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This has been always a cliche’ used by hoteliers around the world to attract guests who wants to feel at home wherever they travel (perhaps most of them come under this category).As a hotel operator, along with my colleagues, I am striving to give this experience to all my guests. But I have a question for all those guests is that-when you always want to feel at home, “why the hell are you travelling???” Better sit in one corner of your home without venturing outside if you are reluctant to change to different food habits, taste, culture, attitudes. Change is the essence e of life. The very essence of travelling should be to experience the changes what one cannot see in their own home. If I can get same food, meet same people I am accustomed with, experience the same culture and habits people in my place have, I would not spend money, time and effort to go to any place as it is mere waste of everything. Travelling teaches a person a huge volumes of lessons which good book cannot ...

It's not always fun working in a night club especially on a weekend.I have heard people saying " what you are is what when nobody is seeing you" but I think "what you are is what when you are drunk and everybody is seeing you!!!" You get to see the real people in the night clubs starting from begging entry when they are not dressed in accordance with the club rules to arguing that "It's my birth right to drink as much as I want and wherever I want and you have no right to stop me drinking". The law of Club says... "nightmarish effect of a night club employee is directly proportional to the sale of alcohol,intake of alcohol by the patrons,number of patrons inside the club,proximity to the closing time and to the increase in the decibel of the sound ( some people call it MUSIC!!!)" Yesternight (can anyone recommend my contribution to the Oxford English Dictionary meaning 'last night' similar to Yesterday and yesteryear) was ...

A couple of days back one of my virtual friend on the internet has posted a discussion on a social networking site-"Let us show our real name - Bharat to the world".I replied to him with my question "What are you trying to achieve by changing the name of your( our) country??". I wish he is not one among those superstitious Indians who is very badly affected by the Numerology mania which is an ongoing thing. I have couple of my friends who changed their names by adding/deleting few letters from their existing name believing it is going to bring them fortune or their existing name is the reason for all their misfortunes!!.My name has five"E"s and people often think it is such a numerological obsession- believe me it is purely for pronunciation reasons only and I am ready to have a change of name with the world's most horrible,unlucky numerological set up as I believe names are for identity and to avoid ambiguity rather than bringing luck or misfortune...

Point Cruz, Honiara- Important commercial centre with banks, Diplomatic missions,Hotels , shops Honiara main Market with fresh produce- Yummy Pineapples,Bananas,Paw paw( papayas) and of course Fish!!! Pikinini blo Solomon Aelan ( Children of Solomon Islands on a beach) Colourful flowers at the market

Serene view of the outer islands on the South Pacific from Honiara

A proud moment with the Queen's baton of Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010 . The reasons for the pride is that the Baton has commenced its journey several months back and has been traveling all commonwealth countries,expected to cover more than 70 nations meeting over a billion of the world population ( I guess it should be more than a billion as India, the host itself has a population closer to a billion!!). I got a chance to hold the Baton at Heritage Park Hotel, Honiara, Solomon Islands where I work and where the baton stayed for few days before commencing its journey to other countries.The Baton is so special to me personally as an Indian that I got a chance to hold the baton going to India (it's final destination) in a South pacific Island nation far from my home and rare to see any Indian faces. The Baton has quite a lot of amazing special features like soils from all parts of India forming the outer design,GPS,The Queen's message,LED changing its colour automatically ...

Its a hot news in the southern part of India about a Swamy(god man???) involved in a sex scandal with an actress which has triggered public unrest in some places.This news is hot ,not just because it has something really important but because the way media included hot clippings to market their skills of Journalism or commercialisation. First, people should be clear that being a swami is JUST A JOB like being a driver,teacher or cook etc., to tell people something what sells. Those men or women are as simple as any one of us .It's our mistake to treat few popular figures- actors,politicians,sportsmen,SWAMIs equal to God and doing anything and everything they ask to do.Let's have a clear thought that NO MAN CAN EVER BE A GOD. Second thing is the way this news is flashed by media-are they behaving responsibly by informing public about such culprits in the society or selling pornography???? It was disgusting that the popular channels attached so much of importance to this and b...