Eating at Diwali function

In the picture: Anti-clockwise – Neelam, Vivek, Niranjan, Lalit (myself) and Sachin, and the photographer, Ashish at the ISA Diwali dinner in 2004

It is interesting that over 4-5 years (including Diwali 2006!), every single dinner (good or bad) we have had at Michigan Union was at this very table!

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Now Left, now right!

During the sunset cruise at Pictured Rocks, two consecutive pictures of Neelam – Right, followed by Left!

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Finally the Sun set

Last September, Neelam and I went to the Sunset Cruise at the Pictured Rocks near Munising (Upper Peninsula of Michigan). Those 3 hours were among the best moments of my entire life – and some other people also felt the same about their trip!

This is the last picture – just before the sun finally set! I will add more pictures of the trip later!

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Berlin Wall

 

Note the Berlin Wall running right through the middle of the road. The base has still been maintained – throughout Germany!

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Reichstag Building, Berlin – Day and Night

Late in September, I had been to Berlin. Here are two pictures of the Reichstag building, which hosts the German Parliament known as Bundestag. The day picture is by Daryl Sanford. I clicked the night one!

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Neelam and I

My wife, Neelam and I took this picture sometime in summer of 2001 at her college in Navi Mumbai! I think it is our first picture.

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My photoblog

Finally, I decided to create a photoblog for myself – http://lpatilphotos.wordpress.com/

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Naresh Chai

Among the last days of my stay at VRCE (now VNIT). This was (and I am told, still is) the best place to hang out – Naresh’s Chai Tapari – the best tea of my life!

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At Matgya’s place

Don’t remember the occassion, but really brings back memories! Spent most of our time at Amol Mategaonkar’s house – the only place where I used to drink coffee – the best coffee of my life!

Last Row – Amit Ghugre, Sameer Joshi, Niranjan Pendharkar, Lalit Patil, Harshal Dubli, Udayan Deshmukh, Sanjay Patrikar, Amit Mate, Hemkant Limaye

Middle Row – Prasanna, Madhav Chary, Ashwin Jaiswal, Sanket Buche, Kaustubh Bodhankar, Sachin Sawane

First Row – Sachin Patil, Amol Mategaonkar, Vikas Agrawal, Ranjit Kolarkar, Sachin Deshmukh

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What I noticed about Germany

A couple of weeks back, I went to Berlin. A few things that I noticed about the day-to-day life in Berlin are:

• Carbonated Water: Germans drink “only” carbonated water. It is only recently that they have started drinking regular water. I don’t know why this has become so common, especially when the quality of tap water is very good. It seems 25% households in Germany have a table-top carbonating machine!
• Hands on a table: During dinner, place the hands on the table, but not the elbows.
• No ice: Unlike the Americans, Germans do not use ice in most of their drinks – water, cold drinks, etc.
• No water in restaurants: You do not get complimentary water in any restaurant.
• Beer during lunch: Drinking beer during lunch is very common.
• Cold breakfast: Germans do not seem to eat warm/hot food for breakfast.
• No bacon for breakfast: I never saw bacon being available for breakfast.
• Shaking hands: Shaking hands appropriately (look into the eye of the other person) is the only customary introduction.
• Language: Every single letter in a German word has a specific pronunciation and must be pronounced.

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