Lookin at flight-path monitor in aircrafts, I’ve been wonderin Y t heck is it takin a “curved” path, instead of flyin straight-“as the crow flies” ! ;) Oh sttuppid me ! mumbled when I read this..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_circle .. , and more interesting stuff…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_stream

Here's some stuff for History buffs:
HISTORY TODAY: In 1931, capital of India shifted from Old Delhi to New Delhi, formal inauguration of New Delhi City took place.
New Delhi was built between 1912 and 1929 on a site adjacent to Delhi (or Old Delhi), which had been chosen to replace Calcutta as the capital of British India in 1911; New Delhi was thus inaugurated as the new capital in 1931.
>>Designed by architects Sir Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker, New Delhi has broad, symmetrically aligned streets ...

(I've been wondrin.. how cum ND happen to have better

roads!  .. Now i know the reason ;) 

Mahabaleshwar: view from inside one of The Unfinished Monolithic Temples (Circa 600 AD). Pic from Sep'02 trip

Einstein, the brainy bird... Mannn.. this is ammazzzinn stuff !
Einstein proves why she's a bird brain. Watch her winning moment.
http://media.animal.discovery.com/fansites/petstar/videogallery/season3/ep309_winner.html

London: A world in one city >> Guardian Unlimited | Special reports

Pretty interesting stuff !

Here's the Topographic Map of India & Pak prepared by US Army Map Service -
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/india/250k.html
It's divided roughly in 150x100km blocks. Can click on each block
to get the 1:250,000 (ie., 1cm = 2.5km ) map of the block.

Dilapidated British Church on the Ross Island, The Andamans(Pic from Oct'02 trip). Wonder what is left of it after the Tsunami and an earthquake of 8.5!

TequilaSunrise by the Pacific. Tequila cocktail rising above the horizon ;)
From Jeju island, SKorea. (Xperimenting withNikon Coolpix4300)

WaterLilly in a pond. Captured during bird survey at Kole Wetlands in Kerala. Jan2/05.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/keralabirder/message/1561