Memoirs Of A Geisha by Arthur Golden

This is a beautiful description of age old tradition of Japan. Everything is written with minutest details and in a very interesting way. The reader feels the pain, difficulties and excitement everything happening in the life of the protagonist Sayuri.I would recommend it to every body who is interested in oriental culture.

dakshinchitra

Dakshin chitra is around 30 km. from Chennai on east coast road.We went through teh most beautiful scenery around us,tall trees on the sides and lush greenery all around.I love nature and feel very good when we are near nature.This place has a parking and entry ticket of Rs.50/adult for Indians and Rs175/ per adu7lt for foreigners.At the entrance only there is a souvenier shop which sells beautiful handicrafts,cosmetic jwellery, clothes etc. At the starting point is the restaurant surving snacks, soft drinks and buffet for lunch.
Inside amidst the vast open spaces there are houses from Tamilnadu, Kerala, karnataka and Andhra, showing us their way of living. In the process we come to see Ikkat work,tanjore paintings, Kanchipuram saris in the weavers house, granary,pottors house and many more.This is all very fascinating and gives us a lot of knowledge about the materials used for building houses, their management of natural calamities and environment.All this with lot of entertainment. There are many craft activities likepottery,kolam,puppet making,glass blowing,mehandi,painting and many more which one can see and try also with a token payment.
In between there is a craft bazar also selling many beautiful items.
All in all the place is certainly worth a visit and I enjoyed a lot because I like to see all the heritage things, even when I went to US I enjoyed looking at the heritage houses in Cincinnati.

traffic in hyderbad

Hyderabad is a beautiful city and very comfortable to live in all respects, as it has very good weather, all amenities of life: like good schools, restaurants, malls and all the MNCS. The last mentioned have become the bane of life.Now the city is bursting on the seams.Instead of all the MNC coming to one place only, why not develop other cities,but who cares. For developing a city, government has to wok really hard providing the basic infrastructure, but here its easy, sell the land and get the money.he unplanned growth is creating many problems.
1--traffic is the biggest problem there, I have few suggestions which if considered may be very helpful in easing the congestion--
a--small roads be turned into one way.
b--In no condition be the left lane allowed to be blocked.
c--Violators must be penalised compulsorily without any fail, because I have seen many times that people are crossing even on red signal or going the wrong way, all in front of traffic policeman and he just ignores.
d-There should be signal for crossing the road.
e-better public transprt, like AC buses and proper frequency will make more people take the bus.
And last but not the least,people should adhere to the rules, and if not voluntarily, then they should be forced to follow.