PHOTOS

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Connecticut, at Amruta's Place


Amruta's Place
Me and Amruta at her place in Connecticut. The heart in the background is not her's :-)

Amruta's Place
Manna wanted some close up shots !

Amruta's Place
And there he is. He not just looks mexican but now he talks like one too.

Amruta's Place
And here is Amruta cooking some delicious food. Thats the real reason we went ... in hindsight that is.

Amruta's Place
This is what we devoured ! Yummm ...

Snapshots


Sagar
Sagar's Engagement !! Kasla full on snap ahe ... totally avadla.

Sagar
Totally surrounded by babes. Why is it that all the babes flock to you only you are actually engaged ?!!

Family
Aai, Baba , Tai ani Me

ME
A very old photo of mine. And of the house as it used to look ages back.
The other guy is kachru :-)

Aai Baba
That is my mom and dad.

Tai, aai, baba
Mom and dad with my sister here. This one is taken when they had gone to visit her .. thats why i am not there in the pic !!

Tai
And this one is the three of them , with some of her friends there.

Sea World, San Diego


SeaWorld
On the way to San Diego. Pallavi, Viraj, Madhura, Abhijeet ani Me

SeaWorld
In the hotel room in San Diego. Getting some effects in.

SeaWorld
Restaurant in Gas Lamp District. Viraj, Pallavi, Tai ani Me.

SeaWorld
Me tai ani ek dolphin at SeaWorld.

SeaWorld
The guy and the Sea Lion are checking out the people :-)

SeaWorld
This show was just too good. Sea Lions are rather intellegient creatures.

SeaWorld
The Sea Lion gets finally gets the mermaid. Sigh ...

SeaWorld
Shamu. Doing his lap round the pool.

SeaWorld
And thats a full shot of him. He is a killer whale.

SeaWorld
The trainer with him.

SeaWorld
And he is no where near full grown.

SeaWorld
A Dolphin in a water tank.

SeaWorld
And me outside it

SeaWorld
Dolphin feeding time.

SeaWorld
You can even touch them. Its pretty amazing.

SeaWorld
The guy is performing before the dolphins come on.

SeaWorld
And here is one of them !!

SeaWorld
Tai with a manatee.

SeaWorld
Me with the same one, but i dont like light.

SeaWorld
The final frontier. Sharks .

SeaWorld
The solitary white whale.

SeaWorld
Isnt he totally cuddly ?!

SeaWorld
I wanted to get him back home with me

SeaWorld
Almost managed to touch him too

SeaWorld
There is the whole gang.

New York ... Trip to the Museum of Modern Arts


NY MOMA
At the New Brunswick Train Station. Me, Monica and Arzoo

NY MOMA
Monica with the Starry Night

NY MOMA
A view into the NY Skylines from MOMA. I have a feeling that MOMA actully built those buildings so that this view came out so good !

NY MOMA
Times Square !! The eternal favourite photo .. though this one's not exactly perfect.

NY MOMA
The other side of times square. Me and Arzoo.

NY MOMA
And yet another side. Me and monica. Sorry ... dont have the fourth side of the square :-(

Coorg


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Coorg

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Coorg

Coorg

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Sivana Samudrum


Sivana Samudrum
Just got to that place. We were something like 2kms from it now.

Sivana Samudrum
I love the clouds in both these photos.From left to right, that me, sachin (our guide), naveen, pavan, pavan and durgesh.

Sivana Samudrum
Somewhere on top of one of the many waterfalls.

Sivana Samudrum
Making progress towards the ultimate destination. The weather was nice overcast throughtout.

Sivana Samudrum
Finally. Isnt the backdrop beautiful. I took this photo :-)

Sivana Samudrum
Climbing down the waterfall.

Sivana Samudrum
And this is as near as we could go. Didnt dare to get into the water here.

Sivana Samudrum
Somewhere in between. Actually, this is the place where we lost pavan.

Sivana Samudrum
Another one near the main waterfall.

Sivana Samudrum
And yet another one.

Sivana Samudrum
Monu and Sachin are getting really cosy.

Sivana Samudrum
Bath time !!

Rajgad


Rajgad
Scanned these of an old trip to rajgad. This one is during the climb during the night !

Rajgad
The next day dawns ... And i am up at sunrise to take the pics too :-)

Rajgad
Morning Tea being brewed for me while i wake up. By Chef Sagar.

Rajgad
And the remnants of it being taken away by rishi

Rajgad
If tea is gone can lunch be far away ...

Rajgad
I spared you the way in which lunch was prepared ... dont want to scare people off my site.

Rajgad
The water tank on the fort

Rajgad
View

Rajgad
And more of it, just with us blocking it this time round.

Rajgad
Time to go down now

Rajgad
On the way ... through "Chor Marg"

Friends

Mukta met tai and aai at nigara falls !!!
World is indeed a small place ...

Friends
Unsuccessfully trying to pose as a tea picker (from assam ??)

Friends
Shruti sporting a new look !! Almost manages to look pretty professional here :-)

Friends
Trick photo ??
Sagar
Friends
That's Sagar ... in a rather pensive mood
And he claims that where he is sitting is not a hotel lounge but actually his office !!
BTW , Try searching for "Sagar Joshi" in GOOGLE. He lands up first (And Second ...) :-)
Sagar
Friends
And him again .... in a not quite pensive mood !

Friends
Sagar with his UNCC group.
Milin, Fatima, Deepak, Suraaj, Ankit, Hasim, Sagar, Srinivas
Noor, Kshitij, Ishfan

Friends
Sagar's colleague and friend at work. Well , yeah HE is not all that good and all , but then people get lucky sometimes :-)

Friends
This one is from a trip we had to lonavala during or just after BE.
From right to left those are : Kushal, Mukund, Me, Shruti, Mukta, Deepti, Anagha, Sagar and Prashant.

Friends
Thats boney and kushal and THREE Jumbo Chicken Burgers sitting in Burger King.
Thats my favourite ... with rose milk .... Mmmmm.... :-)

Friends
And the jumbo chicken about to get devoured !!

Friends
Thats Mukta and Vaidehi standing on some beach in Boston !! The sunset behind them is amazing !
mukta
Friends
Kasli dom porgi ahe, US la jaun lagech kay kay chalu kela !!!
Just kidding :-) According to her this is just cola ...
mukund anagha
Friends
On my Birthday. Mukund is looking quite stunned !!
Mukund , Boney (eating happily , though the camera could not capture his happy grin )and Anagha
I wonder ... can this one qualify as a family pic ?!
Mulshi
Friends
A Codito Trip to Mulshi. Enjoying in the mild afternoon sun.
Me , Krushna, Sam , Patan and a lot of turned faces

IISc

Photos of Dandiya 2004 at IISc So some general timepass stuff does indeed happen in IISc !

IISc
An ariel view of IISc. Pretty beautiful picture.
CSA
IISc
My Department , just as you are about to enter it

IISc
CSA out on a nature trail ... Oceans 11 style

IISc
Keyur posing on the level. The swimming pool forming the back drop !

IISc
In the Gymkhana. Me playing TT.
CSA
IISc
Birthdays at CSA
CSA
IISc
Complete with midnight parties and big cakes :-)
CSA
IISc
And of course the b'day boy getting smeared in cake ...
CSA
IISc
And the b'day girl too. We abide by the policy of no discrimination here.

IISc
Double Whammy !
CSA
IISc
Thats prateem , with his eyes lit up. Literally !!
CSA
IISc
And thats me.
CSA
IISc
And me again. At a different stage of hair development.
CSA
IISc
And this is one more snap of the T-Board at night.

IIsc
This one is shankey tank. Just outside IISc Campus.

Freshers


Freshers
The freshers (and the ragging) begins ... Will you marry me ?

Freshers
Major saab giving a joshila dance performance !

Freshers
My new hairdo ... or hairdont ??
Mogambo khus hua !!

Freshers
Allah ke naam pe kum de de amma ...

Freshers
Bryan Adams ??

Freshers
He has been called for some introductions .....

Freshers
And now for some interrogations ;-)

Freshers
Prakash is basically coming out with Raghavans secrets here !! Kodak moment.

Freshers
Burst the maximum balloons by sitting on them !! Game in progress

Freshers
Oh ! Missed that one ...

Freshers
And at last ... A Group Photo

Freshers
This guy is trying to sell me my own bike keys !!

Freshers
The alternate Photographer

Freshers
Tug of War !! They are not exactly sweating it out at the moment.
And by the way, who the **** managed to get this shot of my head ?!!

Freshers
And the onlookers

Freshers
Shailesh dancing to the music

Freshers
Why is this baldie coming over and over in the snaps !

Freshers
How about some fishponds to make the waters murkier

Freshers
The personality contest. Finalist ...

Freshers
On the hot seat. Part two.

Freshers
Now THAT answer sure was funny !!

Freshers
All the finalists ... and the winner

Freshers
Getting crowned

Dandeli


Dandeli
Our boat had gotten stuck on some rocks in the middle of a roaring river. Had to get out of the boat and push it !

Dandeli
Boney posing in front of a fallen tree in the forest ride.
mangesh
Dandeli
Toppling someone(read that as boney) out of the hammock
chinu
Dandeli
Chinu examining a dead snake we found on the road.

Dandeli
A group photo before we went for white water rafting.
Thats Sundeep, Chinu, Amit, Bhor, RT, me, Boney and Ambi

Codito


Project Students
All the project students at codito

Project Students
The D.Y.Patil Group

Project Students
The VIT Group

Project Students
The Cummins Group

Project Students
Whole of Codito
Codito
The Codito Team
The full Codito Team (well , almost ... )
Amrish , Sam, Ambi, Siddharth , Mukund, RT, Boney, Kalci, Patan,, Jayush, Saurabh, Robin
Amit Shah, Bohr, Pankaj, Me , Shyam, Udayan, Rumanna, Meghana
Rahul, Nipun, Brian, Krushna, Maya, Snehal, Anu, Priya, Ashish

Guhaghar


Guhaghar
Trip to Guhaghar. Lots of sea and rain . We went there during the monsoons.
Mohit , Me , Sagar, Roga and Kapil

Guhaghar
Look at the sea. Its wild . I love this pic ... the waves are just awesome.
Roga, Sagar, Kapil, Mohit, Tejas and Me

Guhaghar
The end of our trip. Going back home. This one is outside the only eatary there.
Kapil , Roga, Mohit, Me, Mithun, Pappu, Tejas and Sagar

Showcase

Showcase
Showcase
The Reception Desk. Showcase is just going to start
Showcase
Showcase
In the MRC Auditoriam. Eleminations of the e-collage
Showcase
Showcase
Me and Raghavan.
Our modest attempt at drawing ! The image has been manipulated suitably so that the drawing is not visible :-)
p.s. I dont really look that bad. If i get too much comments on this photo i am going to pull it off ...
Showcase
Showcase
The Quiz finals.
Me and murli at the extreme right.
Showcase
Showcase
Night decends on CSA.
Informals for the organisers.
Amol, anoop and vasanta try and light them up as i and gaurav watch on
Showcase
Showcase
Durgesh trying to get through the maze of chairs with everybody screaming around him
Showcase
Showcase
Himanshu "Bhatavdekar" and Deepak "Singh Pappi" ,entertaining us with some jokes and dance with monu joining them
Showcase
Showcase
Let the strongest team win !
Tug of war happening inside the seminar hall !!
Durgesh and sivaram pulling the rope. Monu, pavan, me and naveen watching.
Showcase
Showcase
The whole group.
Standing : Mukti, Vasanta, Mytri, Rajani, Sreenath, Chann, Sailesh, Durgesh, MDS, Narsimha, Ashish and Jai
Second Row : Anoop, Rahul, Naveen, Siva, Deepak, Gaurav, Bapatla, Raghavan, Vishal, Pavan, Sivaram, Madhuri
Middle Row : Sriram, Monu, Chetan, Amol
Front Row : Raghu, Me, Abhijeet, Himanshu
Showcase
Showcase
Another group photo
Showcase
Showcase
The Valedictory Function.
Prof.Rajaraman handing out the prizes.

Some campus photos

Some more IISc Photos


Mangesh Gupte <mangesh[at]csa.iisc.ernet.in>
Last modified: Fri Mar 10 02:10:48 2006