Street Dog Puppies

A week back, a stray dog delivered 8 puppies (octuplets?) and was using the the decommissioned ironing vehicle (lying opposite our apartment) as its abode. It used to growl when we go near to check. But once we started to feed her food (as the mother looked very skinny), the growling stopped. It realized that we will not harm its family !

It started raining the next day and so one morning, we found the mother and puppies have moved into our car park (which is just near the apartment main gate and the flats are inside) and sitting comfortably below one of the cars. Whenever that car was taken out, it will move to the adjacent car. The advantage is that there will be always one car in the parking lot. But one of the new born died possibly due to the rain. But the other 7 were doing okay.

Now, the mother dog has become very friendly and almost started expecting food and knows who gives at what time - it even follows us up to our flat entrance. Anyway, we all feed something from our meal everyday for the sake of puppies.

Some pictures

இயற்கையுடன் இரண்டு நாட்கள் - Short & sweet vacation at Yercaud

After much planning and without any last minute surprises, I, with my wife and kid went for a vacation at Yercaud. The resort was Lake Forest Hotel, an affliate of Mahindra Resorts, located at the centre of Yercaud. We had a very good break and felt living with nature in all aspects.

இயற்கையுடன் இருந்தால் எவ்வளவு நன்றாக இருக்கும் என்பதை, இந்த மாதரி இடங்களுக்கு சென்று அனுபவித்தால் தான் உணரமுடியும் என்பது இன்றைய வாழ்க்கையின் நிலை ஆகிவிட்டது.

We realized the important role, the resort's location and accommodation plays to enrich the stay. If we had taken normal rooms in other hotels, I don't think I would have ever
enjoyed as much as I had enjoyed in the LFH resort

For an elaborate detail on the trip - Read at
Short & Sweet vacation to Yercaud

Highway Toll - Taking a toll in purse

What seem to be a good, beautiful, smooth ride in our highways turns out to be heart-burning when it comes to toll amount that is charged. Recently for my trip to Yercaud (Chennai - Krishnagiri - Salem - Yercaud route), I paid Rs. 242 each way thus Rs. 484 in total plus Rs. 15 for climbing the Yercaud mountain way. Rs. 500 spent for toll alone.

The perplexing aspect is the amount that is levied - it purely seem to be whims and fancies of the toll agency. There were totally 6 toll booths. The amount collected goes like this - Rs. 30, 25, 35, 45, 60, 47. The last one 47 is the most bizarre of all - they can very well charge 50

These highways are supposed to be built like this with the tax payers money as part of basic amenities. Now, we are given a picture as though these are built at very high expenditure and thus collect money from people

TOLLS are nothing, but just HIGHWAY ROBBERS