TEDx Connaught Place with a theme around 'Impacting Issues we Ignore'

Recently a TEDx event happened in Connuaght Place of Delhi, India. This episode of TEDx was around 'Impacting Issues we Ignore' and 8 speakers from different walks of life presented their ideas and how they are executing them in different sectors of India. Most of them talked about some social issues in India and working on them. To know more about this show and more photographs, check out http://phototravelings.blogspot.in/2012/02/tedx-connaught-place-on-impacting.html

Sunset @ Shimla (Sunset view from Mall Road, Shimla)

Clouds coming up in the evening @ Viceregal Lodge, Shimla

Front view of Viceregal Lodge, Shimla (Indian Institute of Advanced Studies)

Side view of Viceregal Lodge, Shimla (Indian Institute of Advanced Studies)

Cecil Hotel on the way from Viceregal Lodge to Mall road @ Chaura Maidan, Shimla

A silhoutte of Deodar tree near Indian Institute of Advanced studies, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

  Shimla is one of my favorite places to visit frequently and I have lot of reasons to like this wonderful place. Although I have seen people talking about traffic and other problems in Shimla, but I don't care and it's one of the best hill stations if you are really interested in nature, freshness, nice weather, cleanness, Architecture etc.


This photograph is clicked in back side of Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, which is also known as Viceregal Lodge.

Shshshhhh.... A lonely road near Shimla Mall Road but its all safe !!

 
Many times I meet people visiting Shimla and at times, few of them say - "What's there in Shimla to visit/see".... "Shimla is too much crowded" .... and I say "What exactly you expect to visit in a place like Shimla" ...


In my opinion, Shimla town has best walks around the Mall road which passes through wonderful deodar forests, very old British Architecture and should I mention about weather & freshness of the town?


This is one of the street in the photograph, which is near to Vidhan Sabha... And the BEST part is that places in Himachal are extremely safe but that doesn't mean that one should be careless about it ! bcoz, exceptions are always there which may happen with anyone in bad times.. But Shimla is one of the favorite travel destination. In case you are planning for Shimla and need more info, catch me at VJ@travellingcamera.com and I am not a travel agent :)

Is this Monsoon Rain today?

It's very odd when you get a telephone call at 7:00 am on sunday morning ! I was sleeping and was not in a state to talk well.. I asked my friend to have another nap and we shall chat during the day... Just after disconnecting the phone, I heard the sounds outing... Initially I was not very sure if it is rain sound or someone is watering the plants... But soon after listening continuously to this, it was confirmed that it's rain :)

Finally time arrived to say Good Morning Sunday - 11:01 am and rain was still in it's mood.. It seems that Sunday will be a rainy day today... But is it beginning of Monsoons as well?

Entry Gate to Legislative Assembly, Himachal Pradesh

Legislative Assembly, Himachal Pradesh

 Whenever I go to Shimla, I never miss the wonderful walk from Mall Road to Viceregal Lodge and if time allows, we continue till Himachal Pradesh University in Summer-Hill... On this walk, lot of lovely places come and State's Vidhan Sabha is one of the nearest building to Mall Road !!! This whole stretch is very beautiful having road surrounded by huge deodar trees on both sides... Now I remember each turn, shop or building on this way unless things have changed since my last visit... and the better part is that it's not a climb but a downhill with negligible slope.. So we can consider that we walk in planes only... After Viceregal Lodge, the road is narrow and there is dense forest till the point University campus starts.. It's lovely and if timing is correct, one can see the toy train crossing through hills below the road...

Church on Ridge Ground, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Christ Church on Ridge is a very good piece of Architecture in Shimla !!! Almost every tourist in Shimla get a photograph of this place and its a wonderful church on one of the corners of Ridge in Shimla !!! 

This church is clearly visible from Mall Road and the view from Mall Road during the evenings is amazing !!!

Well lit Christ church on Ridge ground, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Every person who visit Shimla has to go to Ridge and Christ Church is one of the interesting structure out there. Its on the rightmost edge of the Ridge when we go towards Lakkar Bazar !! Ridge is a huge ground on top of the biggest water tank in Shimla.. There is an underground market at Ridge which is known as Indira Market but not very popular.. People like to shot at Lakkar Bazar or Mall Road !!! For better options for warm cloths at reasonable prices, don't forget Lower Market below Mall Road, but one needs to do proper bargaining as required in any Hill Station :)

A view of colorful Town Hall of Shimla from Ritz, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

India Gate created of light Bokeh

During one of the Photo-shoots last months I was trying out few things with Bokeh and here is one of the photograph I liked... The up side down U shaped building is India gate with street lights on both the sides... I tried lot many things with various focal length and manual focus !! I guess it would be one of the technique to test quality of Camera Lenses...

Shimla Town Hall surrounded by colorful lights during evenings !!!

In my opinion, its most beautiful building on Mall Road in Shimla. During the evenings this building is well lit with colorful lights !!! During our college times, we used to sit on stairs of this building and used to spend a lot of time there... Its still favorite place of many bachelors and many of them use it as a meeting point on Mall Road :)

A family getting group shot near India Gate Delhi

A Family having group Photograph at India Gate in Delhi !!! I liked the composition of this family having two children, their parents and grand-parents together in a happy pose... India Gate is very popular place for spending evenings in Delhi and in summers crowd increases suddenly as the area around it is airy because of lot of green areas around it. And India Gate area is very less populated as compared to other parts of Delhi !!! There are some huge grounds around India Gate and people come here with prepared dinner and spend their evening and go back late night !! Then time for young groups starts and lot of people can be seen hanging around till 1:00 am...

Indian President's House in Delhi on the day of Beating Retreat Ceremony

Indian President's House in Delhi on the day of Beating Retreat Ceremony... This special lighting is done for few days between Republic Day and Beating Retreat which happens on 26th Jan & 29th Jan respectively... If you are attending the ceremony and planning to take camera with you, please ensure that you have right place to keep it somewhere during the ceremony because its not allowed during that time...

Wonderful Lighting @ President's House in Delhi, INDIA

Some special arrangements are done for few days during Republic day of INDIA... This particular Photograph was clicked on Beating Retreat day which was on 29th of Jan'2011 ....

Night shot of India Gate on the day of Beating Retreat Ceremony @ President's House, Delhi, INDIA

Night shot of India Gate on the day of Beating Retreat Ceremony @ President's House, Delhi, INDIA

A Temple in the middle of Kullu Sarahan Village in Himachal Pradesh

A Temple in the middle of Kullu Sarahan Village in Himachal Pradesh
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