Diary of my MacleodGanj Trip

A village in upper Dharamsala, this is the home of the Tibetan Government in exile. If you ever read the phrase: "Nestled in the foothills of the Himalayas..." this is what it means. Here are the proof :-) Some people and places attract you at first glance.Same for MacleodGanj to me! It was my love at first sight! Love by instinct.The very first day I stepped in Macleodganj, a hill station at Upper Dharamsala, my heart was filled with joy. I felt a sense of belonging even before seeing the place.

The sight of smiling little monks, their innocence coupled with seriousness in their glittering eyes, attracted me.I felt an innate curiosity towards the place as to Tibetan Buddhism. I looked around with a child-like curiosity. The snow clad mountains seem to be hiding a beautiful mystery behind the dancing fog. Nature was as fresh as a new born child.

Macleodganj looked like an international centre within

my country and has a difference with special charm. We went for a stroll thru the streets, on roads where locals were selling nick-knacks to tourists.

Our mornings were greeted with radiant rays of the sun piercing through the trees against the mystic backdrop of the place.

The place is like 'mini Tibet', with so many Tibetans there. In that small place where Tibetan refugees try to retain their culture, their art, handicrafts etc. It was truly a wonderful experience.
How to get there
~ Gaggal airport in Kangra is the closest airport, 13 km away.

~ The closest rail station is at Pathankot.From Pathankot, regular busses both by Himachal Government and Private , are running frequently.The distance is 85 km.
~ Dharamshala is well connected
by road to Chandigarh (239 kms),
Amritsar (200 kms), Delhi (514 kms), Shimla (322 kms), and Dalhousie (55 kms).

Volvo buses are available and starting from ISBT - KashmiriGate in Delhi to DharamSala.
You can get the details here:
http://himachal.gov.in/hrtc/acdetail.htm

Dalai Lama Temple , McLeod Ganj

On 10th May '08 we went to Dalai Lama Temple McLeod Ganj that is a place of residence of His Excellence Dalai Lama after his exile from Tibet. It's such a nice place so I wish if I could have stayed here for little bit longer. This photographs had taken from the famous temple!

Travellers can take memento from the market as wooden work or carpets are really good but costly too! And the biggest problem was that I was not carrying cash and none of the shop was accepting credit card :-(

Its really a place which is far from the madding crowd, far from the din and bustle of the city that provokes you be little philosophical about the life.

Pathetic customer care from airtel postpaid mobile -- my own experience

I've called to airtel on 20th March in Delhi as I
planned to shift from Delhi after 26th and I wanted to continue
my existing airtel plan to my new place.Delhi Customer Care Executive (CCE) told me that
they'll send me an email which I need to show in Kolkata Customer Care to
do this. Then 26th May I again called them as to give them the final
reminder for doing the same.Delhi Airtel CCE told me that they'll give me
the email that I need to produce in Kolkata CCE .
But I didn't receive any email from airtel up to 31st May. Then again I
called airtel from Kolkata and again the same story.Delhi Airtel customer
care falsely promised me to send me that email to my yahoo id which had
been registered with Airtel.
2nd June I've called once again from Kolkata and Delhi Airtel customer care
told me it'll take 5 working days and then also I can't get any clear
picture.
Airtel handled my concern badly and I think twice to take any new
relationship with Airtel.

Though Airtel promised you to give you better service , there service is as bad as compared to any government organization, if not worse.

Just imagine, even today I've yet to activate my Airtel because of their lackadaisical attitude!

euro2008 has begun

And it's the time for the football lover like me to spend night in front of the TV set. Yesterday I watched Nederland vs Italy mach and what a match it was! Marco Van Bast en really made a formidable team with the youngsters, I don't know how long they will proceed in this tournament but I'm going to support them till the end as they are such an entertaining bunch! Unfortunately they are in the toughest group. In other matches the glimpse of genius of Christiano Ronaldo was revealed. Lets see who eventually will take the trophy!