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  • T-tips from Chai ki Dukaan!

    When you make tea, make sure that you are smiling!!!

    Ranikhet-0036

    It helps the TEA Taste Better!!!

    Photograph from a T-Shop at Jageshwar(Distt. Almora), Uttarakhand, India!
  • …

    Take two things away from Delhi Roads and this city would never be the same again!!!

    The Horn!
    and
    The Horny!!
  • Pieces of Peace

    Pieces of Peace

    You find your peace in pieces all over!!! Make sure to collect all of them!

    Photograph from Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis Downtown, Minnesota!
  • Games people play!

    We all get pulled between options...
    CWG 2010 are about to come to an end, tomorrow being the last day! I have been looking forward and hoping that the games go well, and there are no major issues while the games are on in Delhi!
    So far so Good!
    The traffic has been alright! Infact, I have made it on time every single day I was travelling to work in the morning! Evenings have been a bit tight, however that is a usual scenario! An addition of about 20 minutes to a 150 minutes long drive does not really bother me anymore! Plus I am not driving myself, so that leaves some sanity intact by the time I reach home every evening, and I do not mind getting behind the wheels over weekends!
    What I really like about games such as CWG and Olympics and other sports activities, is that they have a start date, and an end date! However there are games which just don’t seem to end!
    How I wish, from an endless list, the two below, have an end date
    ~ Political games at Office!
    ~ Office games in Politics!
    I promise to participate in the closing ceremony!!!
    Title courtesy : Games people play by Inner Circle
  • Lie to Me

    “A real surprise lasts for less than a second. If they act surprised for more than a few seconds, they are faking it!“

    Lie to Me (Season 1)
    Started watching one of my favorite TV shows today!
  • …

    Been a not so good week so far!!! muscle pulls, sprains, pain and just feeling dull!

  • commonwealth games के नारे!

    कुछ चोर कुछ भिखारी

    भ्रष्टाचार का नया नाम – सुरेश कलमाड़ी ||
    Happy to see Indian team winning many Golds on day 2 of CWG2010 @ New Delhi! Keep an eye on the medals tally here.

  • कलमाड़ी की (कु)आरती



    जय बाबा कलमाड़ी

    बोलो जय बाबा कलमाड़ी
    अद्भुत अनोखे ढंग से
    तुमने commonwealth की मारी ||
    बोलो जय बाबा कलमाड़ी!!!
    सारे सम्बन्धी करोडपति
    चाहे देश हो जाये भिखारी |
    सबका ख्याल तुम्हे है
    दोस्ती हो या रिश्तेदारी ||
    बोलो जय बाबा कलमाड़ी!!!
    इतना पैसा खाया
    और आधी भी डकार न मारी|
    तुमको जेल में डाले
    अब किसकी ये ज़िम्मेदारी?
    बोलो जय बाबा कलमाड़ी!!!
    ऐसा हाल किया के
    शर्म से डूब मरे नर नारी|
    यमुना में भी बाड़ आ गई
    धोने को तुम्हारी बीमारी|
    बोलो जय बाबा कलमाड़ी!!!
    CWG तो होंगे
    भारत की है तय्यारी|
    तुम जाने कहाँ जाओगे
    कहाँ डूबेगी नैय्या तुम्हारी?????
    बोलो जय बाबा कलमाड़ी!!!

  • Happy Birth(month)

    Chai ki Dukaan entered its 7th year this september!!!
    One of the quietest years for CKD has been its 6th, and rightly so! It has been an year of realizations, milestones, achievements, new journeys, and revisits! A few windows closed, and a lot of them opened!!!

    Window Panels @ Tajul Masajid, Bhopal

    And from how I see it, the 7th year is going to be extremely exciting, and happening, and set a strong base for years to come!

    Here is some tea for everyone who has been a part of the journey in some form or the other!!!

    The ChaiWala...

    Chai ki Dukaan

    Tea and Chips

    T

    Partial Solar Eclipse

    Happy Birthday Chai ki Dukaan!

    and with this, I finish the 100th post for 2010! Interesting!

  • (चायबाज़) Chaibaaz – Salva Magaz

    Salva is one of my favorite photographers on Flickr… The moment I saw a Tea photograph on his stream, I knew I had to request him to let me post it on ChaiBaaz!

    Enjoy!
    Is my mind yellow?
    Please do visit some more of his tea related photographs here.
    p.s. All of these images including the above are copyright images and cannot be used in any form without Salva’s written permission!