God, Why can't we have Friends for life ?

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Lights and pollution...

The illuminated Mysore Palace is a real beauty to watch, especially from the Chamundi hills. It takes about 96,000 incandescent bulbs to light up this marvelous palace. Did you ever think about the amount of energy wasted or pollution by it.

Greenpeace, as usual is worried about it. They even contacted the officials concerned and got some word from them that they would switch to the energy saving compact Fluorescent lamps (CFL). Later there were reports that the officials never said they would switch to CFL.

Decision to switch to CFL's cannot be taken in a haste. Its financially huge you would say. But there is energy savings by using CFL's as Greenpeace claims.
This is not the whole picture. There is a larger environmental issue. CFL's are made up of mercury. Disposing of these bulbs is a matter of concern. In a country like India where there aren't proper waste disposal procedures followed, we need to think before switching.

Anyways I have a CFL bulb in my room & I never thought about how I would I dispose it off. Actually I have thrown a few into common dust bins. I think I need to think about where to dispose. Shouldn't you also ?

Mysore Dasara...

This was my first Dasara in Mysore. Though I wasn't here for the main events, I saw the grandeur with which this city celebrates Dasara. The yuva dasara event organised was a big hit with top stars from kannada film industry and bollywood singers like Sunidhi Chauhan, Usha Uthapa, sonu Nigam entertaining the audience. The sight of the illuminated palace from the Chamundi hills was really awesome.

The Mysore tourism department seems to have gone digital. mysoredasara.com is the official website. They even have a digital gallery where they have planned to upload videos & photos of celebrations. They are also uploading videos of the dasara celebrations on youtube as mysoretourism.

I had been to home to celebrate Dusara, so missed the final two days of the events in Mysore. Anyways there's hardly any days (november 8,9) left for another great festival...the DeepavaLi.

Gopalaswamy Betta and Bandipur...

Had been to Gopalaswamy Betta(hills) and Bandipur on saturday.


Four of us on Honda Activa and a Pulser enjoyed the day.
Gopalaswamy Betta is a great place. I think almost every outgoing Mysorian has seen it. We reached there by 9 AM, so missed enjoying the mist covered hills.
Bandipur was a boring one. We took the mini bus safari and we luckily saw a tied elephant, a pack of wild dogs, lots of deer, wild buffalo, sarang. I almost slept through half of the safari.

Have lot to write but i'm not in a mood. :(

Snaps...

Gopalaswamy Betta and Bandipur