Blog: Travel log: The Only Planet

GHURNI: Putul gali - Putulpatti Ghurni is a neighbourhood of Krishnanagar in Nadia district. From Calcutta if you take a Train, broad gauge, basically from shealdah station you will reach by 2 hours 22min and may be plus 30 more min if delayed. but if you take...

Series - 3 - Chinese Fishing Net these nets have a combination of a crab and crane carrying garbage.  The Chinese fishing nets of Fort Cochin, from Das Buch der Welt, Stuttgart, 1842-48 - courtesy wikipediaFishing looking up is what the experience is:...

Series - 2 - M M ORCHESTRA --> The thing is we get attracted to a place which 'Pleases' our eyes because we have been fed with these info'S (from childhood more in a art school)- and our brain like a magnet goes and gets pulled and tries to attach itself - broken...

Series - 1 - Church for Twins. Gervasis and Prothasis Forane Church, Kothanalloor, 14th Dec 2012 Info:  The church of Ss. Gervasis and Prothasis (Kantheesangal) is situated enroute from Kottayam via Vaikom toErnakulam (Kochi): from Ettumannoor seven...

Lukla to Lukla: 14th april and 28th April 2012 Series – 4: how to make Khukhuri Rum The horse takes the evil away with the help of the wind. Thats what these flag and the sound says. Dudh kosi river - the river which we almost half way through followed was white...

Lukla to Lukla: 14th april and 28th April 2012 Series – 3: 30kg Up the Hill - Porter burdenSummer most imp for the Pahadi people, which is also a fav time for all the trekkers - what you see is - things going up - food cloths all storage for winter like Gas and also...

Lukla to Lukla: 14th april and 28th April 2012 Series – 2: Lukla to Gokyo-reRoute: Lukla - North east of Nepal-Situated at 2,860 metres (9,383 ft)Phakding - on the bank of Dudh kosi(river like white milk) river valley - 2800 metres 9186 ftNamche Bazar - 3450...

Lukla to Lukla: 14th april and 28th April 2012 Series – 1: Beyul Khumbu If your knees and lungs are strong you should once in your lifetime trek to Gokyo-re. Of course you shouldn’t have high altitude problems. In our 10 member group there where 3 specialised doctors...

Ramohalli, Bangalore - 2012Dodda Aalada Mara - Big Banyan treeinfo: This single plant covers 3 acres (12,000 m2) and is one of the largest of its kind. It is said to be at least 400 years oldAddress: Tavarekere Hobli, Bangalore, Karnataka  When i was a kid,...

Bangalore: 2009 Ustad Kayangadi Papanna's Massage Institute, Chickpet Bangalore. Info: Since 1860.  This is in Akkipet Main Road, Near Cottenpet Hospital, in Chickpet.  a little after Tawakkal Mastan DargahIf i want to translate the above address it...

Berlin Wall:In 2010 i went to Berlin as a tourist - i saw the wall is been celebrated as a touristy item. Tourists die to see the wall. i think they feel in their life the loss of not seeing the actually functional wall -- at-least one glimpse will satisfy their...

Baroda: April 2013Dhundiraj Ganpati Temple, BarodaInfo: 160 years old This temple is located in the heart of Wadi areaDifficult to find - it is in a interior galiOpen to publc from morn 8am to noon and 8pm to 10pm. The temple was built by Gopalrao...

 Of Panorama duration: 10min watercolour based animation year 2012 Silent film The film is about the story of migration of landscape - the politics of landscape - and negotiations of space. It takes you through the 20th century and enters 21st century with the...

Project Cinema City and Kowdi invite you to the Preview of WHEN SHANKAR NAG COMES ASKING Documentary, Kannada with English subtitles, 70 min, 2012, IndiaDate: 24th November, Saturday, 4pmVenue: National Gallery of Modern Art, BengaluruManikyavelu Mansion, 49 Palace...

Project Cinema City                      Research Art & Documentary Practices2012National Gallery of Modern Art Ministry of Culture, Government of IndiaMajlispresentsCurator–Producer Madhusree...

On behalf of National Gallery of Modern Art and Majlis we cordially invite you to the opening of exhibition Project Cinema City: Research Art and Documentary Practices on 19th May 2012, 6.00pm at NGMA Mumbai. The exhibition commemorates 100 years of Indian cinema....

Zerox me - why somebody should zerox me? Xerox company also tried stopping people using the word "xerox" shouldn't be used in adv or in a public space as it is a name of the company and not a dictionary word. and whoever wants to use has to pay hugely to the...

Copy Masterji,Khoj, Khidkee Village, New Delhi.Trial of Fashion and Art.1st Feb to 29th Feb 2012.Tried to blend between fashion and art? but the larger question is what is that? is it coming out of the same branch? if fashion is not Art and is entertainment - that...

How do you fail?I used to know how to fail when I was a kid. Class 5 failed in 3 subjects - repeated the year. My mom putting my notebooks in front and back and below Ganeshji, but nothing helped - I repetitively failed. One day before the results my mom would pray “...

Today i understood the word: Plagiarism which means: wrongful appropriation or you can say: The practice of Taking someone Else's work or idea and passing them off as ones own. it can also mean kidnapper. I am totally in love with this word. who all claim they...

The Funda of the ID Card. ID card in India means: Drivers license, Voters card, domicile certificate, Ration Card and Passport or pan card. If you don’t have any of the then? If I failed in my driving test then? If I fail to buy a car or any vehicle then? If failed...

For the Art and fashion residency in Khoj i have many ideas - hope i could vote and  If i could perfectly copy designs and known as a copy artist (not copy cat) would be so relaxing.This month i would like to try and see if i could learn how to copy ideas,...

5th feb 2012Went to three markets: Sarojini nagar Market, Dilli Hart and Lajpat nagar market.i Think khoj has given us funds to do some shopping.Sarojini nagar looks like fashion street of Bombay but it isnt - In bombay too it has changed, in the 90's it was more...

1st feb to 5th feb 2012 5th day in Delhi for Art and fashion - as mithu and bhavana would say it is more of FaSion. still dont know what i am suppose to do and why i am here. Is it Fashion or trend or style? Is it textile or clothing? Can it be object...

Dear Friends,By now you must be all aware about the extent of our friend and artist Dhali Al Mamoon's injuries from the road accident that took the lives of Tareque Masud and Mishuk Munier as well as three others. He is suffering from massive injuries in the ribs,...

been lazy-- writing this from a month. new year finished, art summit finished and now jan 2011 will finish anyways 2011 when we have the first Skoda girl --i have been thinking of giving away few awards in Archanadevis name. atleast let me nominate few likings and...

BAGHAL (Princely State)AREA: 311 km2PRIVY PURSE: 18,700RACCESSION: 15th April 1948STATE: Himachal Pradesh DYNASTY:  Baghalia (Parmar)RELIGION:  HinduVILLAGES: 457POPULATION: 25,720 (1901) CAPITAL: ArkiRajkumar Virendra Singh(b1934)Rajkumar of Baghal's 5th...

Tourism in Switzerland, A swiss lady said I can compete with Shilpa Shetty, after Shilpa Shetty i suit their mountains. Luzernon the trainLuzerntraincable carlast day of my tripmy cycle map which got stolen in the end.cycle route signs aarua, arre riveron the way to...

The Bicycle Diaries
A report 
Archanadevi Travels sponsors the cycle tour in SwitzerlandFew pages from the dairy: 20th June, 2010 ---  Raining like madcycle maps ... raincoat ... bags ... waterproof covers for bags ... food ... bungee ropes ... cycle pants ......

April and May 2010, it is late to update but still better than nothing. purchased a 18gears cycle and it is fantastic, thou it gave me too much problem many times but still. bangalore roads are good to practice for a good cycle trip in swiz. it is blady hilly. i dont...

it is been an mind blowing experience cant belive i am in this top. tomorrow i go to see titlies but not cycling just on a rope way. and then down down and down what a lexury.

thun to bonigen (close to interlaken) indians and japanese rulling -equals like bhai bhaithe city quite ordinary. frds told me there will be vada pav stall but dint see any. the way pass through the thun lake fantastic cant explain. full report later. one indian story...

4th day of my cycle tour in switzerland. bern to Thun cycle route no 8 and a local route- 35 klmmind blowing ride..as i dint follow the map i followed the river and it took me through fatantastic forests and country side with no cars and truck. atlast i know few...

3nd day of my cycle tour in switzerland. Burgdorf to bern cycle route no 34 and a local route- 25klmrelaxed, got up late. cycle now repaired --it is going super. dagmar and family prepared a good lunch. dagmar cycled with me half way--so i think i did pretty well....

as i am updating my blog after teh cycle trip with body pain and all the computer here understand german so whatever i type looks to be a spelling mistake--but please read in german it will look good.

2nd day of my cycle tour in switzerland. Aarua to Burgdorf cycle route no 8 and no 5 aare river route, and route no 44 --80klmi feel like a rag now. today the morning was perfect the camera started working and balz gave me another camera too his 10 yrs sons. so now i...

FISRT day of my cycle tour in switzerland. Zurich to Aarua cycle route no 66 and no 5, 55klmas ususal luck was not with me sp in the morning i took out my cycle which was completely dressed up. came out of the appartment and the door got locked-- with all my things...

Hindu weds Christian-- part – 2The Institution of a marriage, its theory, its rigid conservativeness, its history/geography remains same if you marry the same caste + language or be a dare devil and go for love marriage or inter-multi lingual or religion....XXX(name...

Archana Devi Travels Presents Choudhuri BariArchana Devi’s Chamber3rd, 4th ,5th may 2010

this is an interval --  Hindu weds christian part 2 coming soon....Bangalore this kitten has adopted my parents garden and my studio veranda.posing, playing, hiding, shying from the camera

  Hindu weds Christian-- part - 1 This story I have traced of my “sub-conciseness”. Why suddenly the need to dig and get what is inside the conscious mind and sub- conscious mind? There are few reasons to this sudden awareness:I just attended, no actually got my...

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