THE BOHEMIANS!

Carrot Puttu

2010-09-10T11:15:00.000-07:00

As Inca is allergic to coconut, we were forced to improvise a little. The result - a huge success!

Dubai Air Show 2009

2009-11-15T08:25:00.000-08:00

I'm sure the planes were fantastic. One thing that was too obvious was the "AIR QUALITY". A brown haze can be seen in the Dubai skyline for the past few days... Wonder what the pilots made of it. The pictures tell some story about our environment.

How to bake a chicken

2009-08-10T04:58:00.000-07:00

Doha

2009-03-18T00:36:00.000-07:00

Musuem of Islamic Art, Doha

2009-03-18T00:30:00.001-07:00

This one is from India.

Kalba - 06 March 2009

2009-03-07T10:31:00.000-08:00

Inca's Blog

2008-12-17T01:43:00.001-08:00

Inca has a new blog now. For Inca updates, visit http://incablog.blogspot.com/

Beautiful Inca

2008-12-16T03:59:00.000-08:00

Inca - 14 Dec 2008

2008-12-14T00:01:00.000-08:00

Bohemian Princess Video

2008-12-12T06:58:00.000-08:00

Bohemian Princess is here

2008-12-12T06:32:00.000-08:00

Bohemian Geographic?

2008-11-06T10:09:00.000-08:00

Dragonfly

2008-11-01T04:52:00.000-07:00

Kerala

2008-09-18T02:47:00.000-07:00

Bohemian Baby

2008-06-03T06:46:00.000-07:00

12 weeks, 5 days. Happy playing in mummy's womb.

Global Warming

2008-05-02T13:32:00.000-07:00

Prisoner of humanity

2008-04-04T01:49:00.000-07:00

Hibiscus

2008-04-04T01:47:00.000-07:00

A good friend

2008-04-03T23:13:00.000-07:00

As a kid I looked up to Murali... he was a good friend to me, helped me a great deal to be the man I am today. On 25th March, at the age of 58, while playing badminton, he had a massive heart attack and passed away.

Miti and I had met him at his home in Guruvayoor on the 12th March... here is a snap I took on that day.

Canon Can

2008-02-10T06:02:00.000-08:00

Canon Rejects Greenpeace Request to Condemn Japan's Whale Hunt

By Stuart Biggs

Jan. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Canon Inc., the world's largest maker of digital cameras, declined a request from environmental activists Greenpeace International that it condemn the Japanese government's expedition to hunt whales in the Southern Ocean.

Responding to the Greenpeace request to Canon President Fujio Mitarai, who also heads Japan's largest business lobby the Keidanren, Canon said in a letter it would not sign a statement condemning the annual hunt to kill minke and fin whales in the Southern Ocean near Antarctica.

``Scientific opinion about research whaling is different among the Japanese, various governments and NGOs,'' the letter said. ``For us as a single company to declare an opinion on this topic is beyond our scope.'' Both Canon and Greenpeace supplied copies of the letter to Bloomberg News.

Greenpeace's strategy of targeting a Japanese company with significant overseas sales mirrors similar efforts by other conservation groups in recent years. Three of Japan's largest fish companies, Kyokuyo Co., Maruha Group Inc. and Nippon Suisan Kaisha Ltd. stopped sales of whale meat in Japan after groups led by the Humane Society International called on U.S. consumers to boycott their products.

Greenpeace began a campaign yesterday urging Canon to reverse its stance, calling on Canon customers to ``urge the company to condemn'' the whaling expeditions. The campaign doesn't include a boycott of Canon products or other Japanese brands, because a boycott ``would harm the wrong people.''

``We believe that when a corporation draws income and brand value from association with environmental causes, they have a responsibility to speak out on those issues,'' Greenpeace said on its Web Site.

Leverage

Greenpeace Japan spokesman Junichi Sato said the non- government organization had no plans to name other Japanese companies in the campaign because the point was to use Miterai's leverage with Japanese industry.

``We are trying to put pressure on Japanese industry as a whole and Miterai's position makes him responsible for Japanese business interests outside Japan,'' Sato said in a telephone interview today.

Canon said in its letter to Greenpeace that it is committed to the protection of endangered wildlife and that the company has published advertisements that feature ``endangered species'' in the National Geographic magazine since 1981.

Japan is under increasing pressure from governments and environmental groups to stop hunting whales. The government earlier this year abandoned a plan to resume hunting humpback whales under pressure from Australia, New Zealand, the U.S. and the European Union.

Spotlight

In recent weeks the issue has been taken up by Prime Minster Yasuo Fukuda as well as Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura and Foreign Minister Masahiko Kamura, all of whom have stated Japan's research whaling is legal.

Fukuda yesterday called for calm over whaling after a standoff between the Japanese fleet and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society in the Southern Ocean. Two activists protesting Japan's whale hunt were detained for three days after boarding a harpoon ship Jan. 15.

``I don't think it is right for the discussions to turn emotional, especially with the recent violent act against the Japanese research vessel,'' Fukuda told the BBC yesterday, according to its Web site. ``So we should try to continue with our efforts to try to explain that we are engaged in this research whaling activity from a scientific viewpoint.''

Research whaling is allowed under the terms of a global moratorium on commercial whaling imposed by the International Whaling Commission in 1986. Japan had planned to kill as many as 1,035 whales in the current expedition, the most since it began what it calls scientific hunts in 1987. The whaling fleet set sail from Japan on Nov. 18.

To contact the reporter on this story: Stuart Biggs in Tokyo at sbiggs3@bloomberg.net

Sign a petition asking Canon to help stop killing whales.

Caon can be hit where it hurts them most; don't buy Canon products.

Happy New Year

2008-01-01T01:24:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas

2007-12-24T01:42:00.001-08:00

Al Ain Morning

2007-12-24T01:20:00.000-08:00

Thinking...

2007-12-19T00:51:00.000-08:00

Red Candle

2007-12-19T00:21:00.000-08:00

It's Xmas time!

A little bit of Santa

2007-12-17T11:36:00.000-08:00

In 1931, Coca-Cola changed its target audience from the adult who lacked pep to the whole family who required cheer and joy. Coca-Cola was a great taste to be enjoyed by everyone! And with that, they decided to launch an extensive advertising campaign to demonstrate its new appeal. Pioneering the use of well-known artists to design their ad campaigns, the company blitzed pharmacies and stores with promotional material that was suitable for the whole family. The illustrations by one artist in particular, the Swedish Haddon Sundblom, landed Coca-Cola the most success, and it is his image of a portly White man in a red suit bringing joy to family and friends simply with a bottle of Coke that we see in shopping malls, greeting cards, commercials, Salvation Army booths, and so on. -- REF: Alternet

Here is bohemia and me after a Christmas party

Christmas is magical, it is a celebration of hope and good times; happy holidays everyone!

In the meanwhile, let us not forget what creators of the red Santa are guilty of... they are guilty of a crime against humanity - in Plachimada proportions.

Roadside Shots

2007-12-14T12:27:00.000-08:00

A couple of weeks back, we bought a Canon 400D. We opted to go for the bundle offer, which gave us a Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM Lens.

We have taken plenty of shots over the last two weekends. These pictures were taken today, on the Abu Dhabi - Dubai highway.

Dubai in winter

2007-11-29T04:27:00.000-08:00

Emirates Towers looks smart in this gorgeous weather.

The Towers is quite an imposing building.

Dubai Motor Show 2007

2007-11-17T11:01:00.000-08:00

Deepavali '07

2007-11-09T01:35:00.000-08:00

Fire in Abu Dhabi

2007-07-28T07:31:00.000-07:00

We were driving through the Abu Dhabi corniche at about 12.40 pm, as we were on the road, I took a snap with my mobile phone:

It was the Friday prayer time... the roads were empty. Almost ten minutes later, I took some shots. No one seemed to be aware of this massive fire.

A few minutes later the fire force were seen rushing to the building.

I checked Gulf News this morning to see the report. I didn't see any. Maybe I missed it.

Mango Pickle

2007-07-06T12:52:00.001-07:00

Bitter Gourd

2007-07-02T12:58:00.000-07:00

Bitter Gourd - good for health.

Gourmet stuff

2007-06-30T08:56:00.000-07:00

Enjoyed the weekend cooking - fresh vegetables are always a favourite.
Nothing too spectacular, made this bitter gourd dish. Tasty tasty :-)

This is a signature dish from my hometown - Moringa (drumsticks) and split chickpea. Bohemia loved it.

Bohemia June 2007

2007-06-25T02:17:00.000-07:00

Flowers

2007-06-25T02:14:00.000-07:00

Naren

2007-06-25T02:09:00.000-07:00

Les friends

2007-06-25T02:00:00.000-07:00

Another June 20th

2007-06-19T22:54:00.000-07:00

On the phone, reminding Amma of her naughty boy born on June 20th.
Bohemia liked the moment and captured it.

The Bohemians.

Summer in Dubai

2007-06-01T11:59:00.001-07:00

My friend Theresa!

2007-05-04T05:16:00.000-07:00

Theresa is a dear friend I met online a few years back. Our love for journalism, media, and a strong passion for social justice... made us friends. Yesterday, 03 May 2007,Theresa and I met for real -- for the very first time. (Incidentally, 03 May was my parents' 40th wedding anniversary!)

Theresa is truly an amazing person and a very good soul.

Theresa's brother Kareem and his fiancee Ya Mei joined us for dinner at the Coconut Grove.
We had Pomfret Pollichathu (wrapped in a banana leaf and grilled)

Mollywood Superstar

2007-05-02T08:58:00.000-07:00

Colours of India

2007-03-11T23:08:00.000-07:00

Bohemia had been to India; here are some of the images she captured.

High in the sky, wish I could walk in the clouds.

The snake charmers meet

This tree has witnessed a lot; the changing seasons... and the yellow mustard flowers in the distance.

Yummy tikkas!

Red Dahlia

India Visions - Gujarat

2007-03-04T11:17:00.000-08:00

Amma and Miti

2007-02-28T11:25:00.000-08:00

A Happy Couple

2007-02-23T00:38:00.000-08:00

Yesha and Gopal got married on 13-Feb-2007. Join the Bohemians in wishing them a lot of happiness.

Le Bohemians

2007-02-14T12:37:00.000-08:00

Breathtaking Al Khasab - Part 03

2007-02-03T21:46:00.000-08:00

Millions of years ago, these 'rocky' mountains must have been a part of a rain forest. Now, though, one will be lucky to find a blade of grass...

Driving on the road to Al Khasab is almost like being on a roller-coaster; the sharp turns makes it very interesting. There are points when you feel that you are about to drive straight into the sea!

There it is, the first sight of Khasab! Plenty of blue and white speed-boats.

The road snakes through the coastal line and eventually takes you to downtown Khasab. In fact, there is an airport at Al Khasab.

A marooned Dhow

The damaged Dhow and the corroding anchor makes a perfect picture.

This picture was taken while we were returning from Al Khasab. It is the moon trying to break through the clouds. The reflection in the sea created such a wonderful spectacle.

This is the same bay where all those blue and white boats are docked.

Breathtaking Al Khasab - Part 02

2007-02-03T04:05:00.000-08:00

We made our second stop at the first beach enroute Khasab. Apart from a solitary car parked in the distance, no soul was to be seen anywhere on the beach! We had to ourselves a vast stretch of beach - clean, smooth sand that too. Amazing place to be. We thoroughly enjoyed what we saw...

What's that?! Miti has spotted something interesting.

Miti is having a closer look at it :-)

In fact she is picking it up :-)

Guess what! CRABS!

A good chance that the Bohemians will be on National Geographic :-)

Breathtaking Al Khasab - Part 01

2007-02-03T01:38:00.000-08:00

02. Feb. 2007

When we left Dubai at about 2:30pm, it was a touch cloudy; nothing too threatening. Driving at a fair click on the Emirates road (Max 120kph), soon we drove into a slight drizzle, which gathered strength on the way. We could see lightning for the first time in almost two years!

PJ has been working in Ras Al Kaimah for the last one year (He is very busy these days with the work on the 110ft luxury yacht underway.) When PJ suggested we drive to Al Khasab in Oman, which is not too far away from Ras Al Kaimah... it sounded like a very good plan.

There is a border-crossing at Al Shams (UAE) and Tibat (Oman), where we got the visa stamped. UAE charges 20AED for exiting the country and Oman takes 10AED for the One month single entry visa. At the UAE check-point, there were toilets for men - and I couldn't find any for women. The security officer was not too cooperative, he was busy shooing us away towards Oman for some strange reason.

The gentleman at the Oman check-point should be promoted as a senior officer in the External Affairs ministry. He was very friendly, polite, and a great ambassador to his country. He advised us to be careful while we drive towards Khasab - asking us to watch out for stones flying on to the road because of the unfriendly weather (rain and wind).

As we drove into Oman, we had craggy/jagged mountain to our right and the sea to our left. We made a brief stop to take a few snaps of an old building (looked like a very old mosque).

A small fort was being renovated/built not too far away from the old building...

Here is PJ!

Miti has been sort of complaining that I don't write enough in this blog. Why should I spoil the joy of these images with my words? :-)

It is always a good idea not to disagree with the wifey! I also need to lose some weight :O

I have more than 100 pictures of the trip. Shall upload them shortly.

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Cool Cat

2007-01-24T06:09:00.000-08:00

In three months the kitten has grown up so much.

A Malayalee Wedding

2007-01-24T06:05:00.000-08:00

Kerala Visions

2007-01-24T04:34:00.000-08:00

Ananas/ Pineapple at Akkanad Hill View

Another Ananas/ Pineapple at Akkanad Hill View

Bamboo at Akkanad Hill View

Kunjumon brings home bananas

Irumban Puli/ Chemmeen Puli - a sour fruit that is used in cooking curries, especially fish!

Happy Bohemians

2007-01-16T23:06:00.000-08:00

Flowers in January

2007-01-16T22:55:00.000-08:00

Chutney

2007-01-02T11:49:00.000-08:00

Arecanut Trees

2007-01-02T11:44:00.000-08:00

Arecanut is also known as betelnut.

High Voltage Chillies

2007-01-02T11:40:00.000-08:00

Bohemian Travel -- Jan 01, 2007

2007-01-01T13:35:00.000-08:00

UAE - Oman border... in Ras Al Kaimah

Welcome 2007

2007-01-01T01:50:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year!

Another red flower

2006-12-12T03:46:00.000-08:00

A Flower

2006-12-09T22:21:00.000-08:00

@ Gitex 2006

2006-11-22T02:31:00.000-08:00

Coffee

2006-10-29T05:59:00.000-08:00

Cats & Kittens

2006-10-29T03:59:00.000-08:00

Happy Diwali '06

2006-10-22T03:20:00.000-07:00

A trip to Muscat

2006-10-01T23:21:00.000-07:00

Dubai Visions

2006-09-28T06:19:00.000-07:00

Emirates Towers (north)

Burj Dubai

Palm Trees at night

Sheikh Zayed Road - 22 SEP 2006

2006-09-22T03:34:00.000-07:00

Beach - 22 Sep 2006

2006-09-22T03:13:00.000-07:00

Girls

2006-09-18T07:58:00.000-07:00

Bee Hive

2006-07-27T13:59:00.000-07:00

Dates

2006-07-27T13:49:00.000-07:00

White Flower

2006-07-27T13:44:00.000-07:00

Sun goes down

2006-04-30T00:10:00.000-07:00

The Magic of Puttu!

2006-04-16T23:42:00.000-07:00

This is a rice steam cake - with coconut fillings - steamed in a coconut shell. It is Puttu!

Myna on the prowl

2006-04-16T23:40:00.001-07:00

It's a blue beetle!

2006-04-10T07:22:00.000-07:00

AL AIN

2006-03-24T06:58:00.000-08:00

Not Glenn McGrath

2006-03-23T01:19:00.000-08:00

Flowers - Red and Yellow

2006-03-23T01:18:00.000-08:00

Tree in the car park

2006-03-23T01:11:00.000-08:00

Red Flower

2006-03-16T03:44:00.000-08:00

Flower Flame

2006-03-15T01:11:00.000-08:00

Evening Sky

2006-03-13T05:14:00.000-08:00

Sweet Blossoms

2006-03-07T21:58:00.000-08:00

Jumeirah Beach

2006-03-07T04:04:00.000-08:00

Hoopoe's Day Out

2006-03-07T03:34:00.000-08:00

Beautiful Sky

2006-03-07T03:19:00.000-08:00

Sunset in March

2006-03-07T02:10:00.000-08:00

SAIL AWAY WITH ME...

2006-02-25T20:49:00.000-08:00

Close Up

2006-02-21T12:01:00.000-08:00

We are lucky

2006-01-26T03:44:00.000-08:00

We are lucky to have survived... It was a nasty car accident. A moron, driving at break-neck speed on the wrong side of the road, smashed into our car. All I saw was a white flash... a lexus 4-wheel speeding at about 80 kph hit the car, Miti screamed loud...

The car has been declared a total loss.

I wonder what happens to the moron who was breaking all road laws... Would the government of Dubai do something about these morons? Monetary fines are simply not good enough, they should also impound the license for 6-9 months.

Bohemian Wedding

2006-01-16T23:47:00.000-08:00

Miti and Santhosh - happily married - 16th January 2006 at Alwaye

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I am delighted for you both and wish you wonderful years ahead!

Blessings,
Shauna; Hey Mits & Santhosh
CoNgRaTuLaTiOnS!!!!!!
very happy for u guys
all the best for the future!
lots of Luv
Pearl & Bejoy; Hello Miti n Santosh

Wish you both a very very happppy married life together.

Best wishes
Pooja n Manish; Dear Miti and Santhosh!!

May all the years you will spend together be filled with warmth and love!! Keep the eternal flame within your souls!

Larisa

P.S. It's fun to see green leaves on the pictures of January. Here where I live it's all white this time of year ;); Dear Miti n Domingo...

May this marriage bring you all the happiness there is to offer.

Love,
Vauhini(Tehura)
Dear Miti and Santhosh!!: Please accept my warmest congratulations! Lot of good wishes and many more for your life together!

Svetlana. StPetersburg

Original Post @ Bohemianwedding.blogspot.com

La Bohemia!

2006-01-02T01:13:00.000-08:00

Here we are!

Dubai Cityscape

2005-11-18T04:03:00.000-08:00

Three Amigos

2005-11-16T02:50:00.000-08:00

Ibn Batuta

2005-11-16T02:46:00.000-08:00

The Bohemian Song!

2005-10-17T08:07:00.000-07:00

This blog is not all about the bohemians wandering through the deserts of arabia.

I just loved this song so much...

"Side Of A Bullet"
-- NickelBack

Uncle Sam taught him to shoot
Maybe a little too well
Finger on the trigger, loaded bullet
He hit the stage so full of rage
And let the whole world know it
Six feet away, they heard him say
"Oh God, don't let him pull it"

Please God, don't let him pull it
How could you put us through it?
His brother watched you do it

How could you take his life away?
(What made you think u had the right?)
How could you be so full of hate?
(To take away somebody's life)
And when I heard you let him die
And made the world all wonder why
I sat at home and on my own,
I cried alone

And scratched your name
On the side of a bullet

And in the wake of his mistake
So many lives are broken
Gone forever from a loaded bullet
And no excuse that you could use
Could pull somebody through it
And to this day so many say
"God why'd you let him do it?"

How could you let him do it?
How could you put us through it?
His brother watched him do it

How could you take his life away?
(What made you think u had the right?)
How could you be so full of hate?
(To take away somebody's life)
And when I heard you let him die
And made the world
all wonder why
I sat at home and cried alone
and on my own
I scratched your name
On the side of a bullet

KALBA & KHOR-FAKKAN

2005-10-07T22:35:00.000-07:00

07 OCTOBER 2005

We were to have gone to Kalba – a beach (which is in Sharjah emirate) on the east coast of UAE – to view the sunrise, on the 30th of September.

At 4:30 AM, Patrick sent us all a text message to let us know he wouldn’t be able to make it. So that was that for the trip on the last day of September.

On the 07th of October, we did make it to Kalba and Khor-Fakkan.

If you are anywhere near the UAE or visiting the UAE – make sure to make it to Khor-Fakkan!