Saurabh

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Bardez, Goa, India
यह फूल मिला मुझे, पणजी में, मंडोवी के किनारे। तमाम मुश्किलों के बावजूद इसने जिंदा रहने की ज़िद की। जो मंहुसियत कभी अहमदाबाद में फैलाई गई थी, नदी के किनारे को concrete में ढलने की,
यह फूल मिला मुझे, पणजी में, मंडोवी के किनारे। तमाम मुश्किलों के बावजूद इसने जिंदा रहने की ज़िद की। जो मंहुसियत कभी अहमदाबाद में फैलाई गई थी, नदी के किनारे को concrete में ढलने की, वो अब गोवा में भी फैल रही है।
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Bardez, Goa, India
The kids threw me a surprise #birthday #party. I walked into the house to see this 😍
The kids threw me a surprise #birthday #party. I walked into the house to see this 😍
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  • GoaThe kids threw me a surprise #birthday #party. I walked into the house to see this 😍
  • parvichadhaWish you a very very happy birthday 🥳1
  • rasshmiguptaaWow 👏👏1
  • ghosh.damayantiHappiest birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉1
  • kavita.kaushalWow. Truly blessed to have such nice kids. Love the decoration.1
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Hello new trip around the Sun. Delighted to have started this one with laughter and dance.
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Uttara Kannada, Karnataka, India also on caravahan
I've often said that #travel doesn't have to be expensive. In Dandeli we stayed at a campsite called BeOnTheTrail that charged us ₹1000 per night for pitching three tents. This inc
I've often said that #travel doesn't have to be expensive. In Dandeli we stayed at a campsite called BeOnTheTrail that charged us ₹1000 per night for pitching three tents. This included the use of all facilities on their campsite including a bathroom with geyser, and a campfire each night. Boating was ₹100 per head, kayaking was perhaps ₹300. In Gokarna we are paying ₹500 for pitching a tent at a campsite by the beach. Food at both places was about ₹2000 per day for six people. Petrol has been expensive, costing us more per day than stay and food, but we could have used public buses instead of a car.

That said, I recognise that travel is a privilege. Not everyone has a job that they can work on remotely, or can get leaves from. Not everyone has a car to just up and go. We've paid dearly for the space to store all of our camping gear. I have Sharada to take care of my plants when I'm gone. The list goes on. Just because I'm not spending much on this trip doesn't mean that I don't have other hidden means that enable this trip.

So, umm, if my travel pics encourage you to take short breaks more often, that's very nice. If they make you feel that you don't have the means to enjoy life as much as others, then I'm truly sorry I've made you feel this way. I wish I could tag Instagram pics in a way that you could filter out the travel pics.

I went camping with some friends three years ago, to Kasauli. They reached out to say that that trip would always be a core memory for their kids. And that my kids would have so many more such memories. Which is very generous of them, but it is also true. If you do have the means, and you have kids, yet you just sit on your butt all weekend, or all you do is luxury travel that doesn't let your kids connect with nature and with rural India, then really, get off your butt and go somewhere.
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This man's great grandfather was born in Pakistan. So was mine. He makes kahwa; I make computers. But judging from our bellies, we are both equally prosperous.
This man's great grandfather was born in Pakistan. So was mine. He makes kahwa; I make computers. But judging from our bellies, we are both equally prosperous.
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The Rufous Sibia, spotted this rainy morning in #Dhanolti. #Rufous means #बादीमी in #हिंदी। It is a #bird of the lower #Himalayas.The Rufous Sibia, spotted this rainy morning in #Dhanolti. #Rufous means #बादीमी in #हिंदी। It is a #bird of the lower #Himalayas.The Rufous Sibia, spotted this rainy morning in #Dhanolti. #Rufous means #बादीमी in #हिंदी। It is a #bird of the lower #Himalayas.
The Rufous Sibia, spotted this rainy morning in #Dhanolti. #Rufous means #बादीमी in #हिंदी। It is a #bird of the lower #Himalayas.
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  • DhanoltiThe Rufous Sibia, spotted this rainy morning in #Dhanolti. #Rufous means #बादीमी in #हिंदी। It is a #bird of the lower #Himalayas.
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Don't go into the #mountains in the #monsoons, they said. We've been driving through #clouds and the #rain for hours now. Wonderful #roads so far.Don't go into the #mountains in the #monsoons, they said. We've been driving through #clouds and the #rain for hours now. Wonderful #roads so far.Don't go into the #mountains in the #monsoons, they said. We've been driving through #clouds and the #rain for hours now. Wonderful #roads so far.Don't go into the #mountains in the #monsoons, they said. We've been driving through #clouds and the #rain for hours now. Wonderful #roads so far.Don't go into the #mountains in the #monsoons, they said. We've been driving through #clouds and the #rain for hours now. Wonderful #roads so far.
Don't go into the #mountains in the #monsoons, they said. We've been driving through #clouds and the #rain for hours now. Wonderful #roads so far.
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For too long I've shown up at people's homes, eaten their food, drank their wine, and then promptly gone to sleep on their couch. Someone finally gathered evidence.
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Kavin made his big screen debut today, in a ̶h̶o̶m̶e̶ school video.

The part where Nilay appeared was too hilarious for me to be able to record.
Kavin made his big screen debut today, in a ̶h̶o̶m̶e̶ school video.

The part where Nilay appeared was too hilarious for me to be able to record.
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It you've heard of the stereotype "Goans just need an excuse to party", I assure you that it's entirely true. I think we're just celebrating that Easter is over and all the bleedinIt you've heard of the stereotype "Goans just need an excuse to party", I assure you that it's entirely true. I think we're just celebrating that Easter is over and all the bleedinIt you've heard of the stereotype "Goans just need an excuse to party", I assure you that it's entirely true. I think we're just celebrating that Easter is over and all the bleedinIt you've heard of the stereotype "Goans just need an excuse to party", I assure you that it's entirely true. I think we're just celebrating that Easter is over and all the bleedinIt you've heard of the stereotype "Goans just need an excuse to party", I assure you that it's entirely true. I think we're just celebrating that Easter is over and all the bleedin
It you've heard of the stereotype "Goans just need an excuse to party", I assure you that it's entirely true. I think we're just celebrating that Easter is over and all the bleeding tourists should have left by now.

The lady in the pics in Lorna. I have been properly chastised today for not knowing that in Goa, Lorna isn't just a singer or entertainer. She is an institution.
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Music in Goa is the gift that keeps on giving. Today we are at the Institute Menezes, as the famous pianist Karl Lutchmayer lectures and performs.

There were two things that I realised during the concert. The first was that composers are handicapped by the mechanical limitations of the piano hardware. They are also limited by the ten fingers, two feet, and dexterity of the human form. All fingers are not equal, and the two hands have trouble doing completely independent things. Orchestras have there limitations too, and two pianists in tandem do not make twenty fingers.

So it was today that I truly realised the importance of synthesisers. I always thought that synthesizers are about sounds that natural instruments cannot produce. But a simple MIDI file can produce music that a human pianist never can.

The second thing I realised was the importance of buying local. The younger one, who accompanied me today, was in the market for a (digital) piano last month. He cycled down to Furtados, Goa's go-to musical instruments store, and figured out what he needed. Thereafter, me being the miser that I am, proceeded to hunt all over the Internet and Gurgaon for a cheaper source. While deferring the decision to me, Kavin patiently pointed out that a local store means immediate delivery, checking the piece before purchase, and local support and warranty. We did eventually buy from Furtados, but only because the price difference outside was <5%.

What I hadn't factored in is that buying from a local store is like investing in the local music scene. Furtados sponsored this piano and the performance today. Kavin is there practically every week to buy Trinity papers and other things. And it has perhaps helped build quite a bit of the local music scene that we so enjoy.
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गए तो थे हम सुबह सुबह बत्तख देखने। मगर बत्तख हमें देख कर भाग गईं तो हम भी कमल देखकर लौट आए।गए तो थे हम सुबह सुबह बत्तख देखने। मगर बत्तख हमें देख कर भाग गईं तो हम भी कमल देखकर लौट आए।गए तो थे हम सुबह सुबह बत्तख देखने। मगर बत्तख हमें देख कर भाग गईं तो हम भी कमल देखकर लौट आए।गए तो थे हम सुबह सुबह बत्तख देखने। मगर बत्तख हमें देख कर भाग गईं तो हम भी कमल देखकर लौट आए।गए तो थे हम सुबह सुबह बत्तख देखने। मगर बत्तख हमें देख कर भाग गईं तो हम भी कमल देखकर लौट आए।
गए तो थे हम सुबह सुबह बत्तख देखने। मगर बत्तख हमें देख कर भाग गईं तो हम भी कमल देखकर लौट आए।
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Sawantwadi Taluka, Maharashtra, India also on caravahan
@sephibergerson 's lovely family invited us over and fed us yummy fresh cooked #food.

I finally found people in India who have more camping gear than me. My tribe 😁
@sephibergerson 's lovely family invited us over and fed us yummy fresh cooked #food.

I finally found people in India who have more camping gear than me. My tribe 😁
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The customs guys being the little shits that they are, they've put this board up at the entrance of Betul Fort, which is the only fort built by Shivaji in Goa. When the Portugese c
The customs guys being the little shits that they are, they've put this board up at the entrance of Betul Fort, which is the only fort built by Shivaji in Goa. When the Portugese clawed this fort from the Marathas, they turned it into a customs office. When India clawed Goa from the 'gese, we merrily handed over the fort to our customs department instead of the ASI. Now this fantastic piece of heritage is literally crumbling, and has no functional office or any customs presence beyond this board. Why oh why do the military, customs and what not continue to squat over our cultural heritage instead of handing them to the public or the ASI. Infuriating.
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Absolutely fabulous custom vehicle made in Bhilwara, Rajasthan and operating in Karwar, Karnataka. It isn't a modification of an existing vehicle; it's completely built from scratcAbsolutely fabulous custom vehicle made in Bhilwara, Rajasthan and operating in Karwar, Karnataka. It isn't a modification of an existing vehicle; it's completely built from scratc
Absolutely fabulous custom vehicle made in Bhilwara, Rajasthan and operating in Karwar, Karnataka. It isn't a modification of an existing vehicle; it's completely built from scratch. It has leaf spring suspensions, rear differential, and a gear box. The motive force is also used to operate the sugarcane crusher. Lots of carefully designed storage space. The owner keeps it very clean and is very proud of it too.

#custom #customs #travel #innovation
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Hosapete, Karnataka, India
We look happy, but some of us are cold and sleepy
We look happy, but some of us are cold and sleepy
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  • neenandyalWow ! This ride is in hampi - must di for me now !1
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The day began with a very nice #coracle #boat ride that was ruined in the end by the boatman insisting on giving us a spin in spite of my protests.
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Today was a day of many adventures. Here you can see Nilay taking my comment "go jump off a cliff" rather literally.
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Supa taluk, Karnataka, India
Barbequeing seems like such an inordinate amount of effort. And yet being out in the hills, under the open sky, with a chill in the air, it's all so therapeutic.
Barbequeing seems like such an inordinate amount of effort. And yet being out in the hills, under the open sky, with a chill in the air, it's all so therapeutic.
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  • upcycling.artistSooo happy to see this page going active. Aaaapy nuuuu eeyaaaa 🤗🤗🥳🥳1
  • gdfj865Love it 🖼️ DM @camping__.life
  • caravahan#Dandeli #camping #barbeque #campfire #outdoors #cooking
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