FC Road

FC Road To School – A Brief Stroll Back In Time After A Long Time

I would have never thought of writing about strolling down the FC Road an year ago. Thanks to Covid-19 and subsequent lockdown, I could not visit any of my favorite restaurants on FC Road. I know all of them are not only open now but also running busy for some months. But, for some reason…

ARAI Hill Short and Sweet Monsoon Birding 13th Aug 2016

A beautiful experience as mentioned in my previous Blog my hopes and expectations were high. Not in terms of ‘Which rare bird will I be able to shoot?‘ but more like ‘Will I get a different, more peaceful and beautiful experience of nature and surroundings?‘ So on a monsoon Saturday morning, 13th August 2016, I…

ARAI Hill (Vetal Tekdi) Never Stops Surprising 25th Dec 2018

On Christmas morning 25th December, I was expecting a lot of crowd at ARAI Hill or Vetal Tekdi. Of course, it did not disappoint. But, despite a lot of people somehow I had a gut feeling that I might see a lot of birds. Especially some new birds which I never saw before. This might…

A Nice Weekend Birding Trail To Lungs Of Pune City – ARAI Hill 29th July 2017

ARAI Hill in Pune is one of the closest and famous birding spot in Pune City. ARAI means Automotive Research Association Of India. This hill is also known as MIT Hill or Vetal Takdi. MIT Hill because of MIT College near its base. Vetal Tekdi because of the Temple of Vetal Baba at top of…

Birds Through My Window

I am a Punekar. I was always interested in wildlife but, was never a good observer. Ever since I started observing birds I found out that, there is a lot to see from you window, around the hills, on the river banks of this city. I started taking photos of birds since 2010. Since then,…

Where It All Began?

Since the school times I was fascinated by the idea about going abroad and studying there. I wanted to do post graduation in Engineering in USA. At that time, I did not know the post graduation in USA is called Graduation and one does not get Master in Engineering but Master of Science. Then 10th…