Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Children Science Congress theme of the year concentrating on climate change

Climate change is what everybody is talking about these days. This is a serious concern as it's causing much impact on our weather and climate globally. 

Better understanding shall come from the awareness at the lowest level of our community so that everyone could participate in lowering his/her own amount of carbon footprints.

On international stage this December about 200 countries will gather in Paris to create an international agreement to promote cleaner air, healthier people and stronger economics.

This is an important discussion of the year as adverse impacts of climate change are already visible to us. http://climate.nasa.gov/

Seminar session being inaugurated by
 District Education Officer
by traditional "Sarswati Pooja"
©Anjani Kumar Tripathi/Ambikapur, India
This consecutive year, Children's Science Congress of India too chose the theme of the year as, "Understanding Weather and Climate", with 6 sub themes related to. 

Here we had our district level 'paper presentation symposium' by the junior and senior level participants from the various schools with their real prolific studies, which they presented on the podium for the final selection of three top studies to be sent to the state level and then on finally three will reach to the Indian Science Congress's mega event in January 2016.

It was really amazing to see the young minds of the day tomorrow, scientists in making, the thinking and perception for human society globally. The concern and the thought process is important which is taking place at the school level.

It was a bit scientific, the terms used and data presented, but for sure, our future seems secure if we continue to add our amount of effort with these children of ours.

Here are some pictures of the same event on 19th October 2015 at Ambikapur district of Chhattisgarh, India.
A participant introducing the theme of the session
©Anjani Kumar Tripathi/Ambikapur, India
School participated with their project presentation
©Anjani Kumar Tripathi/Ambikapur, India
School participated with their project presentation and discussing their finding and studies
©Anjani Kumar Tripathi/Ambikapur, India
Judges panel discussing results and findings individually
©Anjani Kumar Tripathi/Ambikapur, India
A full day session in a packed auditorium with participating schools
©Anjani Kumar Tripathi/Ambikapur, India
A full day session in a packed auditorium with participants from various schools
©Anjani Kumar Tripathi/Ambikapur, India

Thursday, October 22, 2015

Raghunath palace of Surguja state

Palaces, fort and castles do have their glories 
deep embedded in past. 

So is the 'Raghunath palace' 
of erstwhile Surguja state 
of pre-independent India. 

This state signed the accession to the India Union 
on 
1st January 1948.

This 20th October 2015 
was a day marked with much fanfare. 

Palace was decorated with flowers, lights. 
Thousands were invited 
to participate in the food fiesta 
and witness the occasion, 
of the grand reception of the newly wed prince.

Some of the picture follows to tell the story of the day.

Some more related write ups by the author
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inspiring architecture of surguja palace
ts singh deo baba
©Anjani Kumar Tripathi/Raghunath Palace, Surguja, Ambikapur
http://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/photos/7048948/
©Anjani Kumar Tripathi/Raghunath Palace, Surguja, Ambikapur
©Anjani Kumar Tripathi/Raghunath Palace, Surguja, Ambikapur
©Anjani Kumar Tripathi/Raghunath Palace, Surguja, Ambikapur
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©Anjani Kumar Tripathi/Raghunath Palace, Surguja, Ambikapur
http://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/photos/7049811/
©Anjani Kumar Tripathi/Raghunath Palace, Surguja, Ambikapur
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©Anjani Kumar Tripathi/Raghunath Palace, Surguja, Ambikapur
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©Anjani Kumar Tripathi/Raghunath Palace, Surguja, Ambikapur
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©Anjani Kumar Tripathi/Raghunath Palace, Surguja, Ambikapur
©Anjani Kumar Tripathi/Raghunath Palace, Surguja, Ambikapur
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©Anjani Kumar Tripathi/Raghunath Palace, Surguja, Ambikapur
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Facsimile of the invitation letter in general

Thursday, October 15, 2015

Night view of Ambedkar Park in Lucknow, India

Lucknow in India is remembered for it's landscape of crumbling palatial buildings and gardens inspired by 'Nawabi' fantasies and British nostalgia, now includes Ambedkar Memorial Park which may not be an architectural beauty but gigantic look for sure.

This Park is at the gateway of the Gomti River, is a memorial, built using red sandstone from Rajasthan (India), is a vast complex with 112 feet high 'Stupa' at the center surrounded by countless pillars, elephants structures with formations.

Looks so celestial at night sprawling in an area of 107 acres.
©Anjani Kumar Tripathi
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Tuesday, October 13, 2015

A pictorial journey with Indian Railways

Indian railways has many things to claim first as it covers a big country all across it's physical and social vastness, carrying and uniting them all in a way.


Tom Brown in his train poem 'Orchestra' has written that, "Walking forward through the crowded carriage, I pass an orchestra of different lives".
(poem ©Tom Brown/page thankfully shared from:http://allpoetry.com/poems/about/Train)

My train journey this September brought me up experiences of collective chorus, lives so varied, so different; yet so common, so known.

Some pictures and some notes all along with, makes it all to tell a story of this collective conscience through the Indian railways carriages.



Morning rays spreading light on the road of Charbagh railway station in Lucknow, U.P., India.
©Anjani Kumar Tripathi/Indian Railways

©Anjani Kumar Tripathi/Indian Railways

©Anjani Kumar Tripathi/Indian Railways
Journey ends, carriage awaits; Red brick frontage, arches, verandah, domes, minars; Harmonising peace settles inside.


©Anjani Kumar Tripathi/Indian Railways
Lucknow, U.P., India, City railway station


©Anjani Kumar Tripathi/Indian Railways



©Anjani Kumar Tripathi/Indian Railways
A train crossing inter-state boundary (Madhya Pradesh-Chhattisgarh states of India) through hills and thick forest, with zigzag sideways twist, scattering light of the evening sun, carrying so many lives in it's bogies aspiring for their individual stations ending.


©Anjani Kumar Tripathi/Indian Railways



©Anjani Kumar Tripathi/Indian Railways
Train was running. Just near to the open door, a lady was sitting on the bare floor, She was morose and oblivious to her surrounding and the speed of the train. Evening sun on the western horizon was lighting her left face. Who knows? What was on her mind? She sat there as expressionless.


©Anjani Kumar Tripathi/Indian Railways
A train window provides vivid visuals, fast changing, receding in opposite direction of the movement. This picturesque look from the train window in particular is so natural as if it was a painting framed in the train window itself, and soon it passed so swiftly.


©Anjani Kumar Tripathi/Indian Railways

©Anjani Kumar Tripathi/Indian Railways
Heavy train engine with thumping sound and clattering wheels, excites all on a vibrating platform, waiting to board on, mostly the children. Once inside the bogie compartment, their excitement gradually comes to contentment and sort of introspection returns as they are in thought and as if they have left something behind....




©Anjani Kumar Tripathi/Indian Railways
Speeding train at the dawn break, fleeting tracks and side views from the train window moving behind, like a musical ensemble - everything seems in rhythm and get going.


©Anjani Kumar Tripathi/Indian Railways
A train halting for a while on the platform for the passengers to get down, to start a day with a new morning.



©Anjani Kumar Tripathi/Indian Railways
A train leaving passengers on their destination station, again leaves for it's onward journey, while sun rises in the east, invokes simile to our own lives, as to move ever onward and forward.

More train picture stories by the author:
Morning at Ambikapur railway station
Colonel Barog: tall upright man of Barog tunnel
Romance of Indian rail in hilly terrain of Chhattisgarh state in India
Train through the hill

Hill call
National Rail Museum, India