Gateway To India: The India Gate is a majestic high arch, 42 meters high, built as a memorial to the Indian soldiers killed in the World War I. From the base of the arch one can get a good view of the Rashtrapati Bhavan.


Metro Ride to Red Fort: Shown below is the Red Fort. One of the most spectacular pieces of Mughal Architecture built by the Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan. And below, Delhi's Metro Rail. The key feature of this rail system is that its ticketing and passenger control is completing automated. You simply buy a ticket and mind you, its not paper based, its a coin which you swipe to get access to the platform and at your destination,the same coin is used to get you out of the platform. I shall add some more snaps on the metro soon.

Little Italy: I don't quite fancy mexican food and I assume Italian food would be on similar grounds. With this prejudiced mind, when I was offered the choice of visiting a new Italian restaurant in Hyderabad, I had my reservations, didn't want to spoil the weekend with food I taught myself to dislike.
Little Italy has opened a new branch in Hyderabad after having its outlets in Mumbai,Pune and Goa. My first impressions of the restaurant gave it a 6/10. There were less of bright lights making the atmosphere a very soothing one, add to it the music setting just the right mood for a relaxing friday evening.
Well, there's more.........and that shall be coming up soon.......

Golconda: This is the ruins from the Golconda Fort. Its said to have initially been a mud fort only to be later built by stone by the Qutub Sahi's. One of the fascinating things of this fort is the intellegence used throughout to protect itself from external attack. To give you one such example, there is a place close to the Fateh Darwaza where by if a person claps, its sound can be heard about a kilometre away at the Bala Hisar pavillion, the place where the Kings would gather to work, they say it was used in those days to alert the King if any danger was near.
If you have heard the saying' Even the walls have ears' too often and didn't know what it really meant, come over here to Golconda and you can witness this fact. There is a room in the fort, where if you place your ears on one side of the room, a person speaking to the wall on the other side of the room can hear it too.

Charm Me:The Charminar in Hyderabad, is a massive arch built by Mohammed Quli Qutab Shah, in 1591 to commemorate the end of the plague in the city.

Raj's Kahani:I have travelled on a number of long distance buses, but the experience I had with one such bus last Sunday was quite unique. Here is a service meant to raise standards in the way long distance buses travel, here are some of the unique points I noticed about this bus service

• Seats in the bus are much lesser than the normal Volvo bus which means more leg room
• When the TV plays, it does not blare into your ears and wake you if you wish to sleep. Simply plug in the earplugs provided with each seat and voila, better personal sound and no disturbance for the non-movie buff. Besides, the bus has an lcd monitor in the center of the bus to help passengers in the back seats to get a good view of the movie.
• When was the last time you needed a boarding pass to enter a bus, probably never needed one, but then Raj National Express is different. So when you book a seat for yourself, you get a boarding pass too just like the one you get in a plane.
• Just before you exit city limits, a lady announces over the mike, the time the journey is going to take and expected arrival time.
• On the bus, you are given a water bottle, blanket (which you can take home) and a utlility pouch that contains a wet towel, sweets and a cover for your eyes to ensure you have good sleep.
• And finally, according to the website the drivers are totally nonalchoholic and go through testing periodically. Quite appreciative.
  

Muscle Man: The Chevrolet Impala at the Vintage Car rally.

Sing Along: A car from the stable of 'Singer' was recently seen at the Vintage Car Rally held in Hyderabad. The rally took off from Charminar and ended at Securendabad Club.


Austin Powers: An Austin Mini-Cooper being displayed at the Car Rally.