<?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-17037847</id><updated>2012-01-22T11:32:26.384+05:30</updated><category term='Club Mahindra Lake View Munnar'/><category term='Ganapatipule'/><category term='Tom Cruise'/><category term='Thekaddy'/><category term='Kerala'/><category term='Anil kappor in Hollywood'/><category term='Pench Jungle Camp'/><category term='Mission Impossible'/><category term='Mission Impossible  4- The Ghost Protocol'/><category term='Vacation in KeralaMattupetti Dam and Echo Point'/><category term='Weekend Gateways from Mumbai'/><category term='Around Nagpur'/><category term='Ethan Hunt:'/><category term='MTDC Resort'/><category term='Club Mahindra Tuskers Trails'/><category term='Pench National Forest'/><category term='Munnar'/><category term='Pench'/><category term='Anil Kapoor'/><title type='text'>My Cozy World</title><subtitle type='html'>See the world in my eyes...................my humble attempt to capture some of the best memories, some best time spent with family n frens</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bristee.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17037847/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bristee.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Bristee</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14816259854676800617</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-17037847.post-3828764955526439381</id><published>2012-01-10T12:03:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2012-01-10T12:28:07.958+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pench'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Around Nagpur'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pench National Forest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pench Jungle Camp'/><title type='text'>Our trip to Mougli’s forest: Pench</title><summary type='text'>
It’s been playing in our mind for a long time to visit a national reserve forest after our innumerable vacation at the sea and the hills.

Last Diwali (Oct 2011) we as a family, managed our first proper vacation in the forest. Our destination was Pench, the forest which is the original setting for Rudyard Kipling's much reclaimed work, “Jungle Book”. Pench is about 70 km from the city of Nagpur.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bristee.blogspot.com/feeds/3828764955526439381/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17037847&amp;postID=3828764955526439381' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17037847/posts/default/3828764955526439381'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17037847/posts/default/3828764955526439381'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bristee.blogspot.com/2012/01/our-trip-to-mouglis-forest-pench.html' title='Our trip to Mougli’s forest: Pench'/><author><name>Bristee</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14816259854676800617</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><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uH61ps4djYw/TwvbYumKjAI/AAAAAAAAE_M/fIz0Y5yWDe8/s72-c/pench+1.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17037847.post-8740408090807784373</id><published>2012-01-04T12:26:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2012-01-04T12:26:58.575+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tom Cruise'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mission Impossible'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mission Impossible  4- The Ghost Protocol'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ethan Hunt:'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anil kappor in Hollywood'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anil Kapoor'/><title type='text'>Review of Mission Impossible 4 – The Ghost Protocol</title><summary type='text'>As many from my generation (late 70 born), I have grown up watching TOP GUN, RAIN MAKER and MISSION IMPOSSIBLE’s sought after agent Ethan Hunt aka Tom Cruise and needless to say he was an all time favorite. 
As any of the MI series this is a well shot, chic, on the edge action adventure movie which keeps you engaged as you unmindfully finish packs of popcorn. The ageing Cruise looked attractive </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bristee.blogspot.com/feeds/8740408090807784373/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17037847&amp;postID=8740408090807784373' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17037847/posts/default/8740408090807784373'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17037847/posts/default/8740408090807784373'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bristee.blogspot.com/2012/01/review-of-mission-impossible-4-ghost.html' title='Review of Mission Impossible 4 – The Ghost Protocol'/><author><name>Bristee</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14816259854676800617</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-17037847.post-2557479848751386613</id><published>2011-12-13T14:39:00.005+05:30</published><updated>2012-01-09T14:01:11.465+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kerala'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vacation in KeralaMattupetti Dam and Echo Point'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Club Mahindra Lake View Munnar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Munnar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Club Mahindra Tuskers Trails'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Thekaddy'/><title type='text'>Munnar- Thekkady: A trip to God’s Own country Kerala</title><summary type='text'>


It was a long awaited trip: a trip planned with the family around the month of August 2011. We were a diversified group of two senior citizens, one child (4yrs) and four adults. 

Looking at our group size and the luggage, we opted for a tempo traveler for our entire trip. Our first destination was the hilly town of Munnar which is about 135 kms away from Cochin. Driving up to Munnar was </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bristee.blogspot.com/feeds/2557479848751386613/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17037847&amp;postID=2557479848751386613' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17037847/posts/default/2557479848751386613'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17037847/posts/default/2557479848751386613'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bristee.blogspot.com/2011/12/munnar-thekkady-trip-to-gods-own.html' title='Munnar- Thekkady: A trip to God’s Own country Kerala'/><author><name>Bristee</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14816259854676800617</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><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dFYREtHKvR8/TucYYGTMENI/AAAAAAAAE-8/USz7kcVnVQY/s72-c/thekaddy.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17037847.post-2238747262134933115</id><published>2010-09-19T12:00:00.004+05:30</published><updated>2012-01-09T13:58:50.418+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ganapatipule'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Weekend Gateways from Mumbai'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MTDC Resort'/><title type='text'>Ganapatipule</title><summary type='text'>

There was a time when me and hubby used to hit the road at every single opportunity and “Outlook Traveler’s 52 weekends” was our companion in our quest to explore the weekend gateways from Mumbai. With K coming in our life, the mother in me became cautious and slowly the trips became far and few. Sometime a long drive with her keeps us away from the trips, sometime the reason could be  below </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bristee.blogspot.com/feeds/2238747262134933115/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17037847&amp;postID=2238747262134933115' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17037847/posts/default/2238747262134933115'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17037847/posts/default/2238747262134933115'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bristee.blogspot.com/2010/09/ganpatiphule.html' title='Ganapatipule'/><author><name>Bristee</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14816259854676800617</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><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Qus_pChPBtA/TJWvKHUKiGI/AAAAAAAADgA/xdUp2wCrgW0/s72-c/100_3523.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17037847.post-3501235340472010906</id><published>2008-04-10T14:30:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2008-04-10T14:32:53.256+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Where do I find a Pre Paid Taxi Counter?</title><summary type='text'>The other day while coming back from Kolkata, what startled me is the new private wing of Mumbai airport. We have been taking Kingfisher airline in our last few trips, which shares the bay with the state own airline and hence we have missed this makeover completely. This time we flew another private airline and after a lot of taxing both up and in ground, when we finally landed, we were just too </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bristee.blogspot.com/feeds/3501235340472010906/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17037847&amp;postID=3501235340472010906' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17037847/posts/default/3501235340472010906'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17037847/posts/default/3501235340472010906'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bristee.blogspot.com/2008/04/where-do-i-find-pre-paid-taxi-counter.html' title='Where do I find a Pre Paid Taxi Counter?'/><author><name>Bristee</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14816259854676800617</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-17037847.post-2332800718131104289</id><published>2008-02-15T15:31:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2008-02-15T15:33:04.032+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Me Indian</title><summary type='text'>I noticed a very disturbing trend today and do not quiet know which direction we are heading. Much has been written about Raj Thackeray and his politically motivated speech on certain community of the country but unfortunately, that is making quiet some negative impact amongst commoners. I was in the busy “Andheri” station today morning, trying to get into a train. I generally avoid this station,</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bristee.blogspot.com/feeds/2332800718131104289/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17037847&amp;postID=2332800718131104289' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17037847/posts/default/2332800718131104289'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17037847/posts/default/2332800718131104289'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bristee.blogspot.com/2008/02/me-indian.html' title='Me Indian'/><author><name>Bristee</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14816259854676800617</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-17037847.post-113464800234640066</id><published>2005-12-15T17:28:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2005-12-15T17:30:02.406+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Boards members play some cricket and then talk!</title><summary type='text'>Yesterday as an Indian I was very happy that we made it, come on a test win is a great thing much more than a one day victory but………It’s really unfortunate that after such a good nick in both the innings dada had to face the axe. He scored 121 runs along with Sachin Tendulkar, contributing 40 runs, in the first innings, and also scored 39 in the second essay. It was actually showing that Ganguly </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bristee.blogspot.com/feeds/113464800234640066/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17037847&amp;postID=113464800234640066' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17037847/posts/default/113464800234640066'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17037847/posts/default/113464800234640066'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bristee.blogspot.com/2005/12/boards-members-play-some-cricket-and.html' title='Boards members play some cricket and then talk!'/><author><name>Bristee</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14816259854676800617</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-17037847.post-113213141152288288</id><published>2005-11-16T14:24:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2005-11-16T14:26:51.530+05:30</updated><title type='text'>CRIME IS A PASSION</title><summary type='text'>Ooof we are loosing it………..check today’s headline in TOI (Mum edi)” College student kills girlfriend with cement slab:…….. Scary it is. Well this is not a piece what you expect to read the first thing in the morning but…I don’t quiet belong to a different generation, well still in my 20’s at least I would like to believe so, but today’s college going generation has an entire different rules and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bristee.blogspot.com/feeds/113213141152288288/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17037847&amp;postID=113213141152288288' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17037847/posts/default/113213141152288288'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17037847/posts/default/113213141152288288'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bristee.blogspot.com/2005/11/crime-is-passion.html' title='CRIME IS A PASSION'/><author><name>Bristee</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14816259854676800617</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-17037847.post-112851402258476117</id><published>2005-10-05T17:30:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2005-10-05T17:37:02.590+05:30</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>India Brand summit 2005:Last weekend I went for a seminar, which promised to be one of the greatest seminars on branding in the city. Quiet frankly the list of the panelist in the invitation card was very impressive indeed and that made me ask my company to fork out a good Rs 6000/- for me to be able to attend it.I happen to attend some seminars in the past and have some experiences in organizing</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bristee.blogspot.com/feeds/112851402258476117/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17037847&amp;postID=112851402258476117' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17037847/posts/default/112851402258476117'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17037847/posts/default/112851402258476117'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bristee.blogspot.com/2005/10/india-brand-summit-2005-last-weekend-i.html' title=''/><author><name>Bristee</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14816259854676800617</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-17037847.post-112798560176311175</id><published>2005-09-29T14:49:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2005-09-29T14:50:01.763+05:30</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Thx God DADA You Won!It was kind of a tough day, Sayan is quiet down with usual season change hungama………though I thought to stay glued to the television to witness the drama between Ganguly and Chappell unfold, frankly was too tensed the whole day to flick the channels. It was only during lunchtime I managed to take a glance through the event, but no news came through, it was more of a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bristee.blogspot.com/feeds/112798560176311175/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17037847&amp;postID=112798560176311175' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17037847/posts/default/112798560176311175'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17037847/posts/default/112798560176311175'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bristee.blogspot.com/2005/09/thx-god-dada-you-won-it-was-kind-of.html' title=''/><author><name>Bristee</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14816259854676800617</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></feed>
