What's in my name?

I love my name. Its Sheela. Yes that's my full name. Just Sheela. Without surname, initials, middle name, last name. Even before I was born, my sister knew that she would have a little sister and had already named me. Though she was just 3 and a half, I believe the story because that's what my mom also says.

I remember in Class 3 when my teacher was giving away some certificates, she asked me "Sheela what?". I said "Its just Sheela. I dont have initials". She was devastated and pitied me so much that she gave me her initials and wrote Sheela.S. She was proud as she gave me something that my parents couldn't give which I really dint need.

So what's with the name? Even Facebook dint allow me to join with my name. I had to fake my father's name as my second name and that indeed is believed to be my name by 700+ facebook friends which encompasses people I know and people I remotely know.

Now I have a surname. Yes I adopted my husbands surname. THE END.

Yours truly,
Sheela Hegde

From Drafts

Hell lot of posts sitting in my drafts. Wonder how I missed posting it.
This was a dedication from a friend just a week before my wedding.
I just had to share this!! For the records...

http://anatreek.blogspot.in/2012/02/girl-in-blue-polka-dotted-dress.html

'Thank You' Card making competition

We had 'Appreciation Week' in our office last week. There were several competitions. One that caught my eye was ofcourse card making. I forced a friend of mine, Ankita, to take part along with me and Voila!! we won :D

The theme was ofcourse 'Thank you'. I chose my favourite combination of Purple and Pink. Used purple as base. Used 2 frames of light pink and purple. My mom newly got some stamps from US which I had never used and got a chance here. I have done 'Thank you' stamps on light pink sheet. The rest of the decoration is with bow and flowers.

This is the most admired part. I searched for an idea to do something in 3D inside as it would be different. With a bunch of 7 florets I could make something like below which opens up beautifully to form a bouquet of flowers. Turst me, its a simple craft to do. Learn how to make it here. Hope you enjoy making the card as I did.

Poetry for a cause

Hello!!
I wrote this poem as part of a task given to me by my Santa in office while playing Secret Santa. My task was a write a poem for my husband describing him. This is my first attempt at poetry. I hope you like it.

As happy as me, there were few

Until God sent you!

Mr Dirty looked so hot

Or so I thought

And so I was receptive

Little did I know looks are deceptive

Though he was Mr Dirty

He was sweet and naughty

Caring, sharing and Daring

Like a dutiful wife,

I will be all my life

With a little pecking here and there

For I know your care

Mrs Clean, nagging had been

Until Mr Dirty turned Mr Clean

 In return, I made a card to my Santa. Ofcourse my USP handmade card. Its hard not to notice that the snowman is a rip off from my previous post ;)

 

Happy 2012!! Bye bye 2011!!

2011 is gone and in 2012 I am performing one of the biggest life defying stunts..And no, its not sky diving or bunjee jumping..Its getting hitched!! Which means another person who has to tolerate me and that too all his life..Wish me luck everyone..

I made this card last year for a competition in my office..I however couldnt submit somehow..The theme was Season's Greeting and hence I made a snow many above and spray paint below..Mixed them both with a red ribbon and a golden bow..



Wishing all my reader (if any :( ) a very happy new years..May god shower you with everything you deserve...

PS: I resolve to write more worthless posts this year, laze around more this year, eat healthy and lose weight and live happily :)

BODYGUARD- Review

With a caution the mindless entertainer it can be, we still chose Bodyguard. That was the biggest mistake and I demand Siddique my 200Rs back..

Few minutes into the movie, you know it is a straight rip off from a Telgu movie..Few traits to identify like gravity defying stunts, huge haveli, rich father protecting his pricess daughter, unreasonable enemies from generations ever ready to tussle..

Then there are the usual Salman movie starrer scenes like water pipe gushing over his body to tear open his shirt, invention of wierd dance steps, one punch dialogue for which you create situations so that it recurrs, signature ringtone which gets to your nerves after sometime, one 'trying to create comedy' man for which he tries hard and goes to extent of ripping his shirt but you should be a die hard Salman fan to succumb to such mediocre jokes and finally a bone head who falls for such idiocy..You have no reason to fall in love with his character Kareena. He is only doing his duty of guarding..Unless you are paid a bomb to act so brainless..Mix these ingrediants in a cocktail and you have an assured box office blockbuster or so thinks the director.

From the beginnning of the movie, you wonder why there is a pretty girl next to Kareena who sits/eats/sleeps/walks with her. Only at the end you know the reason why she agreed to play such a sly role. To have a "different" climax, the director did not think twice while aping the famous Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. On one side the romantic track surprises you, the comedy track kills you and the action track frustrates you. You wait for Intermission in the first half and wait to get out in the second half.

RATING: *
PS: Its not even a mindless entertainer. Its pure mindless

Exploring Europe: Part 1: Roma

Europe is for a reason a travellers paradise..A little bit of history on why we chose this continent and a small preface to Exploring Europe series..

When I was 8, I saw a movie where the heroine begs her father to allow her to see Europe before her marriage..that scene somehow dint get erased from my cerebrum even when I turned 24..Next reason being, Europe is full of history..something we studied from Class 1 to 10..Renaissance, French revolution, World war, paintings, sculptures, great structures etcetra etcetra..Next reason, we are single and earning and we will never ever have a chance like this to roam the world on our own again and we had to do it..A childhood dream successfully fulfilled..

My co-traveller: My friend from past 15 years..yet another techie in town..the same friend with whom I went to Big bazar, TV9 and Kannada movie director asking for job..those were our 3 most embarassing days i guess..The two of us have been planning this trip for more than 6 months..This trip was all we had in our life since then..

Destination 1: Roma

Eat:
Sadly both of us are vegetarians..Pizza, Pasta, Salad, Gelato, Pastry was all we could find..Trust me Pizza here tastes way better than its land of origin..Enter into any Departmental store and buy food to suffice your breakfast and snacks atleast..you can catch up on local speciality for lunch/dinner..A few packs of MTR bisibelebath, kharabath, pongal will come handy when you miss Indian food..

Sleep:
Book hostels online through hostelbookers.com. Go through the reviews and trust those reviews..Hostels usually provide you with free wifi, common computer, microwave, refridgerator..Trust me they are way better than any hotels which can only rip you off and charge extra for every little facility they provide..Another advantage of hostel is that you can meet people from different countries and share travelling stories as most of them will be holiday to explore..

See:
Rome was not built in a day and hence it can definitely not be seen in a day..Keep atleast 2 days to see Rome alone..Almost all tourist places charge entry fee..Colloseum, Palentine hill, Roman forum are all some tourist places which you have to visit for unknown reasons.., you must walk the city center from Fountain de Trevi to Piazza Navona..so Italian..Remember the true beauty of any place lies with..Markets in every city is not to be missed at all..Vatican should be another attraction in your list..

Travelling Around:
Most of them know English well and are helpful to guide tourist..Metro charges 1E for 1 way travel or you can take a day pass..Volvo buses/trams are better off it goes inside the city giving you a good view..

Buy:
Remember we are budget traveller and cannot afford any labels..Things that we could buy were soveniers, roadside dress, some woodden artifacts, chappals...There are some Italian artists sitting roadside who can make excellent paintings for 10E...If you are getting any portrait done, be sure about your artist..I got one of mine done and the portrait dint look anything like me..There are fake LV, Prada on roads..They are all made up of only 1 type of cloth and easily identifiable as fake..There is nothing expensive and worthy to buy especially if you convert..You can find the same here for much lesser price..

Safety:
Pickpocket capital of the world is an overrated title to this plain city..Its very much like India..you just have to be careful with your belongings..The two of us were so scared that we had stiched velcro pockets inside our pants which could hold passport and cash..It was useful but you need not take such extreme steps to stay safe..Lot of Bangladeshis with whom you can converse in Hindi..they are usually small store keepers..Dont give a damn to any teasers..

Some pictures from my travel..

Fountain de Trevi



Vatican





Colloseo






PS: Travelling on your own gives you an amazing feeling of independence, confidence and pride..I strongly recomment it for anybody who can afford..For any queries regarding Roma travel, drop me a mail @ sheelajv@gmail.com. I wish I had someone to tell me before we embarked..

Watch out for our next destination Amsterdam,Germany,Paris,Brussels

The decade that was: 2000-2010

Seems like yesterday when it was Y2K and I had just entered teenage world..Life is still the same in many ways but at times, it feels like a different world altogether..

Teenage to Adult journey: Things that changed our lives..

1. Malls :


Those were the days when Alankar Plaza used to be a Mall..If you are wondering what it is..It used to be a happening place for shopping in Majestic..Yes Majestic..You can imagine how happening it could have been..And food world was 'the destination' for grocessary where one could find brush to beans under same roof..Its been quite sometime since I used these words like Departmental store..

2. IT


2000
Girl: Hi, I work in x IT company.
Aunty in wedding: My son 'Brahmananda' also works in x. Do you know him?
Girl: There are 2 Brahmananda's I know

2010
Girl: Hi, I work in x IT company.
Aunty in wedding: My son 'Brahmananda Joshi' also works in x. Do you know him? (smart aunty adds surname too)
Girl: I know 10 Brahmananda Joshi's..

IT industry growing and still growing..

3. Television


Television was all about educating GenX on Indian mythology, Indian values, Indian family though in the form of Ekta's serials..Now teenage GenX watches shows on MTV,V and Bindass..And some mature GenX (mainly those working) will not have one..Who wants a TV when even cricket matches are live online and soaps are available online even before its telecast?

4. Orkut/Facebook


It was a platform where everyone could befriend
a. girl whom they just shared a smile
b. friend's friend
c. friend's friend's friend
and sometimes if luck permits, even chat with them..It was Orkut initially..It was like an oracle clarifying everything about the person with whom you had no scope to chat with even if the world paused..

5. Size 0


Bollywood divas, our so called fashion goddess were voluptous, out of shape,
Come Firangs and Miss Indias..All in super fit or should I call skinny anorexic bimbos..Bolly stars felt the pinch...Everyone started rigourous fitness regime to save their careers..and Size 0 was IN..

6. Phones


2000: Girl says "My dad has a mobile phone". Other girl in her mind "OMG! Mobile phone"
2010: Milkman,paperman,conductor,driver,housemaid everyone has one..
India's greatest invention in this decade is "missed call". Nowhere in this planet is there a concept called missed call. Its free for everyone-caller, receiver, network provider..no ones at loss..everyones happy

7. Bollywood


Kapoors, Khans, Chopras are still integral in B-town..Its still ruled by Superstars betas,betis,bhanjas,bhanjis..What can be done when there are Uday Chopras and Tusshar Kapoors? Uday Chopra to me epitomises Optimism..Everytime his movie bombs in Box Office, he resurfaces reminding us he still has his bank balance intact..Tusshar Kapoor is atleast bearable when he is dumb..

8. Kids


While walking on streets, kids played games like Lagori, ice-pice, kallu mannu, jootata (sorry i have no translation in other langueses)...These games seem lost in front of XBox, PS3, Laptops..There is sports ofcourse like Tennis, Basketball, Swimming but most of the times it to make the next Federer,Jordan and Phelps..

9. English


From words like 's**t' to 'f**k'..
From Erich Seghal,Paulo Coelho to Chetan Bhagat,Arvind Adiga, Arundathi Roy
From magazines, newspapers to e-news,blogs, twitter, facebook
From just elite angrez people to rickshawala,doodhwala
Its everywhere..

10. This is just for completion..Top 10 sounds way better than Top 9..

At the end of it, things have changed..for better, for worse is a mystery which time will tell..A clear conscience houses a happy soul..Looking forward to changes a decade later when I come back in 2021 i.e if we survive 2012..Have a great year ahead :)
And do drop in your views on what changed your lives in the past 10years..

Hard Rock!!

To celebrate long weekend, we girls thought we should go for live music somewhere..After much discussion, we zeroed in a place and reached there at 9 only to find out Luke Kenny was playing there..But soon excitement wore off when he quoted the cover charge..We are now earning and it was no big deal was my initial thought..But some habits die hard..And whats that? Bargaining ofcourse..specially when I know that the same place minus Luke Kenny is unrestricted entry.."Please Uncle" is a mantra that always works..with traffic police, with roadside chappal vendor and anyone..We got 50% and half the cover price for food/drinks..

When 4 music illiterates saw a crowd cheering when Luke started off a new number, we shared expressions saying it might be popular one..Yes telepatic conversations is the only thing you can do there...because conversing is a highly herculean task..Almost all the chartbuster sounded the same to us and we tried headbanging too and it went well with our get up..that is to act like we enjoy HardRock..The only song I could have expected was something from 'Rock on' which was ofcourse not listed..Because its Hindi which is definitely not cool!

The numbers seemed repetitive and we thought we should spend our complimentary coupons before restaurant closes..After our last disastrous night out, where we starved and came home and ate Maggie midnight; this time we were well prepared and did not forget to go tummy full which we thought our parents will be proud off..We ordered nachos and an ice cream, both my diet spoiler..If you are wondering when did I go on diet, I go on diet between meals :) That was my original PJ..Phew..going ahead..To our surprise, we got a really huge ice cream, much larger than the size I have ever seen..While we were all set to leave, a bunch of guys came to me and tried to start a talk with us..By Bunch of guys, I dont mean these local gunda types, they were all descent and cute..Guys hitting on me!! I dont remember when it happened last..Whenever it happened, all I can say that it was ages ago..I dont even remember when a guy gave a second "phalat" to me..Anyways, I have grown above all that...Anyone who knows me can say what I would have done next..Yes I pulled my friends and ran away from there at the speed of an Intel quad core processor :)

Cardmaking-1

Happiest am I when I make something creative!!
Like when I m really bored on a Saturday afternoon, I open my scrap bag which is a city of coloured papers, designer scissors, glitters, flowers, cards and stuff which I have been collecting from time immemorial..Rarely had the time to do something out of it..A novice at Scrapbooking and Cardmaking..I m trying to learn through blogs..Here are my first 3 seeable cards..

1. Its a Best Wishes card..Tried to make a contast of Brown and yellow but dint find the perfect match..Have used a brown satin ribbon to give gift like feel..


2. Its a Party card..The base pink layer is the fancy cover of a perfume!! Loved the floral designs on it..Have used a 2 fold ribbon here..


3. Its for a friend's birthday..Have used 2 contrasting colours as base with black border..Then there are 2 types of flowers..One with paper and other with ribbon..


A picture would have helped a lot in minimising the effort to think..But I purposely dint want to use a picture because I somehow feel it attracts the onlooker more than required..It gave me immense pleasure to do these things on a weekend..Felt like a craft session in school..Go find your activity which gives you solace..Comments and suggestions most welcome :)

PS: 1. Please bear with my pics till I buy a new cam.
2. Investing more on scrap now onwards.

Aisha

Set in Delhi, Aisha is living in her fantasy land shopping for designer ware, maxing credit card bills, attending Polo matches, freaking out with her yet another brat friend and playing Cupid to her behenji friend..When there are these girls, there has to be that many guys and by default all of them love our Aisha (Its my home production)..Abhay Deol is New York return investment banker and also her sister's bro-in-law..Aisha suffers pangs of jealousy when he returns with a sexy lady..After a series of mix and match among the cast and fight with friends, Aisha realises her shallow nature and the fact that love cant be arranged. She confesses her love to Abhay..Watch out if its too late??

Yet the movie lacks something..There are some loose unconnected scenes on why one is hooking up with the other one? Finally only Aisha and Abhay are left and have to love each other..Dialogues could have been more witty..Theres nothing memorable to take home..

This film comes close to all women crew and its well shot..Everyone and everything looks gorgeous..Films like Aisha sometimes makes you wonder, is life all about finding the right guy??

MY RATING : ***

PS: Watching movie first day first show!! Ah..the good old college days!!

Ladies at 40..

The car stopped beside my 2 wheeler at the petrol bunk where I saw this lady in a green shiffon sari and dunked in sparkling jewellry..Sitting beside her was a french bearded, sombre looking middle aged man who looked more like her slave than husband..She was in her early forties and yet had an enigmatic aura..I m sure she had many men drooling over her in her younger days..The necklace she wore I assumed were diamonds considering they were riding a plush Merc..

She looked at a lean man ahead of them in a motorbike and said to her husband "Can you believe this guy asked me out in college? Look at him..He has still not overcome my rejection..".

Husband replies in a hush tone "I cant believe theres a man in this planet who wasted an entire life for you..".

She replied, "That would have been your fate had I rejected you 15 years ago..And he would have been driving the car for me now..Lucky you!!"

Women are women at twenty or forty!!

A week in office..

Though I ve been working from past 6months, I m still a fresher..After 2 days I got allocated and as I stepped into my new cubicle, I got introduced to my new collegues..I switched on my PC, rearranged the things, put a few hangings on the board, pinged friends on how my new workplace is, played a few games of word puzzle and minesweeper, stared at a few test cases as if they were extra-territorial (infact they were!)..The days passed, I worked more and the rest of the things lessened as days progressed to next week..

The next week, my PL and PM were staring at me..I thought may be I was too overdressed for office and decided to dress a little subtle from the next day..Then when I was about to leave office i.e 5:15 dot, I get a call from her..I go running not to miss my bus..She started off sweetly but me being an expert at appearing to listen intently when I m mentally not even present in the vicinity dint pay heed to her..I guess she noticed my disinterest and asked me how many 'test cases' I had executed..I happily said 4 (great according to me and previous day was 3)..She replied "You know how many cases Chirag finished when he had just joined?". I said "Do I care?" (Ofcourse in my mind. What would life be without self dialogues?). She continued "He could finish 25!!..I expect you to improve..You have now entered corporate sector and blah and blah and can I expect you not to play games on PC..(But what would office be without games!?!)..I nodded to let the enormity of my crime sink in..And if you want to perform better, you can put in extra effort after office hours (why should I when I dont get any perks?)

She looked okay the first week..Now everytime I see her, reminds me humans are afterall descendands of apes..I sense a great prospect of a potential conflict with her..I love it more when I m an active participant..

Heading ahead..

Tears welled up in my eyes when entered the unknown campus all alone in the dark night..and my eyes were in same state when I exitted the same ediface this sunny morning..Now I had familiar faces bidding adieu..Every nook and corner of the campus felt like home..Was 6 months good enough to make it home? I guess yes..I learnt a lot..Not just Java, oracle, sql..I learnt that my country is really diversified as studied in textbooks..There were people from every corner of the country..Though we cheered different IPL teams, we were all similar in a lot of different ways..We all came here for a reason and with a dream: to build a career, to make money, to go back, to learn, to know, to make a difference...Some satisfied, some cribbing..some happy, some sad..But everyones excited to explore future and see whats in store for us like a kid opening fortune cookie..I hope someday satisfaction overcomes all my desires in my life..That day I m gonna be very proud..All I can say now is: Bring it on!!

System Engineer Trainee Life

Things I learnt while working..

Queue become an essential part of your life..Be it food court,loo,movie,parlour,
laundromat

Guys in formal wear with ties and yet not fussing to ride a pink ladybird

2-3 km walk is a cake walk..Infact thats a short distance..

Strive for excellence theory is not applicable..Strive to survive..

Stop praying external supernatural forces and started praying Dev Square (test implementation tool). It can at times do wonders..Believe me..

Wait for month end for salary to credit and say to it "I work only for you my
dear"..Whatever my status is Dad is still my ATM..

There are people from all over the country who have come thousands and thousands of miles to do the same job as I do and I thought 'Who the hell cares for this job?'

There is a place above us in map which is also part of India called North India..Excepting for AP,TN,Kerala,Karnataka everybody belong to this area..And people from there speak only Hindi..Not even remote English..

Home food is heaven..I love my mom..I dont mind 2days stale food as long as its homemade..

Now I realise the importance of weekends..Prior all days used to be chilled and weekends a little extra chilled..But now Friday evenings are a blisss...Not even a day old movie can make me stay there on weekends...
PS : I know SQL, PL/SQL, JAVA, UNIX if you care...

I m back by public demand..

No posts in 2 months..Lots and lots of changes in those 2 months..It also marks a year anniversary..as in I m not in a dormant state on blogger..27 posts in a year is pretty descent I guess..

Late but never, wishes to Shilpa and Kishan for a wonderful married life together..The last word quoted..Special Thanks to all those people who travelled all the way to be part of the occasion..Pri to you whos reading this and for your full fledged encouragement and support towards me to continue to blog and Santi too whos religiously following my blog and demanding for updates and A for being my dance partner and most importantly BlackdranzerV6 whos an hibernating blogger for all the technical initiative taken..Thank you all..

I m now a single independent object oriented career focussed working women striving for excellence in a domain specific organistion..How cool is that?? I live alone, earn my bread, More on that later..

Mysore

Theres something about this city which makes you fall in love with it..May be its simplicity or its regal heritage or just its smalltown-ness...Mysore and its surrounding are hot shot weekend spots for Bangaloreans..For those who travel from far can easily spend a week here..

Towards North is the Srirangapatna town which houses of Dariya Daulat, Jumma masjid, Ranganathaswamy temple and moving ahead you find Nimishambha temple and Ranganthittu bird sanctuary..

Towards South is Bandipur wildlife sanctuary..Best time to visit is Sept-Dec..Another 3 hrs drive from here takes us to Wayanad in Kerala..

Go east and you will reach the Somanathapura temple and Talkad which has around 30 temples submerged in sand...Its amazing how Talkad is like a desert area amidst Cauvery river..It dates back to another story about the the old lady's curse to the Mysore Maharajas and hence the latter going childless even today!

Go west and you will find the land of Coffee and spices, Madkeri aka Coorg..Dubare, Nisargadhama, Nagarhole National Park are all in and around this place..Tibetian Monastry in Bylakuppe is not to be missed..

Brand Mysore lends its name to some of the most famous items the state is proud of..like the

Mysore silk fabric

Mysore sandal exquistie range of sandalwood products

Mysore Mallige, a type of fragrant flower and last but not the least

Mysore Paak, the very delicious sweet

I have done an extensive homework on this and trying to convice myself that a year long stay in Mysore's much hyped Infosys Campus is not going to be that bad..A two and a half hour drive in volvo will bring me back to my home on weekends..

Get ready..

Alright Rakhi ka swayamvar is over and she found a silly NRI and the two are part of another reality show which is like extension of their personal life..yes, taking care of the baby..I pity those babies who are crying eternally in the show..I dread to be such a baby...Brilliant are those parents who have left their wards in the hands of these mentally ill people..

As if the first season was not enough nightmare, NDTV Imagine has roped another con head for the next season...Guess who?!? Rahul Mahajan...I know!! Last season we saw men drooling over rakhi..though a horrible choice, I can understand it..But Mahajan?!?! but I m curious to see inane girls who will fancy coming to this show and fighting for Rahul and trying to woo this bonehead..Now I m all really looking forward to this..

Filmi Chakkar

I dont know how I missed writing about it..My endeavour certainly deserves a blogpost..This was about 6months back when I was in final semester and was in a catch 22 situation wheather I ve to go ahead with work as per my degree or make a drastic change like in my career and learn from the likes of stalwarts who did the same n succeeded..I still dont know the answer but I'm glad I tried..

Starting with the divine google search about my eternal fascination for filmmaking with all enthu I listed the things to do..One, bought books on movie making aspects and started reading it..And attained some profound knowledge and decided to go ahead with my frictionless plan with full swing..Two, applied in an Ivy league University with a LOR from an alumnus..Three, enrolled in a local filmmaking workshop to know the subtlety and intricacis of movie making techniques before plunging into the whopping global arena..Also did an impressive 3 minute film which I m posting for those mere mortals who are famished from seeing my highly acclaimed and appreciated, almost award winning movie..Four, met a few people from the industry (sandalwood to be precise) and decided after taking all things into consideration that this-is-not-my-cup-of-tea right now..May be in future..No one can deter me from being the next Oscar award winner..Muaahaha..Watch out!!

PS : Sorry you have to wait to see my movie..uploading is taking more time than expected...may be sometime soon..

Random thoughts

I saw Raaj-The Showman a week back..First a quick review- extremely overhyped terrible movie...Nisha Kothari badly needs a portion from some yogic guru which can make her do something like acting..Power star Puneets close ups are shocking as usual..May be Prem deleted the scene during editing which said Puneet was a superhero..gets boring in between due to excessive fights..But I was having a laugh riot throughout the movie and I dint even walk out of the movie..More because I spent just 20Rs for the movie..Now if you are thinking where on earth will I pay this much for a movie..Let me tell you there still is a place on this planet..Its called "Sri Talkies"...Not in Bangalore but..Its in a town called Sagara..

The theatre has special facilities for women like direct entry to ticket counter without standing in queue probably due to the overwhelming response by women folk..No seat numbers..Rule is to hop on the seat top..Viewers can enjoy the fan which is in almost working condition..Unbroken chairs..Rats and mouses playing hide and seek in the huge unlit playground...My cousin and I were the lucky ones who not just watched the movie but also got out of the theatre uninjured successfully..All the fun and adventure for just Rs20 :)

Sagara is a small town about 380kms from Bangalore which happens to be my native..I have spent my entire vacations here right from my childhood..Its like my second home..A lot of places to see nearby, very famous being Jog falls..Sigandur, Honnemaradu, Holebagilu, Ikkeri, Keladi,varadalli are few others..It falls in the Western Ghats in Malnad region which is more known for the heavy rainfall..Though rainy season is the best time to visit Jog Falls, its tough to navigate places in this season..The roads get clogged due to rains and the rains here never stop..It sometimes rains for 3-4 days continuously nonstop..But thats the beauty here..Family bonding is at its peak here..I have had some of the fondest memories here :D