Cycle Rack - Amtrak

Cycle rack - Amtrak Capitol Corridor via my D50

Being Green

I see a lot of people driving their bicycles to work. Very admirable quality I feel.

This is the cycle rack in the 'Amtrak' train that goes from Sacramento to San Jose.

'CAPITOL CORRIDOR' is the name of the route.

What am I doing here ?

I have a train pass and I take Amtrak to work whenever possible !

Being Green - Everyone can do their part !

We have only one home - EARTH

Let's take care of it !

The White Tiger - Piece of Art !

Photo courtesy: WWW

Anger - That was my emotion when I finished Arvind Adiga's

'The White Tiger' a few weeks back. Angry at the society, politicians and everything else that drove that story to the finish.

Empathy - That was my emotion when I finished 'The Kite Runner' a few days back. Too emotional that I had to skip a few pages in the closing chapters !!

Both 'The White Tiger' and 'The Kite Runner' are amazing books. They definitely deserve all the praises/prizes that has been showered upon them.

First 'White Tiger':

It's a shame that I didn't read enough reviews of this wonderful novel by my fellow bloggers. Bloggers who usually cover John Grisham, Chetan Bhagat and the likes.

Bloggers who read and write about books glorifying the homeland. Bloggers who write about Bill Gates and Steve Jobs !

For some weird reason they have all ignored reading this wonderful novel, or for some reason never wrote about how good the book is !

This book is 100% fact...though it's wonderfully woven into a great story. Not sure if the author was angered by the happenings in the society..but that's what it looks like to me. My blood pressure was definitely higher that 120/80 as I read thru this story !

One of my fellow Desi blogger mentioned - PEOPLE FEEL THAT THE BOOK WAS WRITTEN FOR THE WEST ! What a shame. So much of ignorance I thought.

Every Indian, every young and old Indian alike must read this book..read it loud 100 times ! I wish they translate this wonderful book into the other Indian languages.

I wish I could meet with Mr.Arvind Adiga, to shake his hands for a great story.

Santa Cruz CA - Worldwide Photo Walk

I had a wonderful experience at the Worldwide photo walk last Saturday.

Santa Cruz, CA was the venue.

I've uploaded my pictures to FLICKR.

Please click here to see my pictures

All the pictures were shot with my Nikon D50 and a Nikon 18-200 VR lens.

IMC6 San Jose - Sucks

Desis living in the Bay Area have the misfortune of patronizing two of the dirtiest movie theaters in town.

Both these theaters are pathetic when it comes to cleanliness and quality.

It's a shame that these theaters charge the same money charged by the local movie theaters, that excel in cleanliness and technicals.

I had the misfortune of watching a wonderful movie 'Achamundu Achamundu' at IMC6 today, with audio from only one speaker. Yeah, a 2009 movie, technically supposed to be really good...with audio from the front speaker(s) only !!

When I went and complained to the manager around half-time, he told me that's how the movie is. After the show, I gave the manager a loud lecture about the pathetic audio ( which he accepted now !! ), only to be watched by fellow Tamil desis...none of whom even bothered to open their mouth.

Maybe the other desis in town are rich ..I don't know! Maybe they are absolutely clueless when it comes to sound quality...I don't know !

For me , spending 10$ a ticket in a lousy theater is unacceptable !

We are supposed to be Intelligent...aren't we?