil and I finally made our Himalayan journey and spent 4 days in Khajjiar, also known as the Mini Switzerland of India. The journey to the place was simply fabulous right from Dalhousie, another hill station. The clouds were right with us and the roads, trees and everything else looked fascinating. Both of our cameras…
With this song, All of my memories, Justin and I ended our dinner musical at Mr. Keedy’s on April 6th. I guess it was a perfect song to end the evening as I parted ways with MVU. It’s a song about moving on in search of unknown as we talk about it in the video….
I am on my way to Himalayas this weekend to feel the mist, the mountains, and the peace that comes with it. Hopefully the staleness that has crept within me will melt away as I spend my extended stay in India. The places I will be visiting are Kausani, Almora, Dwarahat (in search of Babaji’s…
Here is a song that I recorded on April 8th, the day I moved out of my Lansing apartment. I spent almost four and a half years there and have many memories of the times I spent there. It is a very old song, probably from the 40s. This is Slim Whitman’s version. You may…
This morning my father showed an article about me in the state newspaper while turning pages as we both sat sipping morning tea. A correspondent had contacted me a few months ago expressing interest to do a story on me. I didn’t really think he’d come through with it. I guess my India visit has…
I have been working at MVU since September 2002 when I was still a student. I have had some great moments working here and met and gotten close to some great folks. Today the staff threw a surprise “goodbye get-together” for me. They presented me with a gift card and a portable MP3 player. It…