<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1145154706099132004</id><updated>2012-02-16T02:16:21.063-08:00</updated><category term='nothing new'/><category term='The Kite Runner'/><category term='my first post'/><category term='good book'/><category term='fall'/><category term='Travelouge'/><category term='blog'/><category term='East Coast'/><category term='NYC'/><category term='My thoughts'/><category term='DC'/><title type='text'>My Thoughts</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nellorian.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1145154706099132004/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nellorian.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Venkat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10602750736285736579</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>10</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1145154706099132004.post-8197580587981058443</id><published>2009-09-06T08:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-06T08:44:46.894-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nothing new'/><title type='text'>adminstration</title><content type='html'>The entire world knows why a calamity &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;occurred&lt;/span&gt; to the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;chief&lt;/span&gt; minister &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;YSR&lt;/span&gt; along with other people  exploded by a blast/by a &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;lightning&lt;/span&gt;/ or hitting to a rocky hill, all these are miserable secrets .Why the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;government&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;administration&lt;/span&gt; is so lethargic in saving the lives! what prevented them. Now that a &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;commission&lt;/span&gt; formed to investigate , how this investigation helps to get back life to the deceased. An age old Bell 430 helicopter unfit for flying used  for a death.A old and always used proverb of &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;Telugu&lt;/span&gt; is" &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;chetulu&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;kaleka&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;akulu&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&gt;pattukondam&lt;/span&gt;" and the so called leaders are fighting how to make a &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"&gt;chief&lt;/span&gt; minister is it the right time to think of the chair. Who ever likes Congress party liked &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"&gt;YSR&lt;/span&gt; but shocked to know about his departure from the world.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1145154706099132004-8197580587981058443?l=nellorian.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nellorian.blogspot.com/feeds/8197580587981058443/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1145154706099132004&amp;postID=8197580587981058443' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1145154706099132004/posts/default/8197580587981058443'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1145154706099132004/posts/default/8197580587981058443'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nellorian.blogspot.com/2009/09/adminstration.html' title='adminstration'/><author><name>Venkat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10602750736285736579</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1145154706099132004.post-2610282853228700086</id><published>2009-02-23T08:05:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-23T08:20:21.103-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fall'/><title type='text'>slumdog experience 2</title><content type='html'>Now the entire universe knows what is &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;slumdog&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;millionaire&lt;/span&gt; . yes this movie &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;achieved&lt;/span&gt; the highest awards 8 awards in a row and the great &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Rehaman&lt;/span&gt; is standing on the top of the world, let us see how our Big B responds for these awards it is a day for the entire Indian people to share their joy and pleasure and these moments are not having any words to say and can not be &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;counted as&lt;/span&gt;  the value of this movie is infinite, I am glad and feel very very happy that I watched this great movie in United States of America and this is a great mile stone in my life and my Thanks and love to my elder son &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;Vamsi&lt;/span&gt; who gave me the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;opportunity&lt;/span&gt; to enjoy this movie it is he who booked a ticket alone for me and in fact I want to watch this movie again and again. Kudos no &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;JAI&lt;/span&gt; HO! to &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;Rahaman&lt;/span&gt; .Now all the critics who talked ill about this &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;slumdog&lt;/span&gt; has to shut their mouths. yes this slumdog barked at it s pitch so that world is awake by its barking.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1145154706099132004-2610282853228700086?l=nellorian.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nellorian.blogspot.com/feeds/2610282853228700086/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1145154706099132004&amp;postID=2610282853228700086' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1145154706099132004/posts/default/2610282853228700086'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1145154706099132004/posts/default/2610282853228700086'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nellorian.blogspot.com/2009/02/slumdog-experience-2.html' title='slumdog experience 2'/><author><name>Venkat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10602750736285736579</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1145154706099132004.post-3214354347280231943</id><published>2009-01-27T12:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-27T13:05:23.488-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fall'/><title type='text'>slumdog experience</title><content type='html'>I watched alone &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;slumdog&lt;/span&gt; millionaire on 24&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;th&lt;/span&gt; Saturday at &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;AMC&lt;/span&gt; 24 a multiplex , there are hundreds of reviews on this movie both &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;possitive&lt;/span&gt; and negative even our Big B commented saying that India was shown in its bad shape and it is ugly and &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;akward&lt;/span&gt;, in this regard neither the producer or the director not created any thing new they &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;picturised&lt;/span&gt; the reality of slums in India which every one know the slums are like that only in the past,present and future, can any one change?  for example even now the scavenger system prevailed in most of the country &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;in spite&lt;/span&gt; of &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;sulabh&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;complexes&lt;/span&gt;  can any one change these? our FATHER OF THE NATION  was the first man to clean and to remove &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;untenability&lt;/span&gt; in India, in my view these pictures are not showing any illegal matters it is showing the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;reality and&lt;/span&gt; if by showing &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&gt;at least&lt;/span&gt; 10% of my country changes it itself is a great change. Coming to the picture the story narration,high quality music by sweet little &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"&gt;RehmanBhai&lt;/span&gt; and every part of the movie is great and great, it deserves the OSCAR AWARD of course so many pictures of past years might have not &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"&gt;achieved&lt;/span&gt; but every part of the movies were scanned to give a award nominating for &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"&gt;Oscar&lt;/span&gt; it self is a great reward, hats of to &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"&gt;jamabhai&lt;/span&gt; this young bud simply fitted in to the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"&gt;character&lt;/span&gt;. I have not seen any comments on the police department the department clearly touched how they &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17"&gt;implement&lt;/span&gt; third degree methods, the junior officer or so called fat bellied constable, is it necessary that only a police with fat belly is mend for torturing&lt;br /&gt;I pity the department.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1145154706099132004-3214354347280231943?l=nellorian.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nellorian.blogspot.com/feeds/3214354347280231943/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1145154706099132004&amp;postID=3214354347280231943' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1145154706099132004/posts/default/3214354347280231943'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1145154706099132004/posts/default/3214354347280231943'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nellorian.blogspot.com/2009/01/slumdog-experience.html' title='slumdog experience'/><author><name>Venkat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10602750736285736579</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1145154706099132004.post-1083816464204387946</id><published>2009-01-09T17:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-09T17:37:22.165-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1145154706099132004-1083816464204387946?l=nellorian.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nellorian.blogspot.com/feeds/1083816464204387946/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1145154706099132004&amp;postID=1083816464204387946' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1145154706099132004/posts/default/1083816464204387946'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1145154706099132004/posts/default/1083816464204387946'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nellorian.blogspot.com/2009/01/blog-post.html' title=''/><author><name>Venkat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10602750736285736579</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1145154706099132004.post-6460431684034522418</id><published>2008-11-29T06:54:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-29T07:22:14.340-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Terror/Horror</title><content type='html'>It is a great loss to the world in the recent attacks of &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Mumbai&lt;/span&gt; on a 100yrs heritage hotel &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;TAJ&lt;/span&gt; till this day I do not get an &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;opportunity&lt;/span&gt; to get in to &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Taj&lt;/span&gt; hotel but some years back I saw this &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;magnificent&lt;/span&gt; building standing out side,wow what a great building and architecture. Now coming to the present day how the managements of the hotel &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;permitted&lt;/span&gt; terrorists allowed to work in the hotel in disguise of assistant chef,  this is some thing to be consider seriously by the management of hotels or otherwise the agencies who helped these to join because of these loop holes the terrorists gained entry and done this horrible killings of 160 humans and wounded 350 persons. why the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;government&lt;/span&gt; says that this is type of mania by killers, in my view I say it is foolishness to show any type mercy on this killers.Now every government should unite to eradicate the terrorism, it is not on,caste,creed or &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;religion&lt;/span&gt;, but it is on human beings, even a hard core criminal will not kill a person who offered &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;water but&lt;/span&gt; these devils or demons done this to a innocent man who offered water, is it humanity no it is &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;pointedness&lt;/span&gt; of high &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;ecstasy&lt;/span&gt;.The entire world should feel about this and unite to face the situation and every one should behave as a black cat commando at the time of facing the distress &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&gt;situation&lt;/span&gt;. Let us all pray God for PEACE.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1145154706099132004-6460431684034522418?l=nellorian.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nellorian.blogspot.com/feeds/6460431684034522418/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1145154706099132004&amp;postID=6460431684034522418' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1145154706099132004/posts/default/6460431684034522418'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1145154706099132004/posts/default/6460431684034522418'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nellorian.blogspot.com/2008/11/terrorhorror.html' title='Terror/Horror'/><author><name>Venkat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10602750736285736579</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1145154706099132004.post-7160661086262162147</id><published>2008-11-20T08:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-20T09:01:35.810-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My thoughts'/><title type='text'>HEALTH INSURENCE</title><content type='html'>Health Insurence can be defined as a must for every one irrespective of their age. To quote me as an example I am having an health Insurence of 3.5lacs of INR which costs me around Rs.30/- perday, which means I am covered with an insurence of Rs.3.5lacs by spending a small amount Rs.30/- perday which is a plate of idly and one coffee in any midsized restruants of any city like Chennai, this amount of insurence on the back ground gives  a lot of confidence for a seneior citzen like me or any one 50&gt; , this amount may not be &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;sufficient&lt;/span&gt; for high risk surgeries but this amount is certainly helps the family to go ahead with out any hesitation for any type of ailments of the old age. In my case I was operated for &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;TKR&lt;/span&gt;(total knee replacement) which &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;cost ed&lt;/span&gt; me 4.5lacs out of which I was covered with 3.5lacs by my &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Insurance&lt;/span&gt; company, so any one please think well go ahead with &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;health&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;insurance&lt;/span&gt;, face the medical care with a smile.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1145154706099132004-7160661086262162147?l=nellorian.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nellorian.blogspot.com/feeds/7160661086262162147/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1145154706099132004&amp;postID=7160661086262162147' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1145154706099132004/posts/default/7160661086262162147'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1145154706099132004/posts/default/7160661086262162147'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nellorian.blogspot.com/2008/11/health-insurence.html' title='HEALTH INSURENCE'/><author><name>Venkat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10602750736285736579</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1145154706099132004.post-7585766097914733905</id><published>2008-11-09T11:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-09T12:21:49.418-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Beach Island</title><content type='html'>This week end we had the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;privilege&lt;/span&gt; of visiting one of the most &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;beautiful&lt;/span&gt; beaches in United States of America  called by name &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;CALADESI&lt;/span&gt; ISLAND it is #1 beach in America . We have to travel by a mechanized ferry to reach this Beach &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Island and&lt;/span&gt;  to our luck we are staying near to this beach 20miles from our home in Tampa. The beach is 3 &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;miles in&lt;/span&gt;  length of uncrowded white sandy beach with very good natural trial,  tree shaded picnic area including good showers before taking a bath in the sea and after taking a bath in the sea.We will also get beach chairs and beach &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;umbrellas&lt;/span&gt; for a minimum charge. Overall this beach is very calm with  beauty of sea,sand,and nature and away from mad rush and sounds of &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;city&lt;/span&gt; . We had our snacks cum lunch and enjoyed the beach  bathing in the sea and reached back home with all good memories of the beach,.so any one visiting Florida please add this beach in to their tour guide,.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1145154706099132004-7585766097914733905?l=nellorian.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nellorian.blogspot.com/feeds/7585766097914733905/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1145154706099132004&amp;postID=7585766097914733905' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1145154706099132004/posts/default/7585766097914733905'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1145154706099132004/posts/default/7585766097914733905'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nellorian.blogspot.com/2008/11/beach-island.html' title='Beach Island'/><author><name>Venkat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10602750736285736579</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1145154706099132004.post-7080733770000762362</id><published>2008-11-03T14:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-03T15:52:59.466-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Travelouge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DC'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='East Coast'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NYC'/><title type='text'>My US Travelouge - Part 1</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr"&gt;I am glad to inform you about our trip to Washington DC,. New York and Niagara Falls. We started here on 19&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;th&lt;/span&gt; Friday from Tampa by flight to Washington Dulles airport reached around 01.00 AM on 20&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;th&lt;/span&gt; September taken a good minivan from Hertz travels as own driving &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;facility&lt;/span&gt; and reached hotel by name Hotel Sierra in Virginia which is around 15miles from Dulles airport,. slept and in the next day that is on 20&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;th&lt;/span&gt; September around 08.00am had our complimentary breakfast of the hotel ,. the room is provided with all facility of kitchen ,. that is microwave oven ., gas stove and fridge so my wife prepared some good food for lunch which we carried,. we started to Washington DC which is 40miles away,. reached there and after parking we visited Capital hills the place where the total political and assembly sessions and other state and country related &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;administration&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;implements&lt;/span&gt;., okay it is a  fine place and after that we visited some good museums and monuments related to American Indians in one of them it was written that the American Indians reached America for giving FREEDOM TO PEOPLE BUT NOT TO CONQUER ., Our next place of visit is &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;IInd&lt;/span&gt; world war memorial  this is having inscriptions of various countries involved in said war,. Washington &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;Memorial&lt;/span&gt; the Washington Memorial is a long lengthy pillar of huge volume and it is very good,. Next thing is the 16&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;th&lt;/span&gt; president of America ABRAHAM LINCOLN he is sitting on a small &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;hillock&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;under a&lt;/span&gt; great roof in black granite stone ,.we reached back to our hotel and taken rest for next days visits,. okay,. let me come back in my next blog.&lt;br /&gt;on 21st our journey started after our complimentary breakfast in fact we enjoyed a lot of &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&gt;American&lt;/span&gt; breakfast of good breads like &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"&gt;Pretzels&lt;/span&gt; and Bagel breads and lot of &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"&gt;Starbucks&lt;/span&gt; coffee and fruit juices. we started our  &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"&gt;New york&lt;/span&gt; drive from  Virginia which is 400miles away,. ,.we &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"&gt;happened&lt;/span&gt; to meet one of our &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"&gt;vamsi's&lt;/span&gt; friend Mr.&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17"&gt;Srikanth&lt;/span&gt; who hails from &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18"&gt;Nellore&lt;/span&gt; town,. we had &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19"&gt;our nice&lt;/span&gt; south Indian lunch in his house,.  The good drive of long distance started to &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20"&gt;New jersey&lt;/span&gt; at 02.00pm reached &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21"&gt;New Jersey&lt;/span&gt; which is 30miles to &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22"&gt;New york&lt;/span&gt; stayed in one of our &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23"&gt;vamsi's&lt;/span&gt; friend Mr.&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24"&gt;Naresh&lt;/span&gt; ,.on 22&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25"&gt;nd&lt;/span&gt; we went to &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26"&gt;New york&lt;/span&gt; by bus to &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27"&gt;New york&lt;/span&gt; port metro &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28"&gt;Rly&lt;/span&gt; station and we walked all the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29"&gt;important&lt;/span&gt; streets of &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30"&gt;New York&lt;/span&gt; such as &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31"&gt;Wall Street&lt;/span&gt;,Broadway and the place. where the Twin towers were destroyed by terrorists.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr"&gt;The US government is again constructing the same with more height and strong  to with stand the any type of attacks in future,.we had our lunch in a Mexican &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32"&gt;restaurant&lt;/span&gt; ,.then we went to the great Empire state buildings which is  the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33"&gt;highest&lt;/span&gt; and tall compared to all present &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34"&gt;buildings&lt;/span&gt;. we had good birds eye watch of &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35"&gt;New york&lt;/span&gt; from the top which is 102 stories,. we watched from the 86&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36"&gt;th&lt;/span&gt; floor where the public is allowed,.It was a great thrilling sight,.next in the streets we saw the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37"&gt;New york&lt;/span&gt; stock exchange ,.Time squire center where we watched Met Opera Premiere show for 15 &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38"&gt;mins&lt;/span&gt; on the road,.In between we ferried in a big ferry in Hudson river mouth and Atlantic sea for 30 &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39"&gt;mts&lt;/span&gt; each way to &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40"&gt;Staten Island&lt;/span&gt;,. also a good &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_41"&gt;experience&lt;/span&gt;,.we reached  our stay around 10.00 pm and taken &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_42"&gt;sufficient&lt;/span&gt; rest for next days visits .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1145154706099132004-7080733770000762362?l=nellorian.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nellorian.blogspot.com/feeds/7080733770000762362/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1145154706099132004&amp;postID=7080733770000762362' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1145154706099132004/posts/default/7080733770000762362'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1145154706099132004/posts/default/7080733770000762362'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nellorian.blogspot.com/2008/11/my-us-travelouge-part-1.html' title='My US Travelouge - Part 1'/><author><name>Venkat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10602750736285736579</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1145154706099132004.post-2857790798925697715</id><published>2008-10-07T08:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-26T09:06:52.944-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='good book'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Kite Runner'/><title type='text'>What I liked about "The Kite Runner"</title><content type='html'>I came to United States few weeks back and &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;happened&lt;/span&gt; to read a Novel written by Mr.&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Khaled&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Hosseini&lt;/span&gt; the novel's title is KITE RUNNER ,.the novel narrates &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;thro&lt;/span&gt; the hero &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;AMIR&lt;/span&gt; and his friendship with his &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;servant&lt;/span&gt; friend Mr.&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;Hassan&lt;/span&gt;,. It is a heart touching novel of love between a father and son and values of friendship and eternal love between a man and woman,.&lt;br /&gt;It is also having a good narration about people how escaped from the Russian Army in the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;Afganistan&lt;/span&gt; war,. In a nut shell a novel makes every one to read and makes them to compare their childhood,.&lt;br /&gt;As for me as an Indian- born and brought up in &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;Nellore&lt;/span&gt; town of &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;Andhra Pradesh&lt;/span&gt; recollects my memory of how I used to fly kites at a festival by name &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;SANKRANTI&lt;/span&gt;,. on the banks of &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&gt;PENNAR&lt;/span&gt; RIVER,.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1145154706099132004-2857790798925697715?l=nellorian.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nellorian.blogspot.com/feeds/2857790798925697715/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1145154706099132004&amp;postID=2857790798925697715' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1145154706099132004/posts/default/2857790798925697715'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1145154706099132004/posts/default/2857790798925697715'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nellorian.blogspot.com/2008/10/what-i-liked-about-kite-runner.html' title='What I liked about &quot;The Kite Runner&quot;'/><author><name>Venkat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10602750736285736579</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1145154706099132004.post-3706808958291255028</id><published>2008-10-06T15:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-06T15:04:56.784-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blog'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='my first post'/><title type='text'>My First Blog Post</title><content type='html'>This is my first post. I am trying to blog for the first time in my life.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1145154706099132004-3706808958291255028?l=nellorian.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nellorian.blogspot.com/feeds/3706808958291255028/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1145154706099132004&amp;postID=3706808958291255028' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1145154706099132004/posts/default/3706808958291255028'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1145154706099132004/posts/default/3706808958291255028'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nellorian.blogspot.com/2008/10/my-first-blog-post.html' title='My First Blog Post'/><author><name>Venkat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10602750736285736579</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry></feed>
