Pug at Johny's home ..

beauty .....

 

Chinnu is busy in her Sangama trek .. It was hot but the breeze from the river Cauvery and the wetness of an earlier dip in Cauvery made the trek very exciting..

 

Snaps of the XIME Convo 09 ..

http://picasaweb.google.co.in/geasaw/20090509Ximeconvo09?authkey=Gv1sRgCIqHnYnwnemP9QE#5333769338654427042

Excessive civilian casualties enraging Afghan population ??

It was very saddening and shocking to listen to the Red Cross spokeswoman yesterday on the civilian casualties in Afghanistan in the American fight against Taliban and Al-Queda  in Afghanistan and Pakistan. About 130 civilians were killed in the air raids yesterday, the highest since Obama took over.  The conscience of the world is shaken and all right thinking, peace-loving world citizens are disturbed..

Instead of targeting the terrorists terrestrially, the US plan to conduct frequent air raids is only adding the list of civilian casualties. It is one great factor which is alienating and distancing the US and NATO forces from the Afghan population. 

On the one hand, US is funding these terrorists and their mutant forms in Pakistan through liberal aid helping them to grow, spread and recruit members unhindered, and on the other, they are attacking innocent civilians enraging the population.. 

US is collecting wrong intelligence on Af-Pak and Mr Holbrooke is being advised incorrectly by whoever is doing so. Obama has stopped short of accepting the truth that India is not interested in attacking Pakistan, history tells so, but harks that the threat to Pakistan is not from India but from within, the terrorists. It also exposes the US guilt of not accepting the true Indian position to any impartial reader of world politics.

Unless India is given its rightful position in mediating in the regional problem of eradicating terrorism from the area, by including it in any serious peace making moves, this problem will forever remain unsolved. And in the process of ensuring the comfort of the present generation, the guilt of the blood of the innocent Afghan civilians killed will be borne by millions of present day Americans and their generations to come !! Let us hope it not be a damning indignation !!

In nature there are no rewards and punishments, only consequences !!

george..

Kids enjoying the cauvery sun.. Trek to Sangama, 3 May 2009

Kids (ours and kochumol's) enjoying the Cauvery riverbed  .. in the sun .. 

Because of the cool breeze blowing, we never felt the heat..

It was an enjoyable outing, which we will remember for a  long time to come.

what a trip to Sangama ..??

Yday sangama was truly fabulous.. 

The journey one way is 95 kms. We started from home at 7.15 am and then waited for kochumol and family to join us near the crossing over bridge after phase i, elec city. At 7.45 am they also came and then we moved along the NICE highway. We reached kanakapura at 9 am and we missed the famed rathna upahara for bfast. we came back to kanakpura, had a sumptuous bfast of masala dosas and coffee. also packed three packets of lemon rice for noon lunch. Kochuml had brought lot of pulau for lunch,..

We reached sangama at 10.30 am. The flame of the forest was in full colourful bloom on the way. By 11 am , we had parked our cars by the tree shade and was in the water. Initially we had plans to go up to mekedatu, but the low intensity of water discouraged us from trekking all the way up to mekedatu which is 4 kms. 

After crossing the confluence of cauvery and akravathy we trekked for a km and stopped under a tree by the banks of cauvery for lunch, games etc..

Except kochumol and anila, all of us went to the river in search of water. we could see some water holes on the dry parched cauvery river bed, but at some points there was good flow. we wetted ourselves, to snaps and returned to base for lunch.

after lunch we decided to head back to the confluence where we could play in the water, chinnu and others were rearing to get in the water yet again.

From 2 to 4 pm, all of us were in the water at the confluence.. may be it is May, there was such a lot of people around, an ocean of people. We enjoyed, the water.

Silky, our Labrador, was very thirsty and even though it had to take rest on the way , in the water it was very happy and enjoyed the  break from heat ..

By 4 we headed back for bangalore after drinking some soft drinks, plenty of water and on the way a good tea.

By 6.30 pm we were in the house and just as we reached home, it started raining heavily..

on the whole a very exciting, enjoyable, trip which the kids enjoyed very much. 

ge..