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FREE TIBET SAVE INDIA BIKE RALLY

17 October 2010, National Campaign for Tibetan Support, Wardha organized a bike rally to show their support for the Tibet cause. More than 60 bikes with around 120 supporters started their bike rally from Wardha to Nagpur, which was flagged off by Prof. Suresh Deshmukh, Member of Legislative Assembly of Wardha constituency. The theme of the bike rally is "Free Tibet, Save India". This bike rally was launched during Dashehra, coinciding with 54th Anniversary of Dr. Baba Sahib Ambedkar's Dharmachakra day at Dishabhumi, Nagpur. More than 15 lakhs of Ambedkar's follower from all over india conglomerate and meet at Dishabhumi on Dashehra, which will be celebrated for three days.

After reaching Nagpur, President of Regional Tibetan Youth Congress and Regional Tibetan Women's Association, Tibetan Norgeyling Settlement received them with Khatak, and later ended the rally at Dishabhumi. At Dishabhumi, National Campaign for Tibetan Cause installed a stall, where Tibet related leaflets on Marathi, HIndi and English were distributed. Regional Tibetan Youth Congress and Regional Tibetan Women's Association, Tibetan Norgeyling Settlement, Indo-Tibetan Friendship Society, Nagpur and Indo-Tibetan Friendship Society Bandhara helped in distributing leaflets to the masses.

This is the third consecutive year of bike rally which, National Campaign for Tibetan Cause, a Tibet Support Group in Wardha organized over the years.

ALL ENDS WELL: INDIA'S COMMONWEALTH GAME

Today, India did a splendid end of the Commonwealth Game in Delhi with prom and much festivities during the Closing Ceremony. The lighting was superb, laser rays were sharp, crowds were overwhelming, sportmen with glittering medals, cultural troupes with colorful dresses and spectacular shows filled the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. Military parade was one of a kind, which makes all Indian proud of their forces.

Game started well and ended well too, despite some pregame controversies and mishaps. Indian players deserve a full round of applause for making India ranking second to Australia, marking a record of 101 medals under their belt. Congratulation to all the Indian players. You guys are heroes of India, the great nation.

I manage to take photos of the firework of the closing ceremony from my rooftop, where I waited for almost two hours. I nearly missed the show, when I returned to my room to check the television of the closing ceremony. Luckily, I got on time to the roof and was able to click some photos. The air is dusty and smoked. It was not a clear sky, even though, there wasn't any clouds above.

VISIT TO AJANTA, ELLORA AND BIKI KA MAQBARA

AJANTA is world's greatest historical monument recognised by UNESCO far near from Jalgaon city of Maharashtra, India. There are 30 caves in Ajanta and were discovered in AD 1819 and were built up in the earlier 2nd century BC-AD. Most of the paintings in Ajanta are right from 2nd century BC-AD and some of them about the fifth century AD and continued for the next two centuries. All paintings shows heavy religious influence and centre around Buddha, Bodhisattvas, incidents from the life of Buddha and the Jatakas. The paintings are executed on a ground of mud-plaster in the tempera technique.

The Ellora Caves, locally known as ‘Verul Leni’ is located on the Aurangabad-Chalisgaon road at a distance of 30 km north-northwest of Aurangabad, the district headquarters. The name Ellora itself inspires everyone as it represents one of the largest rock-hewn monastic-temple complexes in the entire world. Ellora is also world famous for the largest single monolithic excavation in the world, the great Kailasa. The visit to these caves is enjoyed maximum during monsoon, when every stream is filled with rainwater, and the entire environ is lush green.

Biki Ka Maqbara,a dummy type Taj Mahal in Aurangabad is a standing mausoleum of the last Mughal emperor Aurangzeb's wife, which was constructed by Prince Azam Shah in memory of his mother Rabia-ul Durrani. This monument was designed and erected by Ata-Ulla. Due to its resemblance of Taj Mahal, it is later called as 'Taj of Deccan'.

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