Bridge Day!!
Mother’s
day, father’s day, birthday, daughter’s day, rose day,
valentine’s day, earth day, doctor’s day, engineer’s day…….
The list would go on and on … the point in counting some of this
special occasion’s day is Bridge day is coming near, 19th
October. To be honest I have not heard about it before some days.
So this
first day official Bridge day was celebrated in 1980 in US in West
Virginia. It is an annual one day festival in West Virginia. It was
the started in the celebration of the New River Gorge Bridge. For
many years it was world’s tallest steel single span bridge which is
now ranked on the fourth no. On the bridge day, bridge is opened for
BASE jump. Automobiles are banned on the bridge this day. In 2013,
New River Gorge Bridge is listed on the National Registrar of
Historic Places.
The
Wikipedia definition of the bridge is; ‘a structure built to span
the physical obstacle such as water body, valley or a road’.
Bridges are considered as the marvels of structural engineering. Some
bridges are definitely breathtaking in aesthetic point of view.
Let’s
take a look at some important bridges in our India.
- Bandra-Worli sea link
Image courtesy: alltouristattraction.org I cannot imagine any other name of the bridge at the top of the list other than ‘Bandra-Worli sea link’; standing still, strong and proudly at in the capital of Maharashtra, aamchi Mumbai. It is also known as the Rajiv Gandhi sea link. The bridge is cable stayed. It links Bandra and western suburbs of the Mumbai.It was a big time project in terms of everything. It costed 1600 crores ($356.8 millions). It was a project by Maharashtra state & road development completed by Hindustan Construction Company and designed by DAR consultants. It is India’s largest sea bridge. - Annai Indira Gandhi Bridge/ pamban Bridge
Image courtesy: commons.wikimedia.org It is in the Tamilnadu state of India. It is India’s first sea bridge. It connects Rameshwaram Island to mainland of India. It is India’s second largest sea bridge. It is both road and cantilever railway bridge but mainly used as the rail bridge. It has double leaf bascule midway which can be raised to let ships pass by under it. - Mahatma Gandhi Setu
Image courtesy: civilfeeds.com It was the longest bridge in India at the time of construction and was inaugurated by Indira Gandhi in 1982. It joins Hajipur and Patna in Bihar. It is also known as the Ganga setu. It is graceful in appearance. It is one of the longest river bridges in the world. - Howrah bridge/ Rabindra Setu
Image courtesy: wakpaper.com Kolkata, the cultural Capital of India, has this famous Howrah Bridge. I remember while watching my favorite movie Yuva I was attracted towards this architectural beauty also. It is on the Hooghly River. This bridge connects Kolkata and Howrah. Its official name has been change to Rabindra setu but it is famously known as the Howrah Bridge. Whenever there is mention of Kolkata, there are writers, poets and art, right from Ravindranath Tagore a Nobel Prize winner in literature to high end fashion designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee. Famous poet Rudyard Kipling has mentioned in his in city of dreadful that ‘this is worth coming across India to see this’.
- Golden bridge
Image courtesy: rediff.com It is a bridge in Gujarat state. It joins the Ankaleshwar and Bharuch. It was built by British Govt. The name Golden Bridge refers to the cost required at that time to build the bridge. But it is a marvelous structure standing well in condition even after going through Gujarat floods and earthquake. It is one of the longest cantilever types of the bridge. - Godavari Rail Bridge/ Kovvur-Rajahmundrry BridgeIt is Asia’s second longest road cum Rail Bridge. It is actually now a sister bridges the old Godavari Rail Bridge was built in British era of India in 1900 and it was spectacular and now the new Godavari Rail Bridge is built as a substitute for it by Hindustan Construction Company. The new Godavari Bridge is beautiful in aesthetics having the arches over it.
Image courtesy: indiamike.com - Panvalnadi Bridge
Image courtesy: civilfeeds.com It is the Rail Bridge in Maharashtra. It was the tallest Bridge in India but it lost title because of the grand project being completed in North India. It is in the Kokan region of the Maharashtra. It was the project by Kokan Railway Corporation. It was awarded by the Indian Institute of Bridge Engineers and American Concrete Institute as the most outstanding concrete structure in India. - Jadukata bridge
Image courtesy: walkthroughindia.com
It is
the longest span cantilever type of the bridge in India. It is in the
Meghalaya state. It’s built on the Kyunski River. It is listed in
the one of the most beautiful bridges in India.
The
exciting thing on the occasion of this post about bridge day is I
came to know that the world’s highest railway bridge is on its way
of completion in Jammu & Kashmir on Chenab River. Kudos!!
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When You Travel with the Baby
The most joyous moment in young couple’s life is the arrival of a baby. Lots and lots of preparations and arrangements are done for that phase. Routines are changed, priorities are changed and somehow your the sense of responsibilities is increased by cent percent, one got to be a parent to understand when it comes to being protective about your baby.
Parenthood is the
challenging and tiring at a times. When we get tired from office
work, we have weekends to chill, after fulfilling your career years
there is retirement era where we are freed from busy schedules and
workloads till then sufficient amount is earned, spent, invested and
utilized but parenthood is something which you cannot turn your back
to or plan retirement for that job. The compromises, happiness,
teaching and learning complete the whole equation of the marriage.
It is assumed and right
to some extent, that traveling when you have a baby is tedious job.
It is heck of circus platform where you have to enjoy the journey,
wish to see the places where you have gone at the same time
maintaining your baby’s naps, mealtimes, hygiene and so and so.
Well in our India, one cannot be happily traveling in a public
transport with the baby because of the overcrowded scenes,
uncomfortable for baby hence inconvenient to parents since baby will
be crying and crying and cribbing and so they have to face annoyed,
angry looks by co passengers. Hygiene issues are obviously there too!
So what can be done to
make the journey with the baby comfortable and enjoyable? First of
all lets vote for the need to travel even though you are having a
baby.. I mean is it really worth it to think a lot and cancel the
travel plans since you have had a baby? After some years it’s a
kid’s preprimary school which cannot be missed and that’s why we
can’t go traveling, then school and classes routine which shouldn’t
be missed to sustain in the rat race of success.. The reasons and
problems will always show up when you get out of your comfort zone.
The point is are you ready to take a step forward and make a
difference against the mainstream? Yeah, I guess so, that we can.
Where there is will
there is way, and so if we plan perfectly our journey with the entire
considered possibilities journey with a baby can be the most
memorable trip of your life.
Rent a Car:
As we said the problem with the public transport like buses or trains for short distances is a questionable option, better go with the hire cars. You can travel at the speed you desire, no disturbance when the baby is sleeping, you can stop the cab whenever you want and of course you can take car seat for the baby. It’s a chair which is portable you don’t have to hold all the time; once the chair is fixed in the car you can enjoy your ride happily. You don’t need to hold the baby all the time.
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Carry on with Rash Cream :
One of the other things that you got to take care of is rash creams. Temperature and humidity conditions at different places plus the travelling may cause some rashes so as a precaution we must carry some rash creams with the consult of your pediatrician.
Bring plastic bag set of Diapers:
Diapers, wipes and the plastic bags one shouldn’t forget. It’s better to carry own plastic bags because the time will be saved of buying them at each required places.
Blankets. No mother
would forget her baby’s favorite blanket in traveling. But let it
be a short trip or a long one spare blankets should be packed too in
baby’s bags as a spare, and for baby’s hygiene.
Feeding Utensils and Accessories:
Baby’s bowls and utensils like spoon, bottles are important too, and which nobody can forget while traveling with a baby.Toys/ Music videos :
At the same time, one should definitely pack your baby’s favorite toys, you never know when and why baby can get cranky and the feel of her favorite toys may give her homely impact and calm. Even if baby doesn’t get cranky, we must carry 2-3 small toys; don’t we need our favorite book to read while traveling or favorite songs in mp3 player? Then let’s be fair with babies too!
It is definitely not
that impossible or hard to travel with the baby. Book all of your
traveling modes as in airplane tickets or booking of the cab which
nowadays can be done online also. And they offer a great variety in
the packages, your hotel rooms and you can give the idea to the
hotels too that you will be travelling with the baby.
So don’t waste your
time in thinking how can I travel now I have a baby or let’s wait
till baby gets older a bit… because that waiting list of years will
just go on and time won’t stop for us.
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Hyderabad Found and Rediscovered
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After making plans 1000 times to go to Hyderabad with all of besties together to Sia’s place wasn’t executed. This time all four of us planned to be there since it was going to be Sia’s 30th birthday and we surely have been missing our pal in our hangouts and weekend parties in our daily life. Indeed marriage makes a lot of changes in your lifestyle.
But plan was not to go there and
visit Ramoji film city, Birla temple, Lumbini Park, Hussain sagar,
Salarjung museum and all those heritage places. We decided to enjoy
our get together in our own way with Hyderabad flavor in it. Of
course I am talking about the world famous 'Hyderabad biryani' and
other dishes.
Every place has its own history,
flavor in their local cuisine, peculiarity. We decided to have the
safari of Hyderabad tasting its very famous and well-known dishes
along our get together with long lost best friend Sia. All of us
planned our dates and booked our flight tickets and moved for
Hyderabad. As we had discussed the theme for this get together with
sia she knew we gotta utilize this one weekend as much as we can and
she had made the arrangements so.
To our surprise, a cab was waiting
for us as a pickup service on the Hyderabad airport. Sia had booked the car
online and made the deal for better convenience and time saving sake.
Our cab dropped us to sia’s place where all greetings were there,
gifts sharing and excitement for our plans lead ahead on the way.
Parth, sia’s husband accompanied us for a bit and then went on with
his prior meetings arranged earlier.
Sia told us that she had booked the
car online for our small road trip inside the city and also the cab
was booked to pick us up from the airport. She had booked it from
CCR-clear car rental. We can book a cab in advance and choose our
ride and the option from various options given to us for our travel
plan. Ours had been booked for the one whole day and to our surprise
the car was in very well condition too. Well I am mentioning this
particularly because there are many problems in rented cars in their
attire and all. It was well in condition and the driver was polite
and understanding. Many times staff on the rented car is also an
issue about their arrogance and stubbornness. Here thankfully we were
spared from all that drama, thanks to CCR! Roaming in the whole city
is not that easy as it sounds, you should know the routes and your
car should be in well condition to give you the value for money
service. Since we were 5 people an Innova was booked for us. We had
planned to travel in local markets in Hyderabad and have street
shopping and street food of Hyderabad so booking your ride in advance
was a brilliant choice.
Hyderabad is known as the Deccan
cuisine of India. It has been changed and updated according to the
kingdoms that ruled this city. The cuisine has the mixture of
Mughlai, Turkish and Arabic flavors. Special kinds of herbs, spices
are used to add up that magic x factor in Hyderabadi dishes. Mom has
instructed me to buy those special spices on the street market for
masala rice/pulav to make at home. There are people in the world and
there are Moms, always know the best of everyone and everything.
- Biryani:
Image courtesy: cityhyd.info Who can miss the biryani in Hyderabad which has become the trademark of the city? More than that, to be more specific who can miss the Paradise ki biryani?? Now many outlets of paradise are opened in the city but one near the MG road in Secunderabad railway station beats the list. The rich platter with nicely cooked meat such as chicken, mutton with aromatic flavors of special hyderabadi spices and mixed with rice, served with curd and pickles. It was opened in 1953 and still running and that too in full swing. Biryani is anyway has become the identity of the Hyderabad.
- Irani Chai:
Image courtesy: cxtoday.com Hyderabad serves the so called famous Irani chai generally served with osmania biscuits, again the specialty of hyderabadi bakery. There are various types of tea types again. We have heard about Irani chai of Hyderabad from sia i a lot but never tasted before. These all dishes and beverages should be consumed in street market only because it gives you the feel of that local cuisine and local vendors know the best mixture unlike to prepare the dish or beverage which would just please eyes in many high-end Restro-s and I am a big time street food hogger. We saw the famous ‘khada chammach chai’ this time, which was a tea cup filled with tea and sugar till so much that the spoon was standing still inside the cup and hence the name khada chammach chai. It is too heavy and different for normal tea drinkers. A taste should be developed for this particular type of tea. - Double ka meetha / shahi tukra:It is again the famous delicacy of Hyderabad. It is the dessert which became the specialty of the city. It is the bread pudding made up of bread, milk, sugar syrup and different kind of nuts. It’s very heavy in calories but very rich in taste. It is generally served after heavy lunch and dinner of mouth watering biryani consumptions.
Image courtesy: vahrehwah.com These were my personal favorite picks from various famous dished of Hyderabad. Our journey was followed by old market places, Laad bazaar which is the main market for the bangles and traditional teahouses.Thus the Hyderabad was rediscovered this time we roamed around. I think, if we really want to know any city well in India one can never understand it in just one visit. Each city here in India stands proudly holding back its history, the heritage, the flavors and its cuisine safely within itself to be discovered when you travel the city again with different mindset and true desire to know it better. It welcomes you heartily for sure, again and again because we have been taught and raised up with the upbringing that says “Atithi devo bhava”- guests are like gods, meaning respect the guests.There are lots of other cities lined up in our post list with their famous local cuisine. Surely ‘El vientre funcione la mente” belly runs our mind.
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