
Barton center panoramic

MG road panoramic

Madrai mama's house panoramic

Heathrow airport panoramic

Wonderla resort panoramic as mom looks on from the top most point of Wonderla at the base of the Giant Wheel

Aug 22 2014 11 AM at Madrai mama's house

Aug 22 2014 1 PM at Madrai mama's house kids having fun with Mallika

Aug 2 2014 7 PM waiting for boarding our 9 PM flight to Heathrow at Newark airport New Jersey

At Heathrow enroute to India Aug 3 2014 11 AM

London while departing from Heathrow to India

Finally at Bangalore Aug 4 2014 5:40 AM

enroute to Rajeshwarinagar from Bangalore airport

Aug 4 2014 Nish Rish help their grandma buy vegetables on the morning of their arrival in Bangalore 9:30 AM

Nish Rish with their grandma Aug 6 2014 8:30 PM

Aug 8 2014 11AM at Chachu akka's house

At doddammas house Aug 8

Doddamma shows God to Rishma

Aug 8 12:15 noon

Aug 8 2014 12:30 Noon at doddamma's house

Aug 8 2014 1:15 PM in front of my Primary school Vidhya Vardhaka just for nostalgic memories and to show Nishka and Rishma the place where I studied between 35 years ago 23 years ago

backside of my primary school

Aug 8 2014 4 PM

Aug 9 2014 11 AM

Aug 9 2014 11 AM enroute to Murali mama's house Smart phone era

enroute to Murali mama's house

12:40 PM Aug 9

outside Murali mama's house

On someones Enfield outside Murali mama's house

12:40 PM Aug 9

At a restaurant close to Murali mama's house 1:15 pm

Chole batura intimidates Rishma as Archan looks on

9AM Aug 10 2014 Rakhi before heading to Wonderla resort

Entering Wonderla resort near Bidadi Bangalore Aug 10 10AM

Nish Rish Sanjit at Wonderla

before starting rides at Wonderla

Bumper cars Aug 10 11 AM

Another rollercoaster where whistling passengers overshadowned the ride.

Aug 10 2014 11:30 AM at Wonderla

Wonderla

12 noon

12:30 Noon

Everybody except Ram and parents entering the Splash mountain ride.

Risma is the only one enjoying the ride Aug 10 2014 12:45 PM taken by Ram

us splashing taken by Ram

2 PM after lunch at Wonderla resort sponsored by Exide corp as this was Ram's company trip

2 PM

Nishka got scared in this ride

Nishka terrified as she was short for this ride

Wonderla monkeys

Wonderla monkeys

Wonderla monkeys

Wonderla monkeys

Equinox was a terrifying ride that Ram, sisterinlaw, Sumira & I weny in 2:30 pm Aug 10 2014

Sumira was eager to take extra rides in the Equinox

Giant wheel

this was probably the scariest ride 4 PM

mission accomplished

4D movie

4D movie

Aloha

Nim took this pic 5 pm

Aug 14 2014 eve of Akash's thread ceremony 10 AM

11 AM

Aug 14 2014 evening gala for thread ceremony at Mantap 5:30 PM

6:30 PM

Master of ceremony coordinating a game for kids

Nish Rish and Sanchita take part in a game

Nishka sings Summer Time Sadness by Lana Del Rey Aug 14 2014 6:30 PM

Nim keeps track of beats as Nishka sings

Nishka singing

Nish Rish Sanchita render Frozen song

Thread ceremony day AUG 15 2014 6 AM

6 AM Aug 15

8 AM

8 AM

Ram and Fly arrived around 8 AM Aug 15

parents having breakfast at 8 AM in the Mantap on thread ceremony day and coincidentally my Birthday

9 AM

Balamurali 9 AM

Nishka chats with Akash

Me with Nish Rish 9:30 AM

Sandhyas 2nd daughter

10 AM Aug 15

12:30 PM Aug 15 after lunch at the Mantap while others were having lunch in successive batches

At Sandhya's house 7 PM Aug 16 2014

Aug 17 2014 12 noon

Chaotic Brindavan gardens AUag 17 2014 7PM

Multitasking on Mysore Road Bangalore Aug 19 2014 5 PM

Mess near Nayandahalli

testing Truck capacity

At Ananth's house Aug 19 2014 6:45 PM

Doddganapathi temple bull temple road Aug 20 2014 8 AM

Mom sings at Dodd Ganapati temple

Bull temple atop Dodd Ganapati temple

Traffic mess when returning from Bull temple back home Aug 20 9 AM

Aug 20 2014 Vishweshwaraiyya Museum MG Road-Kasturba Road 1:15 PM

Some historic wagons

Interesting experiments for Nish Rish Aaug 20 2014 2 PM

Astronomy section one of the upper floors 2:30 PM

Rooftop of Vishveshwaraiyya museum overlooking UB City.

Cubbon park train ride where I had been when I was Nishka's age

Deserted play area of the once glamorous symbol of Bangalore

Bal Bhavan were as kids we took part in many cultural programs here Aug 20 2014 4pm

Sculptures around Cubbon park that must be older than all of us.

Stray dogs love parked cars for shelter form the heat Aug 20 2014 4 PM

Aug 20 2014 MG Road from Chinnaswamy stadium end 4 PM

MG road from the Brigade road side towards Barton Center. Totally different form its earlier look 4:15PM Aug 20 2014

A little futher away from Brigade road side towards Residency Road direction

MG road from under the Metro Track from Parade grounds side 5:45PM Aug 20 2014

Parade ground side walkway on MG Road

Along MG road

Some sand sculptures along MG road

The trendy road between Residency and MG Road cutting through Brigade Road. Think its church street while we were returning home in the taxi after having finished our Museum, Cubbon Park and MG Road trip today and picking up apple cakes at Nilgiris Aug 20 2014 5:30 PM

Traffic jam from inside taxi when merging to MG Road

Same driver who had a few days back taken us to see plots at Sobha Landscape and other properties near airport area

At the restaurant on the road leading from Kenchenhalligate to old lake in Aug 20 2014 8:45 PM

Our room in Bangalore

enroute to Madrai mama's house Aug 22 2014 11 AM

Bangalore traffic

At Madrai mama's house where Mohan family and Mallika and her kids were also there as was Murali mama and JP Nagar doddamma who had come over 12 noon Aug 22 2014

eating in the cafetaria of Madrai mama's flat 1:15 PM Aug 22 where he had ordered catering

Kids have fun in the backside of the cafetaria of Madrai mama's apartment where Rishma fell and had a bloody arm 2 PM

Even Karthik pitches in to entertain the younger ones.

Mallika does a selfie with all kids as Rishma still is in crying mood as she just fell a few minutes ago.

Playing police which was Mallika's brainchild 2:30 PM

In the play area outside Madrai mama's house before leaving back home via Ammi's house in the layout 4:30 PM

At ammi's house in BEML layout AUg 22 6 PM

Eve of our departure to US Aug 23 2014 4:15 PM

With Rish Nish at Bangalore house AUg 23 4:15 PM

Dynamic duo

clones

Topsy turvy 4:30 PM

Tropical plants thrive in Bangalore house

Nish Rish with their grandpa 4:30 PM Aug 23 2014

Ram with niece and son 6 PM

Me video taping ladies chatting in dining room 6:15 PM

Playing the game learnt at Madrai mama's house through Mallika 7:15 PM Aug 24

Eve of depaRture to US Aug 23 2014 9:15 PM

Family photo before going to sleep to wake up in wee hours to go to Airport - 9:30 PM

the happy ones

The angry ones

Aboard British airways flight to Heathrow from Bangalore Aug 24 2014 3:15 PM India time

At Heathrow airport Giraffe restaurant having lunch Aug 24 2014 3 PM during our transit

Veg wrap

Nish Rish at Heathrow Aug 24 2014 4 PM

Duty free shops at Heathrow

waiting for connecting flight to Newark 4:40 PM Aug 24

In front of Airbus A80

A380

On the tarmac

Ganesh chaturti at US home Aug 29 2014 8 PM