शिबिराच्या पहिल्याच दिवशी (क्लिनिकमधल्या ) लताआजींकडे फायर बॉल किती छान फुलला आहे बघा .
मुलांच्या स्वागतासाठी इवलसं रोपटं ,त्याला जेवढं  फुलता येईल तेवढं  सगळ्या बाजूंनी फुलून ,किंचित वाकून नम्रपणे उभं आहे .
Aparna

The great Rickshawallas of Mumbai

    We know that 'The customer is the king' is the motto of shopkeepers around the world but the same cannot be said about our Mumbai's Rickshawallas who always think that they are the king and we are the ones who need them.With need of rickshas more than their number and this attitude remaining constant in all of them these practices remain intact. We always have a spat with these rickshawallas over their refusal of taking us to our desired location.While price hikes of their fare being as common as that of petrol, their reluctance of going to places has been undiminished.
      Many people have suggested using of cycles rather than rickshas but during our monsoons this suggestion goes down with rainwater. And while their need increases by large quantity, their attittude too increases. This means they prefer empty seats rather than going to waterlogged areas.Its a question how this does not trouble their family income but it does affect us while going to classes/schools/colleges/offices. Although its not tough to convince our teachers why we are late but it gets more and more frustrating to wait for the rickshas for 15 mins and then go walking where other cars are spraying water all around.
     As asking for them to change will not make any difference and we will always need them to go from A to B we can just say ,"LONG LIVE THE RICKSHAWALLAS"

     By the way, I would like to congratulate all the 12th std and 10th std pass outs for your great marks and would like to welcome the 10th passouts to the college club.

Shubhada Chaukar has invited all of us for this program.

पर्यावरण दिवसा  निमित्ताने 

आपला निसर्ग वेग वेगळ्या प्रण्य्च्या पक्षाच्या मार्गाने आपल्या पर्यंत संदेश पाठवत असतो असाच एक पक्षी नाव आहे "पावशा"पावशा (इंग्रजी: Brainfever Bird or Common Hawk-Cuckoo), (शास्त्रीय नाव: Cuculus varius varius), आकाराने साधारण कबुतराएवढा असलेल्या पावशाचे नाते पावसाळ्याशी जोडले आहे. मान्सूनचा पाऊस येण्या आधी याच्या 'पाऊस आला', 'पाऊस आला' (किंवा 'पेरते व्हा', 'पेरते व्हा') अशा आवाजाने पावसाच्या आगमनाची सूचना मिळते असे बळीराजा मानतो, शेतीच्या कामाला लागतो. हा पक्षी सामान्यांच्या जवळचा आहे. यावर अनेक भाषांमध्ये लोक-कथा, गीते, म्हणी वगैरे आहेत.

नर-मादी दिसायला सारखेच, राखेच्या रंगाचे, शेपटीवर पट्टे असतात. भारतात सर्वत्र आढळतो, झुडपी जंगल आणि शेताच्या जवळपास राहणे पसंत करतो. विणीचा काळ मार्च ते जून असून कोणत्याही 'ककु' सारखे मादी स्वतःचे अंडे दुसऱ्या पक्षांच्या घरट्यात गुपचूप टाकून निघून जाते. पुढे यांच्या पिलांना वाढवायची जबाबदारी अशा पालकांची असते.

Hello friends!

Long time no see. This summer vacation we had gone on a trip to Europe and had lots of fun there, we even made a new, big family. We visited 10 countries in total, so here are some of our delightful memories;

1.United kingdom- London

1.    

Swaminarayan temple

 changing of the guards

british parliment and big ben

 tower bridge often mistaken as london bridge

london eye

2. France-Paris

Eiffel tower

invalides

3.Belgium- Brussles

Grand palace

manneken pis has 700 diffrent costumes

the famous belgium waffles

4. Netherlands- Amsterdam

 Keukenhof- the largest spring garden in the world

amsterdam windmill

madurodam is where one can see a holland in miniature

5. Germany- Berlin

Gothic cathedral

 cologne glass art

6.Switzerland-Bern

 Cuckoo clocks

world's largest cuckoo clock

europe's largest waterfalls- Rhine falls

snowcapped mountains

snow sculptures at Mount Jungfraujoch

 mount titilis

dad playing in the snow

this lion is a symbol of courage.  It commemorates the swiss guards who were massacred in 1792 during the french reveolution, when revolutionaries stormed the tuileries palace in paris,france

7.Austria-Vienna

 the entrance gate of swarovski musem

 the world's biggest crystal wall

 a piece of art in swarovski museum

 poseidon's puzzel

the golden roof

8. Lichtenstein- Vaduz

 Vaduz castel

the prince's vineyard

9.Italy- Rome

 The St Mark's square

Unfortunately we couldn't ride the famous Gondola cause a heavy storm had showed up. Mostly all places were flooded with 3ft water.

 St Francics of Assisi church has buried Michelangelo, Galileo

 roman colosseum

how the colosseum used to look before

This impressive work was made from one imperfect block of white marble and has an upward snakelike spiral movement which can be examined from all sides. Nudity was depicted as purity and sanctity in olden European times.

10. Vatican city- Vatican city

Pieces of art by michelangelo

 and finally the most awaited 

 the leaning tower of pisa

  

and our Avismaraniya Europe Family of 44 people

Hope you enjoyed the pictorial run through of our Europe tour