Monday, December 29, 2008

Trip To Wakadi

Petrol - Full
Bags - Packed
People - Ready
Directions - On the Way
Ignition - Started


Ganapati Bappa Morya !!! Ase mhnun Amhi (Avya Bari, Shital Bari, Avya Bhusari
aani me) Wakadi 08 chya pravasala suruvat.....
Tharlya pramane amhi sakali 5 vajta nighnar hoto... pan Indian Standard time
nusar sakalche 05:45 zhale... Havet Hivalyacha garva amchi vaat baghat hota...

Avya Bari amche ekmev vahanchalak hote... aani amhi sampurna pravasatle
pravashi cum dishadharak hoto....
Thodaych velat amhi Nagar Road pakdla aani Sambaji Nagar, jo ki amcha pahila
tappa hoto tya dishne ravana zhalo....
Surya adhi Chandra-korine uday ghetla hota aani tichya magomag sundar pahat
purva dishe kadun uchaun bagaht hoti....

Shital Bhusari hyani pan sadharan 7 chya sumaras apla pravas, jamner varun
sambaji nagar kade suruvat kela... tharlya pramane ti amhala sambaji nagar
chya bus-stand var bhetnar hoti...
Sambaji nagar la tichya sobat Shri aani Arundhati bhetnar hote... aani sagle
jan bhetlyavar amhi Deogirichya killyala amche pratham lakshya tharvale hote...

Sambaji nagar la pohchta-pohchta amhala 10:45 am zhale... Shital tithe sakali
10:30 lach pohchli hoti aani bus-stand chya baher ubhi hoti.... tila sobat
gheun amhi Shri aani Arundhati la theth Killyachya praveshdwara samor yenyas
sangitle...

Deogiri chya killa ha Sambaji nagar pasun 15 km chya antarvar ahe, bhuekot
asa ha killa apan tyachya javal gelya-gelya aple laksha akarshit karto...
killyachi tatbandi kellyachya aju-bajus pasarli ahe... Maharashtra madhil
Killyan paike ha killa barach nit-nitka thevla ahhe...
Vahantalat gadi lavun amhi mast misal-pav cha aswad ghetla... Misal khaun
amhi killyachi bhatkanti karayla suruvat killa... Deogiricha killa ha tahcha
asun Ajinkya rahnyacha aani shilpashastra cha ek uttam udharan ahe....

Killyatil bandhkam aple dole tipun thevtat... Saglyat lokrpiya asleli
BhoolBhulaiya sarvana stabdh karta...
Sadharan 3 tas amhi killya madhe vel kadhla aani maag amche dwitiya laskha
Verur chya dishne nighalo... velchya abhava mule amhi tithil 16 kramankachi
leni pahile... ekach dagda madhe varun-kahli korleli hi leni mhanje
shilpakari sobat tantragynache pratek... Hi leni bandhayla 10 pidhya aani 200
varsha lagle ahet....

Leni band honyachi vel aslyamule paharekari shitya aani dandu chya awaz karun
preshkana viniti karun baher padnyas sanagt hote... Baher
padlyavar amhi, tithun javalch aslele amchi trutiya laksha Ghrishneswar
Jyotirlinga che darshan ghyavas nighalo... Ithe janachya tayari mhnun amhi
saravni pahatechtya thandit angholi kelya hotya.... darshan hoil paryant
sandyakalche 7:30 vajle hote aani amhi maag Shri chya Ghari jaun mukan
thokla.... Shrichya

Aaine amchya karta mast chavista jevan banavale hote jyacha amhi purepur labh
ghetla aani lavkarch zhopi ghelo....
Dusrya diwashi Avya-Shital Bari, Avya-Shital Bhusari aani me, Delhi Gate par
karun Jalgaon cha marg pakadla... amhala jayche hote tey Bhusarichya
Wakadila... Vatetch amhi Ajantha Lenya baghnar hoto... Vatatech amhi Hotel
JwalaMukhi madhe garama-garam bhaji khale... aani ekdum special chaha
pila.... sadharan 11 chya sumaras amhi Ajantha lenyan madhe pohochlo, unch
dongravar, nimulatya bhinti var Shilpakarani ek abhoot ase vatasalya nirman
kele ahe... ithil chitrakari tar dole tipun thevte....

Ajantha Lenya baghun amhi mast paiki Dhabyavar Shev-Bhaji, Panner Burji aani
Phukle aani shevti Chota Thumps up piun Wakadu kade nighalo... Apekshe
pramane gavran vatavaran amchya karta swagat karnyas tayar hote... aani
Maushi tar amchich vaat pahat darapashich basun hotya... Aalya Aalya Maushini
amche sarvache Muke gheun premane amhala javal kele... Wadyat Cricket
khelyala janu pitch tayarch hote aani amhi lagech bat-ball kadhun khelnyas
suruvat keli... Sandyakali amhi gachi var basun dhanushya banachi spradha
khelalo... Halu Halu akasha madhil tare amhas baghyala gardi karat hote...
tya sarva tarnya amhi ektra yeun basanyache adhesh deun jevan karayla
gelo.... Jevan zhalyavr thodya vel amhi Akash-Darshan kele... pan thandine
amhala lavkarach tithun haklun dile.... Dusrya diwashi Kiran-tai aani amche
bhache yenar hote aani amhi gavatil jatret janar hoto... ratri patyanchya ek
daav khelun amhi zhoplo....

Dusra diwas ujadla, pratkalin vidhya urkun me aani donhi Avya sheta madhe
fhirayla gelo.... tithe Avya Bhusarini Sheta var swavistar aani Gilvari
amhala mahiti dili... tya nantar Bhusari Saheb Sheta madhe eka mukya pranya
barobar kushti khelele.... Limbachya zhadavar chadun zhalyavar amhi maag
cricket khelun ghari ghelo... thodyach velat amhi parat shetavar yeun
jevlo.... Jevan zhalyavar ek-don dulkya marun amhi maag gavachya jatrek
gelo.... tithe thode saman vikat ghetlyavar amhi cinemache ticket kadhle....

Cinema che Naav hote "Sasuchi Varat Sunechya Darat" - Sasurvas aani Garib Shetkarnyache haal asa tya picture cha bahuda visay asava.... Picture madhe ek Superhit bina
chaliche ek gane "ANNA......... ANNAA................. ANNAAAAAAAA..." ase
gane ikun amhala vatle pics sampla tar to pics cha madhyanantar hota... to
picture amhi tasach sodun ghari gelo.... aani jo zhoplo to direct dusrya
diwashi 8 lach uthlo.....

Asa ha Wakadi 08 cha pravash aata partichya dishela suruwat karat amhi Punya
kade nighalo aani Bari Sahebani 8-9 tas driving karun amhala aap-aaplya ghari
sodle......

Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan.....

Wakadi 08, BloodyMaryBoyz ROCKS !!!

Posted on behalf of Prasanna Bari

Photos -
Wakadi Trip

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Donated Blood For the First Time

Today I donated Blood for the First time. Remined me of Mr. Bhalerao's article dated August 6th 2006, when he after overcoming his past college faint episode donated Blood along with Pashya Kalya. Now, Me and Ballya have joined the elite club of Donors of Blood from BloodyMaryBoyz.... BloodyMaryBoyz ROCKS !!!

Elite Club of Donors of Blood from BloodyMaryBoyz

1. Pritya
2. Hrushya
3. Avya Bhusari
4. Ballya
5. Pashya
6. Deepya

Tuesday, December 02, 2008

BMB trip to Murud


So here it is…..

We have been planning since long to go to Murud with our wives and show them the place we love the most in all of Konkan. So we started planning 2 weeks before the journey and booked our stay for 22-23 Nov in Murud beach resort. On 22nd morning at 5 A.M. we began our journey in our swanky new cars to Murud via Tamhini ghat. The weather was good and breeze was getting colder as we went past the serene Mulshi dam waters. The view from Tamhini ghat was breathtaking, with all the mountains and deep valleys. We reached Murud beach resort at around 12 that day and as always is the case opened the chilled beer bottles. After around 2-3 rounds of beers and a sumptuous lunch we decided to play dumb charades (hope I get the spelling right ), the game we will be playing for the next 3 days whenever we find free time, which we were having ample of it. In the afternoon, boys went to play cricket on the beach and their wives decided to sleep out in their rooms. The five of us enjoyed beach cricket, in which I will distinctly remember taking Pashya’s wicket on a yorker coming round the wicket. Later we decided to hit the beach. We, with our wives, were in the beach till late in the evening. Later in the evening, after 3 pegs of scotch and again a grand dinner, which included a tasty solkadhi, we decided it’s high time we had a good night’s sleep. And that’s how the day ended for us.

The next day, as was decided previous night, all of us, except me and Archana, decided to venture into sea for sight of dolphins. I photographed the dolphins sitting on the beach. When the boys returned they told they saw more dolphins than ever before. We had a breakfast after that and again a round of our favorite game and afterwards decided to play beach cricket, but this time wives included. Afterwards we quenched our thirst with beer and hunger by a grand lunch. We left at around 2 PM from Murud towards Pune but this time deciding to go via Mahabaleshwar because of security concerns in Tamhini ghat.

And now comes the part which you guys were DYING to hear about from the man who was actually at the helm of it.

At around 4 PM, we started our ascent of Mahabaleshwar thru’ Poladpur ghat. From this point Mahabaleshwar is some 40 km and the ghat road is quite narrow. When Mahabaleshwar was around 18 km we found a splendid spot where we stopped for tea. At this point, you can see the valley at your right and also to your left. Refreshingly we started our journey on the ghat road.

When M’bshwar was about 10 km the dreadful happened. A trailer was coming from the opposite side. So to make some room for me to pass I took my vehicle to the left side. But I misjudged the width of the road and my car fell into the small canal which was dug on side of the road to drain rainwater. My car hit sideways on the rock and it’s front left tyre was into the ditch. The tyre’s rim ruptured and it went flat. Worse, the lower arm, on which the weight of the car came during impact and which connects the axle to the wheel, was damaged. I don’t know from where but in 5 min some 30-40 people came to help us and with our collective efforts we were able to get the car out of the ditch. A gujju man who had come to M’shwar for sightseeing and who was with us till long helped us recover some of the damage. We assessed the damage and thought of calling a mechanic from M’shwar to repair it. Both Avinash and wives went to M’shawar, booked a hotel, found a mechanic and A. Bari came back with Firoz. Firoz is a mechanic from M’shwar who said his dad, and later he, is running the garage where it is now since 35 years. He chained my car to Avi’s by a thick metal chain and tried to straighten the lower arm so that at least the car can be taken to his garage in M’shwar. He was successful in it but the tyre was still touching the body of the car while turning. But we were somehow able to take the car to his garage.

The memories of 2 hours I, Prasanna and Tushar spent in the ghat’s darkness will be with us throughout our life. The men on Kinetic whom we thought of brigands, the raging Qualiswallah and the man whose bike refused to start at the very spot our accident happened but started immediately just 5 feet next to the spot, were all carved into our minds.

Next day, Firoz opened the car and judged that the lower arm needs to be bought from Pune as local distributors don’t stock it. As he, and in turn we, were helpless till the part arrives we decided to take a trip to Pratapgad. So we hired a taxi and enjoyed what Pratapgad has to offer. When we came back the part had still not arrived prompting us to think if it is viable for all to stay put for one more night. Finally we concluded that A. Bari with A. Bhusari and Tushar should leave for Pune and Pashya, myself and Archana should wait till next morning. After rest of the guys and wives had gone, we booked a room in the same hotel and ventured in market for some time. At around 8PM, Firoz informed us that car is now alright and suggested we should take a ride to verify his claim. The car was now alright minus some dents, a punctured tyre with broken rim and minor wheel alignment. Next day, we started the end of our eventful journey in morning at 8 and arrived in Pune by 11.30.

This is the journey we won’t ever forget in our lifetime. The spirit shown by the boys during this ordeal was exemplary. Not until the last moment, did anybody talked of leaving me with the car.

Keep up the good show guys, you are awesome and I know we often don’t say this but thanks for just being there.

Regards,
Pravin

Multiple colours


Photo i clicked before yesterdays rain