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PVR... Is it time to enter?

2011-03-26T23:25:00.001-07:00

With Cricket World cup, IPL heating up... Production houses have been delaying new movie releases... I believe this quarter results of PVR, Inox will be very low. So is it the time to enter these stocks. Its very important for us to closely watch these 2 stocks over next few days. Soon after IPL we can see lots of new movies hitting the market and multiplexes buzzing with activities. 85 to 90 will be good point to enter PVR.

Happy investing!!!

Pick of the day - Camlin

2011-03-23T20:07:00.000-07:00

Camlin is at good levels to buy and good buy for short-term investment. According to Analysts it can cross 60 in the short term.

Happy investing

Stock investments

2011-03-11T09:37:00.000-08:00

I have not been writing much over the last few days. My interest towards stock markets have gone up drastically over the last 2 months. Over the next few days I am thinking of putting in my stock tip and check the status of the tip at the end of each day.

Happy trading...

Aadukalam - We live Rooster Life

2011-01-23T06:55:00.000-08:00

Aadukalam is all about Dhanush who is betrayed by his mentor in a very interesting backdrop. Its about Madurai where like Jallikattu, rooster fight also plays a significant role in the people living in the villages. People in this village give great importance to Rooster Fights and their pride is tied to rooster that wins. The story is about how a silly decision of not killing a rooster and making it take part in the rooster fight turns the life of Dhanush. The story is well supported by good music, interesting rooster fights (animation) and ruff & tuff acting from all the casts.

You will see people like Dhanush and his mentor in your real life. Bosses taking advantage of his power and overpowering his team members. The story clearly depicts the selfishness in human that can go to any levels of cheapness. Big mistakes that we do for small things is life is Aadukalam. The best analogy is when Dhanush-Dorai fight like rooster without understanding the background, by blindly following the instructions of their Mentor. That's Aadukalam for you!!!

I enjoyed it, except that I couldn't accept the climax while watching the movie (I am a typical masala movie watcher). But I believe this is the best climax that the director could have given to us. Watch it, you will feel the difference.

- Arun

Airline & Hotel stocks to be watched

2010-12-19T00:05:00.000-08:00

Holiday greetings to all!
The greeting says it all for my stock recommendations for this time of the year. Its the time when hospitality and travel industry gets the maximum earning if they are rightly positioned. Some of the stocks that I would suggest are: Mahindra Holidays, India Hotels, Kingfisher and SpiceJet airlines. Good service, facilities, margin will help these stocks move up by end of Jan when the results of these companies will be out

Happy Investing! Wishing you happy new year

Endhiran has collected a never-before Rs 200 crore

2010-10-15T06:17:00.000-07:00

Endhiran/ Robot has had a net collection of Rs 200-225 crore worldwide since its release on October 1, which is nearly double of Dabangg and is still going strong. It collected Rs. 150 crore with an approximate Rs 50 crore in other South centres while the dubbed version has made Rs 15 crore in India

- Arun

Endhiran Box Office Collection

2010-10-09T09:43:00.000-07:00

In the opening weekend, all the three versions of Robot have together collected 95 Crore rupees (21 million dollars), the highest-ever in India...

In UK, Endhiran earned a sum of GBP 295,148 (2,07,92,772 Cr INR) with a per screen collections of GBP 9,838 and thus making it the number 1 movie of the weekend in the UK.

So Rajini Fans we are all set to break multiple records.

- Arun

SUN Stock to Be Watched... Endhiran Conservative Estimate

2010-10-03T02:43:00.001-07:00

I was wondering on how much Endhiran can make at the end of one week. Can it beat India's highest grosser movies like 3 Idiots or Gajini (Hindi).

Just did a quick math and I was shocked with the numbers that came up:
Its a conservative estimate:
2000 Theaters (across the globe) x 5 shows (avg, I know there are 45 shows a day at Mayajaal) x 200 Seats (this could be as high as 2000 in some multiplex) x 10 (Oct 1 to Oct 10, I am including 2 week ends as the craze will be high) x Rs 150 (very very conservative here) = Rs 300,00,00,000 (most conservative number that I can arrive at) - For people who are weak with Zeros its 3oo Cr in 10 days, which is the "Lowest That this movie can make in 10 days". I am sure to hear three this number from the Management in few days.

One more perpective to this is: 2000 x 5 x 200 x 10 = 2 Cr, again a conservative number. This shows the number of people watching the movie in theater. Compare this with overall Population of TamilNadu, which is 7 Cr. I know the audience that I am talking about are not just the people who are in TamilNadu now but I still thought its worth comparing.

With overseas evenues, music sales, satelite rights etc... the movie can surely cross Rs 600 Cr or more. If so I think "SUN TV" stock needs to be tracked closely. SUN will double its revenue Y-o-Y just on this movie. I think they will make for all the poor performances of their other movies with Vijay and Nakul that Sun pictures had.

Buying Mobile in India....Micromax.. Next Nokia

2010-10-02T23:17:00.000-07:00

When I decided to look into some of the options to buy a mobile for myself, I had lots of options that were confusing me with the influx of players like Micromax, Intex, i-mate, Lava, Karbonn, Ray, Videocon, etc. all competing on lower price points, apart from the usuals Nokia, Samsung etc. I am not considering Sony and LG here as I think they have lost out to Indian players over the last few years. Thought there were som many of them I felt Micromax as an exception that seem to have started on the road to a predefined product and market strategy.

During the search for the Micromax product review, I wanted to dig deep to understand what has been happening to the market shares of the leading players in the market. Here are few interesting facts:

- Nokia's market share is now down to 50% from its earlier share of close to 57% in 2008

- LG's Mobile Division (Electronics) CEO has resigned as he has not been able to increase mobile phones market share. The share in India for LG is now as low as 4%

- Most interestingly Micromax now has 10% market share. The search showed this and I wish its true.

I never expected that Micromax could be our Answer to Blackberry. I infact want to try Micromax now to understand the performance difference between Blackberry and Micromax. I was never very happy with BlackBerry Perl which I currently have, except for some attitude that I get to show ;)

They have mobiles for all segments and soon they will make it a habit for Indian Consumers to have dual sim in their mobile. An emerging player has brought in multiple features that a Blackberry and Sony (Business and Multimedia features) combination will have at a price which is one third the price of these products.

Infact there is no compromise on the look and feel of the product. I liked the portfolio in their site http://www.micromaxinfo.com/. Good mix for an emerging player from simple mobiles to very high-end ones and I dont see any of these products priced more that Rs 15000.

But, is it sustainable? Nokia 1100, created a revolution in India and the product stood to the expectations of the people as Consumers were happy to use the product for nearly 3 to 5 years. Can Micromax meet the expectations of Indian Consumers? Will they be able to innovate with new products every year?

I am waiting to see this... All the best Micromax

10 Movies in 3 weeks...

2010-08-07T08:08:00.000-07:00

I have not got into blogging after I had moved to Chennai. I have taken lots of time out for movies after moving to Chennai. Last 3 weeks, I got chance to watch few interesting movies starting with:
1. Ravana - Not an extra ordinary story line as expected. But I liked Vikram, Aish and Prithviraj's acting. I don't want to write any reviews here. All said and done, Mani Ratnam was able to capture some of the beautiful places in Kerala in his camera. Excellent Camera work and to a certain extent decent screen play.
2. Kalavaani: Beautiful movie. It was a laughing riot. The whole theatre was laughing along with me. If you have problem with your boss, just bunk office and watch this movie. Its kind of a real stress buster. All the actors did their job really well. I have not seen many movies of this genre in Tamil. Good to see that Directors are going out to experiment in new hero and taking not so trendy movies. A must watch for any one who loves to spend 3 hours just to laugh :)
3. Thilalangadi: Not worth watching. I had watched the Telugu version "Kick" few months back. Never liked the story. I was not aware of the remake. I should have guessed this, after all its Jeyam Ravi (Remake Hero). He had showed his acting prowess in Peranmai. Again he has gone out of his mind by taking a Telugu movie and taking up roles which doesn't fit him at all.
4. Madhrasapattanam: I liked this movie very much. You can read the review in Deepak's blog - http://deepakvenkat.com. Its a must watch movie. Plus in the movie are: Arya, Screen play and Back ground score.
5. Catch me if you can: After a long time, I got to see this movie. You can watch it any number of times.
6. Usual suspects: Kaiser Soze is a cult name. Bests of Kevin Spacey. I am watching for 5th time.
7. Little Miss Sunshine: Again a laughter riot. A good time pass movie
8. After sunrise: A good romantic movie. Not seen these kind of movies in India. Just wondering if Indian audience will ever appreciate a movie where there are max 4 artists and 2 ppl talking for nearly 90 min. I never felt bored with the dialogue. Many of us might have experienced this while travelling in train wherein we come across a person with whom we talk throughout the journey. I loved it. This made me watch "After sunset".
9. After sunset: Can you believe it!!! The director did it again. This is a sequence of "After Sunrise". You will see same actors talking for 90 min.
10. Pay it forward:Though you have Kevin Spacey in the movie. Its the wonder boy from Sixth Sense who will impress you the most. Haley is amazing. Its a lesson for all of us to make our World an ideal place to leave. Pls do watch the movie and if given a chance do follow the lessons learnt :)

Have been visiting AGS cinema hall in Villivakkam too often. Happy that someone has decided to open a good theatre in this part of Chennai. Looking for forward to watch lots of new english movies expecially Inception (its not matching with my timings ), couple of Hindi and 3D movies.

Trip to Goa... Errr... Ooty Err... Coorg

2010-03-22T00:26:00.000-07:00

I reached heights of excellent planning this time.
Feb 10th - we decided to go to Goa during Ugadi week end. It was just 5 of us, few friends from Noesis and their friends.
March 5th - I had to cancel the tickets as there were some personal work for some of them and some had to complete their project delivery
March 10th - 9 of my friends decide to go to Ooty on 14-15 and 16 of March. We had booked our tempo traveller for all 10 of us. The team had me (Arun), Keerthi, Srini, Abi, Amitesh, Chengal, Manoj, Nandu, Sunil and Avinash. Nandu was made the chief accountant.
March 13th (Evening 8 PM) - We thought of buying 8PM for our trip but finally decided to take up Royal Challengers, giving tributes the IPL team which most of us were supporting apart from Chennai super kings which is my favorite. We had couple of beer as well.
March 13th (11 PM) - All 10 of us were there in my room. We were supposed to start our journey at 3 AM on March 14th.
March 14th (3 AM) - We all started in the tempo traveller from my house. Our plan was to go to Bandipur -> Pykaara -> Ooty -> Conoor and come back on 16th afternoon.
March 14th (8:00 AM) - Nature call :).. We decided to stop as few of them were feeling uneasy...
We were just 20 min away from Bandipur. We reached Bandipur at around 8:45 and took our tickets for the safari (so called...)
The photos will speak more than words...

Yeah ... they were just few monkeys, deer and elephant that we could see...

Then we started our journey to Ooty. Throughout we saw lots of elephants, mostly the tamed ones. Things were all going on well until we reached Gudalur. We decided to have our breakfast at the checkpost. The inspector was checking our papers and they found that the permit/ some damn stuff was getting expired in 2 days and hence we will not be allowed to go into Tamilnadu. We did not have any other option but to go back to our home or take another vehicle from there to Ooty or identify another tourist spot in Karnataka.

March 14 (12:15 PM): We started going towards Coorg. It was long journey with dry forest all around. The journey was very boring and most of were tired because of the long journey.

March 14 (4:45 PM): We reached irpu falls. It was a big relief for all of us. Had to do a small trekking before we reached the waterfalls. The best thing that happened to us on that day was irpu water falls. We had good fun, all of us were on our underwears and enjoyed our bath for atleast 40 min...

We then started our journey to Madikere in Coorg. As soon as we reached the town we saw few guys coming to us with quotations for home stay and hotel rooms. We finally decided to go for a home stay. This was the next best thing that we did on that day

March 14 (8:45 PM): We were all at the home in Coorg. A beautiful 5 BHK house with excellent facilities. The package came with a cook who was big stomach like panda. He bought us some good food and we had a heavy dinner with booze and decided to retire for the day.

March 15: We watched a traditional dance at a temple near our place. More than dance, it's about a god man blessing the citizens who come to him. I think they call it devil dance. We then went to Dubbare forest (ideal place to go in early jan, you will enjoy white water rafting). We did rafting and tried soem swimming in the place. We then went to Nisarga Dhama and then to tibetian golden temple.
Superb places!!!

Overall a good trip. Had good fun throughout.. :)

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Somthing fishy about this photo :)

Another beautiful song

2010-03-21T23:37:00.000-07:00

Not sure, how I have been missing out these beautiful songs...

Ta ra ra.. ta ra ri re… ta ra ra

Come around… it’s time to baby
Come around..
Come on now… come around…
It’s time to baby… come around
Come around… come around

Khwaabon bina, nigahen meri jee rahin thi
Koi nahin tha yeh akeli meri thi zindagi
Ohhh yehhh…
Khamosh tha honthon pe baatein nahin thi
Koi nahin tha yeh akeli meri thi zindagi

Tum mile toh mil gaya yeh jahaan
Tum mile toh har pal hai naya
Tum mile toh sabse hai… faasla
Tum mile toh jaadu chaa gaya
Tum mile toh jeena aa gaya
Tum mile toh maine paaya… hai khuda

Come around… it’s time to baby
Come around..
Come on now… come around…
It’s time to baby… come around
Come around… come around

Palken moondein chaahat meri so rahi thi
Khushboo hawaaon mein thi
Maine nahin mehsoos ki
Mmm mm.mm
Jaane kahaan bahaaren meri khil rahi thi
Khushboo hawaaon mein thi
Maine nahin mehsoos ki

Tum mile toh mehki baarishen
Tum mile toh jaagi khwaahishen
Tum mile toh rangon ka hai silsila
Tum mile toh jaadu chaa gaya
Tum mile toh jeena aa gaya
Tum mile toh maine paaya hai khuda

Ta ra ra.. ta ra ri re… ta ra ra

Tune duaaein suni
Dil ki sadaiyen suni
Tujhse main maangu aur kya
Tujh bin adhura hun main
Tere sang poora hun main
Karta hun tera shukriya

Kaise kahoon, kaise kahoon…
Kaise kahoon…kaise kahoon…
Kaise kahoon lamhe mujhe choo rahe hain
Aisa laga hain inmein tera hi toh ehsaas hai
Ohh hooo
Kaise kahoon dil mein nayi aahaten hain
Aisa laga hain inmein tera hi toh ehsaas hai

Tum mile toh mera dil gaya
Tum mile toh sab kuch mil gaya
Tum mile toh logon se kya vaasta
Tum mile toh jaadu chaa gaya
Tum mile toh jeena aa gaya
Tum mile toh maine paaya hai khuda

Come around… it’s time to baby
Come around..
Come on now… come around…
It’s time to baby… come around
Come around… come around
Come around

- Arun K

Beautiful Tamil Song....

2010-03-13T02:38:00.000-08:00

I recently happened to hear this song and have made it a point to listen atleast one every day...
This is the song from Varai from Goa sung By Ajeesh and Andrea. You cannot just miss this song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haD2zCtrtIU

Female: idhu varai illadha unarvidhu
idhayathil undana kanavidhu
Palithidum annalai thedidum padal kettaayo

idhu varai illadha unarvidhu
idhayathil undana kanavidhu
Palithidum annalai thedidum padal kettaayo

moodamal moodi maraithadhu
thaanaga poothu varughudhu
thedamal thedi kidaithadhu ingey

moodamal moodi maraithadhu
thaanagha poothu varughudhu
thedaamal thedi kidaithadhu ingey

inge oru inbam vandhu niraya
eppodhu en unmai nilai ariya
thaangamalum thoongamalum
naal selludhey

illamale nitham varum kanavu
kollamal kolla
sugam ennendru solla
nee thunai varavendum
neenda vazhi en payanam ohho

Male: Ange angey vandhu vandhu kalakkum
venmegamum vennilavum pola
endhan mana ennangalai yaar arivar

en nenjamo un pola alla
yedho ore maatram
nilai puriyadha thottram

Female: idhu nirandharam alla
maarividum mananilai dhan Ohhh ohh

Male: manadhile ullorum unarvugal
malarnthadhey muthaana uravugal
thiranthadhe thannale kadhavugal
namakku munnale

manadhile ullorum unarvugal
malarnthadhey muthaana uravugal
thiranthadhe thannale kadhavugal
namakku munnale

dhegam ippodhu unarndhadhu
thendral en meedhu padarndhadhu
mogam munneri varugudhu munne

dhegam ippodhu unarndhadhu
thendral en meedhu padarndhadhu
mogam munneri varugudhu munne

Beautiful !!! isn't it... :)
- Arun K

2010 - Year of M&A in India

2010-01-08T01:17:00.000-08:00

The year 2010 will see lots of action within Indian market in terms of mergers and acquisitions. Indian companies being cash rish will get into buying spree hunting for companies in India and oversees. My predictions for M&A this year are as follows:
1. Telecom: Indian telecom market will see some consolidation. The price war cannot continue and large players will look at smaller companies which either has good technology or unexplored customer base. Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Tata might look at acquiring some of the smaller players in the market to expand their presence in some of the rural or local markets. With Shyam telecom entering the market as MTS, there is a possibility of other infratel players trying to partner and expand their presence in Indian market. I think RCOM might not have enough cash to do acquisition, unless they dilute their stake. Bharti is already on the hunt for a global acquisition. We might hear some news on that front soon.
2. IT: Indian IT players are cash rich and will go on an hunting spree this year too. Companies might look at expanding their presence in Europe and some of the middle-east markets. Hence the companies having presence in these regions will be an ideal target. With economy showing signs of improvement, the confidence level of Indian IT company is growing as their projections for next few quarters are very high. Indian mid-tier companies might go for some acquisitions in US, looking at the opportunities for SMBs in US.
3. Financial industry: Indian banking industry will see a big change this year as there could be consolidation in Public Sector Banks in India. There are large number of Insurance, MF, brokerage firms in India. 2010 will test their sustainability in the market.
Apart from these there could be some action in pharma and auto industry. Auto industry is going to a high growth industry in India this year. As companies look for expanding their product portfolio (like M&M entering 2 wheeler market in a big way), there could be some big acquisition or JV in this space.

Recession: Is it over?

2009-11-04T20:05:00.000-08:00

We have been seeing Indian market going up and down over last few days. I thought I will pen (type) down some of my thoughts on Recession with respect to the market data from India perspective. Q2 saw some good results across various sectors except for may be telecom. Here are my views on the trend:

- The toplines of most of the companies have not grown much. Infact IT companies have ensured that they sustain their margin and increase profitability. Across sectors we saw very low growth in revenue (exceptions could be in Banks)

- Reason for profitability for the companies: Low interest cost, lay-offs (made their team lean), tight on internal spending, cautious in marketing spend, raw material costs have come down drastically over last few months.

- Caution: Commodity prices are rising and there is a high probability that 2 quarters down the line we might see some pressure in the income statements of most of the companies. Export oriented companies are having a good time because of the dollar fluctuations. As the crude oil price raise along with other commodities, companies will have to start looking at aggressively improving their topline. We will see some good spend on marketing and sales from now on in most of the sectors.

- Special attn to telecom: A dirty price war is going on Telecom sector. I think this has left consumers in a confused state (well said by my friend Divakar)

- Auto is showing up good sales data. The growth is amazing. As Hindu rightly pointed out- Its the victory for the consumers.

Hope 2010 will change and India will have moments to celebrate. Overall, the market is improving, companies have adapted to new situation and we will see better results in the months to come.

Entrepreneurial Problems

2009-10-18T23:24:00.000-07:00

If you ask most of the students who get into a B-School in India about their ambitions, it would be to start a company or to be an entrepreneur. But most of us know the problems that we might face if we open this topic in front of our parents... "You will not get marriage proposals...", "you will have to handle corruption!!!", "you are better off working like me for 40 years for decent salary".

Most of our parents have been working in the same organization throughout their career. They were comfortably placed, they could plan for a house before retirement, 2 or 3 kids, their education and finally retirement corpus fund. When they look back they think it might be almost impossible if you don't adopt their path. They have seen inflation, their salaries have grown from Rs 100 month in 1967 (where they managed to save Rs 20 for themselves and send Rs 20 back home) to Rs 40000 now. They have seen gold grow from nowhere to Rs 16k now. What does this mean? Fear!!! Yes, a great fear. They are not sure if their kid is ready to face these challenges in the long run.

That's the reason why most of the parents force their son or daughter to get married soon after their MBA (around 25... 26) or ensure that they buy a house immediately. That way they are sure that their son/ daughter is responsible ("doesn't try anything risky- especially on business front") for next 20 to 25 years (the loan tenure). What does the kid do.? Always in a confused state until they are married when they finally realize that they have a family to take care of. Then they buy a house... kids... if they stop with 1 its fine else... :)
so the financial pressures start mounting and they start feeling just like the way their parents had felt many years back. A vicious cycle. Isn't it?

Starting a new venture is challenging:
1. Money
2. Relationship
3. Time

all of them go for a toss temporarily. But in a year or 2, you will be fine. You would have understood the strength of your business plan. You might have to get into another job (I am sure you will get a lot... because you know what failure means) just to raise money so that you could start something later... may be 10 year later when you see some white hair around...

Let's come out of this vicious cycle and get on to our dream of making India the most powerful nation. This is democracy and lets not give away our dreams for few emotional factors which can always be managed.

Twitter Vs Not Twitting

2009-09-24T00:17:00.000-07:00

There is a lot of hype around social media marketing. Some say its the way to go for corporate branding. I agree that almost all major MNCs have adopted IT systems, but that doesn't mean that having a great online presence will help in building the brand. I know so many of my senior collegues who hardly get time to log into their noncorporate mail accounts.
I am sure its good to market ones profile through linkedin, twitter, facebook and orkut, but I don't agree with the sustainability of these social media based marketing. I have been hearing a lot from marketing gurus on the low cost marketing, its benefits and its reach. I if NRN or Bill Gates will ever get time to tweet. I doubt the strength of social media as a marketing tool. I would wait to watch a real success story. Well, I am trying it somewhere else as well to see the success of tweets and orkuts of the world.
http://www.tomfishburne.com/tomfishburne/2009/07/corporate-twitter.html
I happened to go through this blog by Tom Fishburne. Its an interesting read for folks who will be getting into marketing.
One thing is clear, twitter, orkut and facebook are good means to be connected with friends, collegue but I doubt if they can really be a means of corporate branding.

- Arun (Nettayan)

Sensex at 17K

2009-09-22T06:04:00.000-07:00

This is the most surprising thing that is happening now in the financial market. Can't imagine the movement of market from 8k to 17 K at such a pace. Is our market not mature enough to understand the world ? How could the financial situation improve to such a great extent?
I think there is some kind of bubble awaiting. It's time to book partial profits.

Moody's of economy.com said there is always a risk of another major event sending shock waves in financial markets like the Lehman Brothers. The central banks across the globe are tightening the money supply to control inflation and this is going to affect the market for sure.

Be sure to exit at the right time.

hachi tarou monogatari (4 out of 5) - 1987

2009-09-18T22:23:00.000-07:00

Its an interesting Japanese movie about a loyal dog. The movie starts of with the birth of puppies and director has taken all efforts to show the birth process naturally. The movie then goes to another place where they show a family which had recently lost their pet dog. The new born puppy is sent to them though the entire family opposes except the daughter. The daughter ignores the dog after her marriage. The portrayal of changing characteristics of human beings with changing environment is portrayed in a creative and artistic manner. The director thus brings the contrast between the man and the dog. They call him hachi which means faithful dog.

Hachi (The dog) brings lots of changes in the life of the family. The head of the family who is a professor in Agri university(you could call him the hero)- Ueno, becomes very close to the dog and he takes care of it like his child. After his daughter's marriage he becomes really close to it and all his thoughts are around Hachi. Every morning and evening the dog accompanies the professor from home to railway station and back. Everyone is amazed by the punctuality of the dog. Every evening Hachi waits for his masters arrival. The station master, a shopkeeper near the station and other on-goers admire the love showered by Hachi (it's the dog's love for the man that gets depicted here). However, the professor dies suddenly one day (1925). Hachi doesn't realize this and continues waiting for the professor at the railway station at the usual spot for next 10 years, till it dies. The screenplay and direction is amazing as you reach the last half an hour of the movie. The director will make you feel for the dog.

I loved it and I would recommend all the readers of this blog also to watch that movie. This movie has given me motivation to watch more Japanese Classics. This is the statue of the dog that is currently there in a railways station in Japan. I think this is based on a true story.

- Arun (Nettayan)

Jet got the best

2009-09-17T09:45:00.000-07:00

Jet has finally managed to get a lot of booking with their 50% discount strategy. It seems there were more than 21K booking/day over the last three days. Jet was up by 18% today. With no major news around market has been inching new levels everyday. I believe the system has lots of money, but can it take the market to new levels. 5000+ is a sure over valuation and we might see heavy profit booking. New investors be careful ...
Happy investing

Jet Lag continues

2009-09-11T20:58:00.000-07:00

The meeting between the management and the pilots came to an inconclusive end. This is going to be more of an ego clash between the management and the pilots.
Things are pretty much clear that the employees of Jet Airways are unhappy with the management. Jet Airways management need to focus on building employee confidence- through better salaries and employee benefits. I sometimes feel Indian Aviation industry is bleeding unnecessarily because of the low cost approach that most of the airlines are taking up in India. It's better to charge more from customers and satisfy them, rather than taking less and making them unsatisfied with poor service. It's better to service less in a profitable way rather than servicing a large volume in loss.
Will it be possible for Jet Airways to revive its business? How will it be able to bring in employee loyalty? How will it bring in customer ?

Jet Airways - Will it hit the sky?

2009-09-10T09:53:00.000-07:00

This is interesting. India is wholly dependent on the services industry. Whether it's IT, tourism, hospitality. It will be an interesting situation if one lakh employess of all the big IT companies (TCS, Infy, Wipro) plan to take sick (please read it as sick) leave for a whole week. Just a thought ... nothing more to write :)
I think time has come for the employees to show their power to their management. Can Jet Airways take bold decisions? Will we see some large scale lay off and organization re-structuring in Jet Airwways?
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/business/india-business/Jet-Airways-to-hold-talks-with-pilots-on-Friday-/articleshow/4995692.cms

Up Up and Down

2009-09-09T07:42:00.000-07:00

While in B-school, we are always taught that Airline industry is not a good business to get into. Today Jet Airways has a bigger problem than just running their existing business. The most interesting aspect of all this is Jet Airways stock price has not gone down a bit over last 2 days, infact it has gone up by more than 5%!!! What does this mean???
I had a short discussion with my friend Anuj, who also tracks stock markets like me. Some of the points that came out were:
1. Market feels that jet airways is better off being idle, as operations will only add to the cost
2. They are better off selling their assets to some other company
I think the market is also trying to factor in these points. We tried doing some web search of the profit making airline companies in the world and some interesting facts are given below. Most profitable airline companies are:
1) FedEx
2) Lufthansa Group
3) British Airways
4) Singapore Airlines Group
5) Qantas
6) Emirates
7) ANA
8) Cathay Pacific
9) Air France / KLM Group
10) Southwest Airlines
Though the data is slightly outdates, most of these airlines have been able to do good business because of their global presence except for Southwest airlines.
Well, we will have to wait now to see Mr.Goyal's next step or "Strategy".

Living Like A Man - Kamal Haasan

2009-08-31T01:31:00.000-07:00

This is an interesting link on Kamal's interview in NDTV. An interesting perspective on Marriage, life, cinema & religion. He has shown his boldness throughout is life which is visible in his scripts. Its high time he makes a English movie under International banner.

Congrats Kamal on your 50 years in India Cinema.

http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/marriage_was_a_compromise_kamal_haasan.php

Kanthasamy Vs State of Play

2009-08-29T05:53:00.000-07:00

I am a movie buff. i kind of try to watch movies of different genre. This week i got chance to watch 2 movies - Kanthasamy (Tamil) and State of Play (Eng). They didn't have anything is common. I went to watch Kanthasamy with lots of expectation and knowing Susi Ganeshan's other movies like Thiruttu Payyale, I knew that the screen play would be good coupled with some exciting twists. Though Susi has tried to come out with a fast pace movie, he has completely failed in removing unnecessary stuffs from the movie. I think the blame would completely go to Producer who might have asked him to add lots of masala and a comedy track in the movie. The director has tried to justify each and every step taken by Vikram from the start to the end. He has tried to give a logical meaning to the entire movie. Its high time Tamil Industry understands the imortance of not having unnecessary songs in the movie. The best part in the movie is Vikram's acting, camera man's work, excellent settings and directors research work in terms of how the Indian black money is there across the world. The worst part in the movie was in force fitting unnecessary songs, comedy tracks, unnecessary focus on glamour & camera work while in Mexico. I feel Susi Ganeshan could have done a better job in terms of screenplay to bring a better impact on the audience as I felt the first half to be boring and long. Of course, Susi Ganeshan needs to go to an acting school :)
On the other hand, "State of Play" is a movie with very minimum set up. Most of the movie gets over in the reporter's office. I don't want to write the stories over here as you will find them in Wikipedia. But it's high time Kollywood starts focusing on screen play as the real strength lies in the screenplay and the story. I liked the style of Russell Crowe and the way he has delivered his role is amazing. The style, simplicity and dialog delivery is cool. The movie requires little bit of patience as there are lots of twists in the movie. The real power of script and direction can be seen in this movie. Of course this will never beat my all time favorite ones like Shawshank redemption or Taken.
Just thought of typing down my views after watching a political thriller which pens on the power of writer or a reporter.

My paintings...

2009-07-31T01:02:00.000-07:00

http://arunspainting.blogspot.com/
If you are visiting this blog, you may very well get into my painting site and give your comments.

Bhubaneswar trip

2009-07-20T20:08:00.000-07:00

My First Camel Ride

It was pleasant surprise for me when I decided to go to Bhubaneswar!!! Does this statement sound ok?

Yeah… it was indeed a great decision. We had to take 2 and half days of leaves, limited time to enjoy and high budget.
So what? It was Biswa's marriage, one of my best friends and only one from Bhubaneswar. I dare not to miss this one :)

The marriage was on 26th June. There was big planning amongst our gang from Great Lakes - Prasadh, Divakar, Vimal, Sat, Sudarshan and me.
The plan was to travel in train as that was the cheapest. The journey from Bangalore to Bhubaneswar in the Prashanti express was my longest journey. It was a 30 hour travel and the driver just managed to reach us on time. The entire journey went watching movies on my i-pod, sight-seeing and eating.
Our friends from Chennai had reached Bhubaneswar few hours before us. If you are planning to visit Bhubaneswar, never plan to go there during Feb to July. You will be deep fried. Just like other coastal areas in India, Bhubaneswar is very hot and humid during this period. It’s best to go there during the month of Sept to Jan.
We started finalizing on the places to be visited. We just had one & half days with us to roam around. Bhubaneswar is associated with cluster of magnificent temples, mostly built during the Kalinga period.
26th June
The marriage was in the afternoon. So we decided to go to some of the nearby places in the morning and then visit the marriage hall for our lunch J. We started off by going to Lingaraj temple. It’s a beautiful temple. Sculpture and architecture fused elegantly to create a perfect harmony. You are not allowed to get inside the temple if you are not a Hindu and no electronic gadgets (like cell phone, cameras) are allowed inside.
After visiting this temple, we went to Khandagiri & Udayagiri. The twin hills of Khandagiri & Udayagiri, few kilometers from Bhubaneswar, served as the site of an ancient Jain monastery. We decided to climb the hill to get a good view of the whole place.
There were some showers when we visited this place. We decided to watch the entire marriage rituals and enjoy the traditional food. The process was long with some interesting games towards the end. We came to know from people around that we could book for bus tickets to see places in Orissa through OTDC (Orissa Tourism Development Corporation). We went ahead and booked the ticket for the next day.
27th June
Our plan was to take up the bus that goes to Konark and Puri. Here is a fact for people who look out for information: Just like Delhi-Agra-Jaipur, Bhubaneswar-Konark-Puri forms a Golden triangle. It’s better to take OTDC bus rather than taking up any cab because it’s very safe and cost-effective. Our first stop was at a place by name Ekamra (I am not sure if this is right, I forgot the name of this place. I got this name through Google search). May be my friends can help in getting this name right. I bought few handcrafts and bags here. They were one of the cheapest that I had seen anywhere in India. Our next stop was at Konark. Unfortunately, our bus had to stop few kms before our destination due to some technical failure. It was small village with green lush around. We decided to explore the place till OTDC arranged for another bus. The place had lots of coconut trees round and to our misfortune there was no one over there to help us with some tender coconut. Within half an hour we got into the alternate bus which OTDC had arranged. Throughout the journey our guide was giving explanations on the places, statues, rivers, etc that were passing by. The places exhibited natural splendor that showed the high quality art work of Kalinga or other great dynasties of Orrisa.
We stopped at Konark to see the mighty Sun temple. The entire structure was built with highest level of precision and thinking. The temple is now a world heritage site. The entire complex was designed in the form of a huge chariot drawn by seven spirited horses on twelve pairs of exquisitely decorated wheels. You will see the entire life of man from birth till death including various sexual positions as depicted in Kamasutra shown as a sculpture here.
Some taking some beautiful snaps at Konark, we had our lunch and went to a nearby beach. The beaches are clean and there are some scenic spots on the way from Konark to Puri temple. Sat and I had a camel ride which was one of the joyous moments for me. We had gone there few days after the rath yathra and hence, we had to visit a nearby temple where the deity was placed.
Interesting fact: Once a year, Jaganatha, along with Baladeva, and Subhadra, are taken out of the temple and pulled on huge chariots through the streets of Puri. It is from these huge chariots that the English word 'juggernaut' originates.
It’s a small temple as compared to large ones that we see in south India. But one can see a large and unmanageable crowd here.
We started from Puri to Bhubaneswar and came back to our hotel. We had our dinner at the hotel. We were all tired and we knew that we still had a long way to go (approx 20 hours of journey to Chennai). The train was fully packed but we managed to argue and get our birth back to us which were otherwise occupied by some ticketless travelers.
The beautiful trip to Bhubaneswar will remain in our hearts forever. I should thank my friend Biswa for creating such an opportunity to us. The beautiful place has left a footprint in our heart that will be remembered forever by all us.

Kodai Trip - A pleasent get together :)

2009-06-15T15:54:00.000-07:00

Saravanan's Marriage & Kodai Trip
It's been a marriage season over here and I had ensured that I should be part of marriage ceremony of all my close friends(we should be with them during tough times... isn't it ;) ... ). This time it was Saravanan (The tsunami). It was kind of a big get-together for us. The entire gang from GCT was there for the marriage.

Here we go with the list, starting from the left hand side: Arun Kumar (All in all alagu raasa), Venkat (maandi), Raj Bharthi (Thee), Karthikeyan (Anugundu... well you know the rest), Rajesh shah (Hex machi), Karthik (the name will get censored), Senthil, Arun (Nettayan), Fazlin (Pilir), Babu (Bujji Bajji), Praveen (Kaatuvaasi kootathin thalaivan), Siva Kumar, Siva Sakthi (emerging body builder). Ofcourse you can see Saravanan & his wife sitting there.

After the marriage, since we had time till the evening, we decided to go for a movie. After a long walk we reached a theatre. The movie shown there was"Thoranai", that had got released on the same day. Please don't watch the movie even if someone gives the pirated DVD for free :P ....
We took the train to Kodai road at night. Our van was waiting for us at Kodai Road station at 6 AM next morning.
Well nothing much to say about Kodaikanal. It's more about experiencing it. A must go for any get together. The places are pleasent and May end or early june is excellent. There is mild rain coupled with slightly pinching chillness. Some of the places of interest might be
1. Waterfall on the way to Kodaikanal. An Excellent view point.
2. Kurinji Temple
3. Chettiyar Garden (Not sure whether I named it right)
4. Bear water falls
5. Pine forrest
6. Suicide point
7. Guna cave (Place where Kamal shouts Abirami Abirami... )
8. Kodaikanal lake - Go for a cycle ride around it. Its beautiful. If you have time, you may get into Sai Baba Temple as well.We got a house in Kodaikanal. The stay was pleasent and the total cost was not very high.
My next trip is to Bhubaneshwar. I will update on it soon.

One day visit to Kanyakumari

2009-05-25T03:23:00.000-07:00

My fren's marriage & Kanyakumari trip

Five of us - Arun (Nettayan), Maghu, Parimala, Anuradha and Parimala's sister, were travelling to Valliyoor to attend Chitra's marriage. We thought it would be good to make a visit to Kanyakumari which is known for it's scenic beauty. So soon after the marriage, we hopped into a cab to Kanyakumari. The travel from Valliyoor to Kanyakumari was beautiful. The weather was luckily pleasent on that day.

We first went to Vattakottai fort. It's a small fort but the view from the fort towards the sea was amazing. You will get real view of nature. I think it's kind of a picnic spot for villages near Kanyakumari.

Our plan was to go back to Valliyoor by 5 PM. It was already 1 PM by the time we came out of the fort. So we decided to get into a hotel for a quick lunch. After that we had a boat ride into the sea. Our first stop was at Vivekananda Rock. Just to give a history on the rock:
The memorial stands on one of two rocks located about 500 meters off mainland India's southernmost tip. It was built in 1970 by the Vivekananda Rock Memorial Committee in honour of the visit of the great spiritual teacher Swami Vivekananda to Shripada Parai during the month of December 1892 for deep meditation and enlightenment. He swam to this rock and meditated about the past, present and future of India. It is said that he attained enlightenment on the rock, and henceforth became a reformer and philosopher.

We went around the place. Had some photo sessions. We again took the boat that came by to Thiruvalluvar statue. The Thiruvalluvar Statue is a 133 feet (40.5 m) tall stone sculpture of the Tamil poet and saint Tiruvalluvar, author of the Thirukkural. It was completed in 2000 and is located atop a small island near the town of Kanyakumari, where two seas and an ocean meet; the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea, and the Indian Ocean .

It's one of the most memorable trip. I got chance to have Tirunelveli halwa, got hands on to some of the best tastes of South Tamilnadu and throughout the trip the gang was always active making lots of noise :)

Goa - Masti ki Paatshaala...

2009-05-05T23:25:00.000-07:00

Best Planning for your Goa Trip

This is one of the best trips that I have had so far along with my friends. We were finding it very difficult to make the complete plan for our Goa trip. We knew that there were lots of tourists spots in Goa, but we were never sure on which spot would give us the real kick. So here I go with the itenary for folks who are planning for Goa trip. This blog is purely for bachelors who might have an overall budget of around Rs 6000 + for a trip (including journey through bus or train). You needn't carry all your heavy dresses (it's Goa - buy cool dresses from there for few days)

You need atleast 4 days to enjoy one part of the Goa. Here goes the plan:

1. Book the tickets well in advance. Book tickets only if they are confirmed, don't go for RAC or WL. They will never get cleared ( we moved up by just 2 seats in RAC even though we had booked 2 months in advance)

2. After reaching Goa station or bus stand, take the bus (from Panjim) to Calangute. If you are really tired you can hire a taxi/ tempo (or if you are at Vasco). But bus journey is really good.

Day 1:

3. Calangute is a beautiful beach . You will see lots of agents who can provide you cheap accomodation (ours was 500 per head for 3 days, we got a big furnished house). I am sure you will get a decent bargain if you have a big gang. After settling in a room. You can all do a small shopping. Near Calangute beach you will find lots of shops selling Goan hats, dresses, t-shirts, swim wears etc... You will find decent veg/non-veg restuarants. Most of these hotels from beer & liquor. The only disadvantage of staying in Calangute was the restuarants were very coslty. You might still find hotel sagar or blue bay near the beach which provide good food.

After having bath in the sea, you can all go for water sport games (para sailing, banana ride, jet skiing, bumper ride) in the Calangute. All the games are safe and you will enjoy them the most. You may also buy a volleyball or cricket bat/ball and try your luck near the beach.

Goa is all about life after sunset. Its time to get into a shack on the beach side (you will find a lot of them as shown in the picture). You can enjoy beach side air and have dinner. Goa is alive the entire night.

Day 2:

4. Time to hire bike of your choice. Move around and ask some of the rental agents for your dream bikes. Avenger & thunderbird is available almost everywhere for Rs 300 to Rs 400 per day. Take a ride to Baga beach (Calangute beach & Baga beach are connected). There are some beautiful view points at Baga beach. There are also good place to eat & drink near Baga beach. In the meantime if you feel like doing some good shopping, you can travel to Anjuna beach which is also few kms away from Calangute.

5. There is an interesting fort called Aguada fort around 10 to 15 Km from Calagute. You can have a bike trip to that place. You will find some of the best photos from "Dil Chahtha Hai" here.

It's a good place and must watch for anyone after your experience with beach water. The drive is also great.

6. Come back to your room. Take rest for sometime, becoz the night is gonna be rocking hard for you. Take your bikes at around 10 or 10:30 PM. Drive it to some pub near Baga beach. I would suggest Tito's (it's a good pub with excellent disc). The entry charges are slightly high if you are a stag but it's still worth it. The DJ is excellent and you get good drinks inside. The dance floor will be full by midnight with lots of girls, boys, foreigners. You might come back to your room by around 4 or 5 AM next day.

Day 3:

7. This is the day for some sort of relaxation. You can get into a massage center and relax there. There are lots of massage/ Spa centers near Calangute and Baga. Refresh yourself. Have a tattoo on you hand, neck or wherever you want to.

8. You can go around the churches and temples near Calangute and complete the day.

Day 4:

9. Time to pack up your things. You can start from Calangute in the morning and give a visit to Panjim. There are some good spots like Dona Paulo (Ek Duje keliye - suicide spot). You can take a boat ride over there and look around the island nearby.

That's it. If you wish to have a cruise ride, you will find a lot of them at Panjim. The rides start from 6:30 PM. The ride is very pleasent. You will find floating Casino also here. Overall it's fun. If you are travelling from Goa to Chennai or Bangalore through train, the route is pleasent. Don't miss that. You will also find good sambar vadas in a hotel near Londa Jn, where the train stops for more than an hour.

Enjoy the trip!!! Choose the right season and a good reason to enjoy :)

Trip to South-West Karnataka

2009-02-01T00:47:00.000-08:00

A Trip to Mangalore
Bounded by the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghat mountain ranges, Mangalore is in the southwestern part of Karnataka. So here is how a trip to Mangalore can be made interesting. A trip to Mangalore is sure to have a good trekking expedition. So plan for that as well.

Kukke Subramanya Temple: You can start of you journey to Mangalore or South-West Karnataka by going to “Subramanya”, know for the famous “Kukke Subramanya Temple” (Snake god). The train stops at Subramanya junction and you will find good number of jeeps/ buses that will take you to Subramanya junction. Don’t try to stay within the village as it’s very difficult to get good food out there. Hotels near Subramanya temple are excellent. You can take a quick bath either in the river or hotels near the temple. It’s a beautiful temple and the place is filled with religious air. For the adventurous folks out there, there is a beautiful trekking spot in Subramanya called – “ Kumara Parvatha”.
Kumara Parvatha Trekking: You can ask for Kumara Parvatha near the temple. A small way just before the temple leads to a road which in turn leads to the starting point of the exciting trek. Its important to carry sufficient water, lemon, fruits, biscuits, bread etc for the trek. The plan has to be to reach the top before sunset, stay there the whole night, watch sun rise and then come back. Plan for food, tent and water accordingly.
The first stage of the trek goes through forest and the path is very steep. You tend to get tired pretty quickly because of the luggage that you might be carrying. Slowing the forests opens into grass covered lands and you will soon be walking between 2 hills (crossing from one to the other).

After 3 hours or so you will reach a spot called “Battara Mane”. This is a small farm land managed and run by Narayana Bhat and family. This is the stopover point for the trek and is also used for the night stay usually during the return journey as the trek can not be completed in a single day due to its toughness and distance. The Bhatt family provide trekkers with night shelter, water and plain vegetarian meal on request at a nominal price. Trekkers need to use their own sleeping bags though. PH No:+91-9448647947
From bhattara mane the path is little flatter for about 1-1.5 km and consists of going over small hills. stage for the trekkers need to register with a forest office check post.There are two observations platforms between the bhattara mane and the mantapa.The ascent from here is gradual and the mountain face is covered with thick green grass. This stage culminates near the top of the mountain which is covered with thick forest.
So if you start at around 10 AM in the morning, you can reach Battara Mane by 1:30 or 2:00 PM. You can have lunch there, take rest for sometime and then start your trip to the top. You can have all the fun at the top and enjoy the evening there at the top.
Mangalore: Once you are back from trekking, you can refresh yourself and take a bus or cab to Mangalore. There are good numbers of hotels in Mangalore. It will take 3 hours to reach Mangalore and once you have settled down in a hotel room in Mangalore, you can relax by going around to nearby temples, churches. There is a beautiful beach in Mangalore called – Pannambur Beach.
The scenary is excellent and you can also have a ride into the sea in the fishermen’s boat. Believe me it’s amazing and safe (you will be wearing life jacket). The food is excellent is Mangalore. Apart from all this there is Pilikulla Nisarga Dhama, which consists of water theme park, zoo and river side boating. You can try to explore this area as well. The most interesting place to visit in Mangalore is “Pabbas Ice Cream Parlour”. There are lots of varieties of ice creams and believe me they are far better and cheaper than corner shop or Baskin Robbins. The best ice cream parlourI have had so far (though this might be close to a ice cream parlour in Payyannur).
With 2 days of relaxation in Mangalore, you can give a visit to nearby Udipi.
Udupi: You can easily find a good place to stay near Udupi bus stand. The food is excellent here. Don’t miss to have the masala dosas of Udupi. You can take on a bus to St.Mary’s island from Udupi bus stand. The island is beautiful and a must visit place. The tickets are cheap and the boat ride is also beautiful. You will also find Malpe beach nearby. After the ride to St.Mary’s island, you can relax at Malpe beach & trying some water sports.
There are many more beautiful beaches and trekking spots in the Western Ghats which you can try out if you have a long vacation. But these are the must see spots if you are planning for a 4- 5 day vacation.
Enjoy!!!

Mysore trip

2008-10-07T23:15:00.000-07:00

Bengaluru to Mysore: Biking all the way
It all started of when me (people call me Nettayan) and Karthik had discussion from 11:00 PM (Tuesday) to 3:00 AM (Wednesday) on “How we were wasting our time just on our job” . We usually spend our week ends exploring nearby hotels for different cuisines apart from trying out things like badminton, carom and bowling. We do go out occassionally to nearby places in Kerala or Tamil Nadu (either for someones marriage or some planned trips)

But this week end had to be different. We had multiple options: The most obvious being traveling to some place far away from Bangalore. We decided that over the next few months we’ll going around different places in South India. Next morning, Gundan (also known as Prakash) coincidently asked us on traveling somewhere for the week end.

Yo! All the places in and around Bengaluru were valuated and finally we decided on “Biking to Mysore”. We were 11 of us and we managed to get around 6 bikes – 3 Unicorns, 2 Passion+ and 1 Apache. We were excited and planned to start around 6 in the morning but as usual none of us woke up before 7.

It was time to wake up the rest of the gang members who were supposed to join us from different location. We all met @ “Diary Circle”. We were all set to start our journey: 11 bikers, 6 bikes and 140 kms (don’t get mistaken by numbers). We decided that we should all be together till we hit the Mysore road. That’s when we got separated at outer ring road just before Deve Gowda petrol pump. One bike (Karthik & Maandi) went on its own way to Mysore road and rest of us took the Kanakapura road. We all met at Bangalore-Mysore corridor junction (NICE road).

Our first destination was “The Big Banyan Tree”.

Some photos sessions and we were back on our ride to Ramnagar, our next destination. Our plan was to have breakfast at kamat on the way to Ramnagar. But to our dismay we learnt that Kamat was approximately 5km after ramnagar. So we had to settle down for a road side restaurant. With expectations as high as kamat this was a disappointment. But ramnagar was a contrast. A decent trek and a nice temple atop awaited us. Around 3 kms to the right of main road, we all started doing our bit of Sholay (it’s the sholay shooting spot), started our trekking expedition. Except for weak hearted Maandi & Kodi all of us were on the top of the World. The view was amazing from the top.

By the time we reached down, we were all damn hungry and decided to hit Kamat hotel on the way. That’s our next meeting point. The food was excellent there. Our next destination was Sangam (Srirangapattanam) – a beautiful spot where 3 rivers meet (Kaveri, Godavari, Krishna… not sure though) and Gol Gumbaz.

Our next destination was Brindavan garden. The musical fountains were excellent and we enjoyed it thoroughly. It was 8:30 PM by the time we reached hotel.

Next morning, we got on to our bikes. After giving a quick glance to Mysore Palace we started our ride to Chamundi hills. The road was steep and the ride was excellent. There is a Chamundeshwari temple on top. Then after some photo sessions and we got into Planet X, a good sporting center. After a Go-Karting session, we decided to get back to Bangalore. But this time, we started meeting up after 40 Km. When we reached Bangalore, we were all tired but happy that we were successful in completing this trip.

That's me :)

Bheemeshwari - Green Trip

2008-04-01T05:35:00.000-07:00

Bheemeshwari is a small town that lies between the Shivasamudra falls and Mekedatu falls, on the Cauvery . It is a great spot for eco-tourism near Bangalore at Mandya (Karnataka)

We had an excellent food there after our trekking. Accomodation is available at Jungle lodges properties at Bhimeshwari The cost of Tented accommodation is Rs 1900/- and Log huts Rs 2500/- per head includes food, accommodation, forest entry fees, trekking, coracle ride.

A view from the top. This was after our trekking.

If you are lucky you might see a crocodile with it's mouth wide open during this ride.