Mamli & Bablu's Birthday Party – March 22, 2009
Mamli & Bablu celebrated their 10th and 5th birthdays respectively with a small party at home. And this is the first time they didn't have home made cakes for their birthday parties. Mamli no longer has girls her age in our apartment complex. All her old friends have moved away, either out of Hyderabad or to other areas in the city. She had a class mate a good friend as her only "friend" in the party. On the other hand Bablu has tons of boys his age. He had a whole horde of squealing boys over. They practically brought the house down 
We also had Anu Das, an old friend from Rourkela, visit us today. Anu arrived before lunch and stayed till the end of the party.
A few photographs (see the full album on Mo Chitra, our family photo gallery):
The Boys, at least some of them...
Mamli's Cake
Mamli cutting her cake
Bablu's Cake
Bablu cutting his cake
Mamli and her friend
The kids enjoying cake and snacks
Padmaja & Anu
The Lord Is Here – Shree Shree Jagannath Temple In Hyderabad
The Lord of the Universe, Shree Shree Jagannath, has finally come to Hyderabad. Yesterday, March 8, 2009, the Lord's temple was consecrated and the idols of the Lord with his brother, Shree Shree Balavadra, and his sister, Ma Subadra, were installed by Pandas from the Lord's temple at Puri.
The Lord is finally here! The Neelachakra is here!
The Hyderabad Kalinga Cultural Trust has worked for more than a decade to obtain the land, build the temple and bring the Lord to Hyderabad. Office bearers like Pradeep Kumar and many others have worked tirelessly over the years to give birth to this dream of the Odiyas living in Hyderabad. Many praise to them.
The temple built for the Lord is a replica of the original temple at Puri, alibit a much smaller one.
I am posting some photographs taken yesterday during the Sthapana Puja and later during the evening cultural program. These were taken with a Sony Ericsson P1i mobile phone and are of average quality but they do show the Lord in all his glory.
Shree Shree Jagannath, Shree Shree Balavadra & Ma Subadra during Prran Sthapana Puja:
The Lord's Temple:
Cultural Program by Shilpi's from Odissa (Odissi Dance depicting Radha & Krushna):
Hyderabad Transport Information System – Carpooling
The HTIS web site has a Carpool section that attempts to bring together people wanting to carpool. You can add yourself to the database, giving details of start and end points, timings and vehicle type etc.
The HTIS Carpool main page (Click for full size image)
The Find Pool Mates link takes you to the search page. Here you can browse the list of registered carpoolers or enter your start and end points to locate poolers in the area. I was surprised to find that major localities like Srinagar Colony are missing from the list of places. I used Kamalapuri Colony which is adjacent to Srinagar Colony as my start point.
HTIS Carpool search page (Click for full size image)
The search is smart enough to locate poolers in adjacent areas within a 2 Km radius.
Carpool search results (Click for full size image)
The search results page lists all carpoolers found in your vicinity and allows you to see each person's preferences.
Carpooler preferences (Click for full size image)
The preferences page has the option to send a short message to the person.
The maps on the car pool search pages were not showing up. They would help understand where each person lives.
Overall a nice little service. Too few people are on to this at this time. It will become useful as more people register and actually contact each other and start carpooling.
Hyderabad's New Transport Information System
HTIS or the Hyderabad Transport Information System offers web and mobile based information about traffic conditions on the city roads. I came across it recently and have been using it quite often. Also accessed it with my mobile phone to good effect.
The HTIS Home page provides a set of links to the various services:
The HTIS home page. (Click for full size image)
The Live Traffic Report Map page is very good. It shows traffic hot spots and is programmed to auto-refresh.
The live traffic map (Click for full size image)
The second feature I found interesting is the Directions feature. Put in a start and end point and you get a map with an overlay of the route to take. Way points are called out on the left panel, with distances and an approximate auto fare. This will be very useful for people new to Hyderabad. You will be able to get a good idea of the route you should be taking, making it difficult for the auto-wallas to fleece you.
HTIS Directions page (Click for full size image)
The Saree
Most laundry is hung out to dry in the balconies. There they can catch the sun. However the wind can be dangerous as one of my neighbours found out yesterday. Somebody in Block D lost a white saree when it flew off the clothes line and was tangled up in the branches of a tree.
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