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  • The Draw of Tulips

    So this is the list of people who commented on the Holland travelogue and their names are going in the draw tonight..

    1. Rhapsody
    2. Joy
    3. Geet
    4. WishesGalore
    5. Jas
    6. Iya
    7. Reeta
    8. Deeps
    9. Aarbee
    10. Sam
    11. Reema
    12. Vaishali
    13. Rahi
    14. Teekhi Mirchi
    15. Subbu

    The name which is picked up gets to choose a photo from my previous post, and I will send a print to his/her place. There might be slight changes in how the print looks as I would manually edit it this time, instead of using Piknik.

    Tell me a way to make this draw more interesting…

  • गीत माला

    “तौबा मेरी तौबा, मुश्किल था एक तो, पहले ही दिल का बेहेल्ना
    आफत फिर उसपे, लट में तुम्हारा, मुखड़ा छुपा के चलना…”


    आज के सवाल :

    बताइए गाना कौनसा है?
    किसने गया?
    कौनसी पिक्चर से लिया गया?
    और कुछ पता हो तो वो भी बताइए !

    and no peeking into the existing comments to find the answer !!

    And now if you know the answer, here is your turn to enjoy the song :Click Here.

  • I am back !



    and I am back with loads and loads of photographs which I would not click otherwise, so enjoy the change for a while !

  • (चाय और चम्पी ) Chai aur Champi !

    Kshitiz had a post on flickr a couple of days back which was something about why he was going back to India, and his response was that he does not get the roadside tea here !

    I could not agree with him more…

    If there were a few reasons why I want to go back to India, not being able to park my car and have tea/food in a dhaba would be in the top 5… What a blessing it is to enjoy a different kind of food and tea, every 100 kms in a open air dhaba… and here, all you get is Subways, Wendy’s, McDonalds and so on and so forth… sab kuch ek jaisa !


    Another reason and very silly one that is, would be not getting the proper hair cream… I have not been able to find any hair cream that I like so far here in the US.. my biggest issue is the huge number of options for almost every issue for your hair, and not one which says non sticky hair cream !!! aargh…

    Anyway, this weekend I managed to find something from Garnier that looks and feels like my favorite Parachute After Shower… though this one does not smell as nice as Parachute… Monday morning when I used it, I was so happy !!! finally !!!!

    Oh and one more… the 10 rupe ki champi that I get at my hair dresser !!!

    I going to move out of my comfort zone and path of least resistance at work soon… It is for doing the right thing, so hoping it works !!!

  • 30on30 Updates

    The 30on30 Project got an overwhelming response from friends all around. Here are some of the highlights so far:

    1. Reached the initial goal of raising Rs. 30000
    2. Decided to not stop there
    3. Revised the goal to Rs. 50000 and are about 5K short of it as of today
    4. Even if we reach 50K we would try to continue raising some money till 30th April and do as much as possible

    Thank you everyone who has participated, appreciated, purchased, promoted, and wished for the success of the project.

    And like I said, its not over yet !!! There is still more than a week to go.. please do spread the word around if you have not yet done that.

  • Blogged by Chaibaaz Chandan (चायबाज़ चंदन)


    Blogged, originally uploaded by Chandan Dubey.

    Please welcome a new member to the Chaibaaz Family.. Chandan Dubey (चंदन दूबे )

    She is from Banaras and currently based out of Hong Kong and has a blog called Girl About Home. Go to her blog and you would be able to effortless wander around all the text and photographs that she has there… Something to look at whenever you need to view some refreshing colors ! Needless to say, the same thing is true about her flickr stream too !!

    Welcome to the Chaibaaz Family Chandan 🙂 I kind of like your name like this :चंदन चायबाज़

    And, finding members for the Chaibaaz family is something that I really like to do.. .Random thing number 1 🙂

  • कविराज प्रशांत भारद्वाज

    You’ve read what I write… here is a chance to hear it too 🙂

    Apologies for a bad video quality… It was taken using a regular point and shoot camera and in the darker side of the living room !

  • kate lee by चायबाज़ रोनोदिप (Chaibaaz Ronodip)


    Enjoy this picture from a Tea Shop in Calcutta, India… a city that I love to love… I think after Delhi, Calcutta (or Kolkata), the city that I have walked the most in…

    I am in love with Kolkata and would love to spend a week (maybe more) just walking around the corners and streets… I feel that city still has a lot of character and its old age charisma to share… I still remember walking around Hawrah, taking that ferry to BBD Bagh, walking from there to Chaurangee, and then to Robindro Shodon and finally taking a shared cab from Exide to Korunamoi. You can view the pictures of my date with the city (14th Oct 2006) here.

    About the photographer… Ronodip or Rawnie as he likes to call himself is the younger brother of my darling friend Tanu (who happens to put life and soul into every picture that she takes herself). Her excitement knew no boundaries when Ronodip got a camera, and Ronodip really has not disappointed with his pictures either… From what I have observed he likes taking high contrast pictures both in color and b/w and is doing a fantastic job in capturing moments from around him. You can enjoy more of his work here.

    With time and the right direction he is going to go places for sure!

    Welcome to the chaibaaz family Rawnie !

  • Chai ki dukaan: by Chaibaaz Sunny (चायबाज़ सन्नी)

    Time for some more Chai 🙂

    The picture comes from a small tea stall in Banaras, UP, India… The city of a million and more stories, located at the bank of Ganges and said to be the oldest living city in the world… Banaras. Also known has Varanasi or Kashi.

    Sunny, who has taken this picture is one of the very few people who proves that its not really the camera but the photographer who takes pictures. He is capable of producing excellent pictures, using his basic point and shoot camera and is a source for inspiration for many!

    Click here to enjoy some more of his work.

  • 2008, the year that was !!!

    This is a long post… I would recommend reading along with the pictures but then if you just want to have a look at some pictures, scroll on !!!

    While I was getting ready for the new year…


    I thought, why not write about what all I have been upto in 2008…

    I was at the Chai ki Dukaan

    I was in Air

    I was in Water


    I drove

    I traveled in Trains

    I travelled in Buses

    I relaxed

    I walked

    I was with friends

    I was with Family

    I was alone

    I saw rains

    I saw clouds

    I saw Snow

    I saw Sunsets and Sun-rises

    I saw buildings that man made

    I saw caves that man decorated

    I saw some Art

    and made some myself


    I started cooking

    I spread some smiles

    met some great new people

    and let go of some !!

    Took more photos of nature

    and even more of people

    I realized how much I love B/W, both in Life and Photography…

    I even had an exhibition in New Delhi 🙂

    I got closer to my country
    And I stayed far far away from it too…

    All in all, this has been such a remarkable year for me that I could not have imagined !!! Lets hope that I come out a winner in 2009 as well…

    Amen !

    And now !

    I should get back to work 🙂 I have spent more than 90 minutes on this post already 😛


    But you keep visiting Chai Ki Dukaan !!! It feels great to have company here !!!