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2011 in review

aanondo — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 05:14:33 +0000

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 8,700 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 3 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.

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Amritsar

aanondo — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:55:31 +0000

I will start with my favourite line “Agar maano toh Amrit, nahi toh paani”. Heard this one day at Bangla Sahib, New Delhi many years ago.

The plan to go to Amritsar was on the cards for nearly 3 years now and everytime we decided, something else would come in the way, not in a negative manner, but would prevent us from visiting the city. So maybe this is what was destined.

Here are some highlights of the trip, documented mostly by my tweets from the city along with pictures. I hope the location tags will help future visitors to the city have some good food, if not anything else

am rit sar, will be joined in a while…—
Ananda Gupta (@aanondo) November 12, 2011

marigold fields on either side…—
Ananda Gupta (@aanondo) November 12, 2011

Ambala – chole bature—
Ananda Gupta (@aanondo) November 12, 2011

patiala district… am rits ar—
Ananda Gupta (@aanondo) November 12, 2011

shatabdi air conditioning sucks.—
Ananda Gupta (@aanondo) November 12, 2011

Beas… a mritsa r.—
Ananda Gupta (@aanondo) November 12, 2011

shatabdi air conditioning sucks and no one gives a damn! #indianRailways—
Ananda Gupta (@aanondo) November 12, 2011

amritsar, we are here. now where's the food?—
Ananda Gupta (@aanondo) November 12, 2011

at CJ Intl in amritsar—
Ananda Gupta (@aanondo) November 12, 2011

bharawan da dhaba in amritsar—
Ananda Gupta (@aanondo) November 12, 2011

Bharawan da dhaba is one of the oldest eating joints in Amritsar. This place has the most amazing vegetarian food. Coming from a person who rarely appreciates vegetarian food this is a Veggie paradise.

Then came the shopping spree with Phulkari duppattas and salwars.

Next was the sight we came here for, the Golden Temple -

Day 2

just had the most amazing naan chole at Succha Singh on Maqbool Rd in Amritsar.—
Ananda Gupta (@aanondo) November 13, 2011

Punjabi jutti at Raunak near the Gol Chakkar.—
Ananda Gupta (@aanondo) November 13, 2011

ram lubhya ke aam papad and churan, a must when in amritsar.—
Ananda Gupta (@aanondo) November 13, 2011

last stop, paan opp the main post office.—
Ananda Gupta (@aanondo) November 13, 2011

back to delhi—
Ananda Gupta (@aanondo) November 13, 2011

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Random Pics

aanondo — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 02:39:08 +0000

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Durga Puja 2011

aanondo — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 08:37:44 +0000

Here are some pictures from this year’s Puja in Delhi. Most of the pictures are from the last day (navami). We started at 10:30pm and went across town until 3:00am.

Durga Puja

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Glass House On The Ganges

aanondo — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 19:30:26 +0000

Glass House On The Ganges, originally uploaded by aanondo.

A panoramic view from the veranda

Some more pictures here -

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150392080585625.410300.579590624&l=12a283427e&type=1

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