Last 2 weeks
Last 10-15 days have been busy as hell. Busy bole to B-U-S-Y with capital letters.
Upgraded to Wordpress 1.5
First of all, tried to upgrade my blog to latest version of Wordpress. Thanks to my own foolishness, it didn’t worked. Actually, forgot to upload couple of files. Result, my blog was showing an error message. But, as you have seen, this has been sorted out. I have even installed Chetan’s theme. Isn’t it awesome?
Interviews
Gave interviews for admission into management programs at IITs. Don’t want to say much on this issue. Just waiting for the results and keeping my fingers crossed. Wish me luck!
Work
These have been the busiest days of my life. Sleeping 6 hours a day is luxury to me. Ghar jake bus so jata hoon. That’s it. Haven’t even talked to my roomie since ages 
If it continues this way, time will come when my roomie won’t even recognize me. LOL
Trip to Shirdi, Aurangabad & Ellora Caves
Between all this hectic schedule, I managed to visit Sai Baba’s temple at Shirdi. I along with 3 of my friends rented a car, and drove to Shirdi. It’s about 220 kms away from Pune. It was the first time, I drove on a highway. Needless to say, it was fun. Reached Shirdi on Saturday early morning, and went straight to the temple. Saw the ‘aarti‘ - was an amazing experience. This was only the second time I saw aarti. The other time I saw it in Haridwar.
After this, we guys went to Shani Shinganapur. About 60-70 kms away from Shirdi, this small town is unique in every sense. No house/shop has a door. This is because, they believe that if anybody indulges in stealing or robbery, he/she will be punished by Shani devta. So, in the heart of India, here is place where everybody is honest, very very honest infact. I had taken a pooja thali from a nearby shop. The shopowner said that I can pay money after visiting the temple. Now, where on earth, can this happen?
That was an end to religious part of our tour =) In the afternoon, we set off for Aurangabad. Reached there by evening. It’s a very small city, more famous for the nearby Ajanta-Ellora caves. Visited the Bibi-ka-makbara. It’s a poor cousin of Taj Mahal. Then, went to a restaurant named ‘Bhoj’. Had rajasthani thali - it was simply WoW! Dal-bhatti-churma, kadi, khichdi, fruit custard - Yumm!!
On Sunday, it was turn of Ellora caves! Built around 2000-2500 years back, these caves are an architecture marvel. They managed to build these mammoth caves at that time when there were no cranes, no modern technology, etc. Incredible stuff!!
Came back to Pune last night, and now I’m back in office =(
Photographs
Check out the pictures here =)
Comments (19 comments)
Hmm, new site look is very nice. Liked it.
So you been visiting places. Thats good. I have nt been to Shirdi and ellora caves. I had a chance, but did nt go. Country itni badi hai, saara cover karnaa thodi mushkil kaam hai!!.
And your trip photos are nice.
Govind / March 14th, 2005, 3:23 pm / #
[Govind] There is so much to see in India.. so many places to visit… for people like you who stay abroad, its tough to give a visit to smaller towns/places..
Manpreet / March 14th, 2005, 6:12 pm / #
Hi there, looking good; Goodluck with your interviews.
Chetan / March 14th, 2005, 7:11 pm / #
..the blog, I mean
Chetan / March 14th, 2005, 7:57 pm / #
[Chetan] Yeah, thanks to your efforts, we guys have a great template out there now!!
Manpreet / March 14th, 2005, 8:00 pm / #
You seem to have had a lot of fun. It’s always good to take a break in midst of all the hard work.
Nice layout!
Mannat / March 15th, 2005, 3:22 am / #
Good Luck !!!
I got the error “Slow down Cowboy…”
Ankur Raheja / March 15th, 2005, 12:37 pm / #
[Mannat] Work and Masti to chalti rehti hai
Without them life will become dull and boring!!
[Ankur] Thanks. BTW, when did u got that error?
Manpreet / March 15th, 2005, 2:01 pm / #
ahhh seems you work a lot lately, wish you the best, don’t forget to take a rest
And of course wish you the best for the interview, how’s the result ? is it out already ?
woww what a nice trip ! I love the pics, those places have great views. Shirdi Aurangabad is really looked like Taj Mahal
I am really surprised ! The cave is really amazing too … I like seeing cave 
And the pic with dil chata hai pose, hahaha it’s really cute 
Mona / March 15th, 2005, 2:41 pm / #
[Mona] Yup, result for IIT-Delhi is out. Me in the wait list
So, kinda struck in between. Neither in nor out. Will have to wait for couple of weeks to know my status.
That Taj Mahal duplicate is Bibi Ka Makbara.. Though the construction quality is not as good as the Taj, still its awesome to view. =)
Manpreet / March 15th, 2005, 7:28 pm / #
ankur must have gotten that error by clicking on submit comment twice..usually happens when you click on submit once and then click on it again quickly..it thinks that u are writing another comment..
will be back again to comment on the post
poonam / March 15th, 2005, 8:13 pm / #
[Poonam] Yup.. you are correct.. that is the problem..!!
Manpreet / March 15th, 2005, 8:57 pm / #
I got the error, because I opened up different posts in two separate windows. And I pressed both the submit buttons within the gap of few secs
So I was told to slow down as there need to be gap of 15 seconds between two posts.
Manpreet, i made a post on my blog regarding stock market, your comments are welcome
Ankur Raheja / March 15th, 2005, 11:35 pm / #
Hey Manpreet… the pics were SOOOOOOOOO awesome!! I’ve never been to that side of India :-s… It was nice to see the Shirdi complex so well-kept and clean
and the rest of the pics… most of them invoked some memory or the other… the dhabas… the hlls… the temples… omg I feel like going all goo goo gaa gaa over mera bharat mahaan…lol.. glad that you had fun… and good luck with all the stuff you’re doing 
rash / March 16th, 2005, 5:48 am / #
Wonderful pictures. Even I want to visit Shirdi, but as you know i am not getting enough time these days
Tanya / March 16th, 2005, 11:19 am / #
[Ankur] Will comment on it later in the day =)
[Rash] East or west… saada India is the best
[Tanya] Matter of another one month.. uske baad to u will be free… tab ikhate chalenge
Manpreet / March 16th, 2005, 11:38 am / #
Aacha??? Ikhate chalenge??
Wah wah wah.. Manpreete..tusi toh great ho 
:razz: Ikhate chalenge.. 
kyaa baat hai! Poori poll idhar nahi khol dehti…:razz:
poonam / March 17th, 2005, 8:55 pm / #
Manpreet / March 18th, 2005, 10:26 am / #
Kya kahun…? speechless today
Tanya / March 21st, 2005, 12:36 am / #
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