Rejuvenating Rain

Monsoon rain triggers excitement. Not only for the plants, trees, animals and farmers but also for photographers like me.

Last few days were continuously wet in Hyderabad. Steady drizzle creates pearls of rain drops everywhere. On the leaves, buds, flower petals, clothing line and even a fibre optic cable! When I observed number of rain drops clinging to a cable, I pulled out my camera. Result? We found the picture for KBG-61, the 61st edition of Kaun Banega Ghumakkad, online caption contest.

See the picture of rain drops below and give it a caption. You may win KBG-61!

Another copy of the picture, minus the contest banner is given below. It will help you visualise your caption better.

Give the above picture a caption. You could win KBG-61.

How to Submit a Caption

For the first-timers on KBG, you can respond using any of the six channels below:

1. Leave a comment on this post
2. Send email to hbindia@gmail.com   
3. Respond on the FB post
4. Comment on Instagram @ghumakkadhb 
5. Comment on Twitter @HarshBh21184761
6. Send a WA message. If you want your WA number to be added to Ghumakkad's list, send an email.

Now get going and give your caption pronto! If you feel like, you may suggest more than one caption.

Hope we have helped you in overcoming the Covid boredom to some extent.

Previous Contest

KBG-60, the 60th edition of Kaun Banega Ghumakkad Caption Contest featured a picture of balancing rocks. Location: Ghanapur hills, north of Secunderabad.

This picture fired the imagination of 200+ readers! We received a total of 33 captions. For a complete list of the captions and the winning entries, click the story 'Life is All About Balance'. Two of the winning captions are reproduced below.

Be your creative best and shoot your response. Most catchy captions will be the Winners of KBG-61! All the best.

Thank you all the readers for your continued support.

Stay connected, stay safe.

   - Harsh-the-Ghumakkad with Neeta Bhargava/ 25th July 2021

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Life is all About Balance

Who doesn't experience ups and downs in life?

It is our ability to maintain the balance through these ups and downs which sees us through.

Health, career, family, friends, relationships- all throw challenges at us. Can we be like the proverbial rock? Steady and unmoved despite life's trials and tribulations?

Nature gives us the strength. All we need to do is observe Nature's creations around us. Changing seasons, tides on a beach, seed-sapling-plant-flowers-back-to-seeds, rock formations- tell us to persevere. 

Here are some of our stories on maintaining the balance in our life.

Hiking to Rediscover Yourself - hikers from 7 to 70 years together!

Boulders Speak - How MBA students love adventure? Boulders and obstacles- learn to climb one at a time.

Taming the 2nd Wave with your Mind - Derive strength from Nature. Corona too shall pass.

Never Say Die- Learning from an uprooted tree

Lessons from A Forest - many lessons for life as a Business professional or otherwise!

Balancing Rocks

Our picture of balancing rocks near Secunderabad in India, attracted more than 200 readers. The captions contest received 33 entries listed below.

Sl.	Name	Caption for KBG-60 Contest
1	Prabhat Jindal	Nature's Beauty in its own way
2	GR Sreenivasan	Symbolizes primordial principle of eternal balance as found  in nature.
3	Bharat Ladha	Balance- the true management of life.
4	Rashmi Bhargava	Life is all about balance
5	NK Potti	I am patthar, khada on patthar. Tej hava aying. Naa hilloing na jhilloing. Jaise theyy.
6	BC Jayaprakash	FAMILY FROZEN IN TIME. Right side appears to be a man and the left a woman carrying a child on her lap.
7	Usha Balagopal	Sentinel… I am watching!
8	Shashi Kant Mundra	हम दो हमारे दो
9	Anon1	Dil maange more!
10	R@P	Pious soul undisturbed and unmoved by ever-rising waves. .......
11	Anon2	Head above shoulders, I stand tall!
12	Veeky Baths	Life is all about Balance!
13	Rekha Bhargava	कभी ऊपर कभी नीचे कभी झूला कभी चट्टान आशय सिर्फ़ एक है संतुलन जीवन की पहचान ।
14	Ajai Bhumri	तबला बजे दीन दीन और 1 के ऊपर तीन तीन
15	Amandeep Kaur	Rock n roll 🤭
16	Ajai Bhumri	Balancing is an art, more you practice easy it becomes .
17	Avinash Tiwari	Mian bibi picnic par.
18	Sujata Das	Life is a matter of balance.
19	Narendra Soni	पलकों की ठंडी सेज पर सपनों की परियां सोती हैं ऐसी भी बातें होती हैं, कुछ ऐसी भी बातें होती हैं
20	Vinod Dhanuka	Tiny and Big
21	Vinod Dhanuka	Tinake Ka Sahara
22	Manju Khetan	एकांत मे स्वतंत्रता है।
23	Ritu Bhargava	Life is a balance between inner peace, happiness and sorrow.
24	Poonam Bhargava	Wish we could also balance the boulders of our life so well!
25	Nidhi Bhargava	Balancing is an act, a tact & a fact of a beautiful life
26	Ranajit Sen	Nature's feat
27	Rajendra Singh	We are joint family. No force on earth can separate us.
28	Anon-3	The rock formation here strongly resembles a seated mother and child figure. So my caption is, "Mother & Child".
29	Mukul Bhargava	I rock!
30	Vinay Prasad	Balance your mind! You will need no support!
31	GB Sethi	Nature the Great Sculptor.
32	Radhika Sareen	When a Family is rock solid...
33	Vaibhav Gupta	Every rock plays a vital role to stand so tall...

Winners

The Jury has selected four winning captions. We are delighted to introduce the winners along with their creative captions. Congratulations to all the winners of KBG-60, the 60th edition of Kaun Banega Ghumakkad online caption contest.

Bharat Ladha: Bharat has won the KBG Caption Contest earlier too. An engineer from BITS Pilani, he lives in Vidisha MP in the lap of Nature. His caption 'Balance- the true management of life', was matter-of-factly!

Nand Kumar Potti: An alumnus of NIT Trichy, Potti is a former Commander of Indian Navy. Known for being a hands-on marine engineer, he made a mark wherever he worked. His youthful caption was appreciated by the Jury.

Ajai Bhumri: Ajai lives in Canada and loves to paint. An engineer from IIT Roorkee, he was an ace rower and sportsman. His rhythmic caption in Hindi conveys the multiple layers of rocks balancing each other! Ajai has won the KBG contests earlier too.

Nidhi Bhargava: Nidhi is no stranger to KBG readers. She creates designs with paper, jute, cloth or anything reusable. An environmentalist, she loves to be with Nature. Her caption conveys the importance of balance in our lives.

Once again, we thank all the participants and congratulate the winners. Your support has kept the KBG Contest going!

We also thank both the Jury members Manik Srivastava and Neeta Bhargava for their continued support to KBG Contests.

Talking of balance, life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving! See the PQ of school children going to school on bicycles in Pilani India.

We end the story with a quotation by Sogyal Rinpoche who said that 'The key to  finding a happy balance in modern life is simplicity.' We have created a PQ- picturesque quote- using the picture of an Ajwain leaf in our garden in Secunderabad.

Nature's slideshow continues to cheer us! You just have to view it by putting your cellphones or devices away for a while.

Thanks for browsing.

Hope we have helped you to maintain balance in your life!

    - Harsh-the-Ghumakkad with Neeta Bhargava/21st July 2021

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Balancing Give A Caption

Huge rocks and boulders one on top of the other. But retaining the balance. Perfectly.

The more you observe Nature, the more it amazes you!

KBG-60, the 60th edition of Kaun Banega Ghumakkad Caption Contest features a picture of balancing rocks. Location: Ghanapur hills, north of Secunderabad.

Another copy of the picture, minus the contest banner is given below. It will help you visualise your caption better.

Give the picture a caption. You could win KBG-60.

How to Submit a Caption

For the first-timers on KBG, you can respond using any of the six channels below:

1. Leave a comment on this post
2. Send email to hbindia@gmail.com   
3. Respond on the FB post
4. Comment on Instagram @ghumakkadhb 
5. Comment on Twitter @HarshBh21184761
6. Send a WA message. If you want your WA number to be added to Ghumakkad's list, send an email.

Now get going and give your caption pronto! If you feel like, you may suggest more than one caption.

Hope we have helped you in overcoming the Covid boredom to some extent.

Previous Contest

KBG-59 showed a picture of five children jumping together with happiness in an open field.

This picture fired the imagination of 200+ readers! We received a total of 40 captions. For a complete list of the captions and the winning entries, click the story 'Vacationing Anytime'. Two of the winning captions are reproduced below.

Be your creative best and shoot your response. Most catchy captions will be the Winners of KBG-60! All the best.

Thank you all the readers for your continued support.

Stay connected, stay safe.

   - Harsh-the-Ghumakkad with Neeta Bhargava/ 11th July 2021

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Vacationing Anytime!

Who doesn't like vacationing?

Hiking with friends? Hills, forests, rivers, valleys, snow peaks and the like?

Travelling with family? New places? Wildlife Parks?

Or, a bit of adventure? Snorkeling? SCUBA diving? Bungee jumping?

The pandemic has put a temporary halt to outdoor vacationing. But families had more time together. Covid travel restrictions are easing out in many countries. When will we be able to say hello to a Tigress again? See the picture shot in Tadoba Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra India, before the pandemic hit us all.

For more pictures of the Tigers shot by us, you may browse the story Follow Me said the Tigress - and we obeyed!

In India, outstation vacationing is yet to resume after the pandemic. But we could go on a nature trail one morning. We are sharing few pictures to convey the spirit of outdoors and the freshness that it brings into our Covid-impacted life! The first set of pictures is of a wild creeper which has Corona like berries and a beautiful white flower which attracts the bees. The scientific name courtesy Dr Chitra Shanker, is Passiflora foetida. It is also called Bush Passion fruit which is toxic to the cattle.

Same morning, we also saw hectic nest building activity by Baya Weavers. 

Talking of vacationing for the seniors, grandchildren add glitter to our life. Sharing the links to some of our earlier stories written by our grandchildren themselves!

Grandkids Are Spontaneous - how a five-year old paints her nails and responds to 'live' questions?

Here is another story by our two grandchildren aged 14 and 11 then, on a vacation together in Kodaikanal.

Why Kodaikanal - don't miss the video clips in the story!

Similarly, doctors also need a vacation. Do browse Ghumakkad's story  titled Vacations Recharge our Batteries - Doc What's your next holiday destination? It was specifically created for Cardiologists of Telangana State. 

Holidaying Together

We had shared a recent picture of five children jumping up on a holiday in USA. The readers were to give a caption to the picture to participate in KBG-59, the 59th edition of Kaun Banega Ghumakkad caption contest. The Contest evoked very enthusiastic response from our readers. 

The Contest

We received 40 captions from readers across the globe. We thank all the participants and are happy to share their captions below.

Sl.	Name	Caption for KBG-59 Contest
1	Geeta Bhargava	Be silly, Be weird. More, the merrier.
2	Veeky Baths	Summer is here! Time to rejoin with your classmates from school
3	Nidhi Bhargava	कूदें ,फांदे,भागें, फिरें अपनी लगन में, आज हम आजाद हैं दुनिया के चमन में
4	KV Ramachandran	On cloud five
5	Rohini Tiwari	Harsh ki challang Akanksha ki Oonchai!!😁👍🏻
6	Seema Jain	Childhood is best .  No worry full Masti
7	Rashmi Bhargava	Jump and you will know how to unfold your wings when you fall
8	Rekha Bhargava	पंछी बनु उड़ती फिरुं मस्त गगन में ।
9	Deepak K Jena	No homework = Perfect Holiday😊
10	Ramanand Baliga	Air borne fun squadron
11	JVR Moorty	आसमान से आये फ़रिश्ते
12	Shereen Sultana	Good times coming soon! 😇
13	CR Raghuram	Stars in the horizon
14	Anon	Hi-five in the air
15	Atul Mulkar	बादलों सी मस्ती हम में भी है
16	Manju Khetan	V for victory
17	Bharat Ladha	आसमां अब दूर नहीं।
18	Vinod K Agarwal	Flying with clouds
19	Parag Sharma	We will spread our wings , and learn to fly ; we will do what it takes till we touch the sky !!!
20	Anon	Spirit unlocked!
21	Peter Padua	Unbridled Glee and totally  free.
22	Amandeep kaur	Sukoon ki udaan 😁
23	Peter Padua	Footloose and fancy free
24	Rajesh Jain	“Today is the first day of rest of your life”.
25	Peter Padua	We're happy and fully alive, the High Five!
26	P Ravi Rao	Touch the sky with Glory
27	Peter Padua	5 jumping 4 Joy.
28	Ajai Bhumri	आ लौट के आजा मेरे मीत तुझे बीते हुए दिन याद दिलाते हैं
29	Ajai Bhumri	खुशियाँ ही खुशियाँ, देर से आए पर दुरुस्त आए .
30	Rekha Bhargava	नींद खुली तो सपना पूरा हुआ बाहर आकर आसमान छुआ
31	Vaibhav Lokare	Summer time madness !!
32	Kausalya Govindan	Reach upto the sky
33	Kausalya Govindan	Touching the clouds!
34	Ranajit Sen	Azadi!
35	Rajendra Singh	Teamwork at it's best. We achieve together in joyful abundance !
36	Ritu Bhargava	Jump high and hard with intentions and heart
37	Poonam Bhargava	Hurrah! Freedom regained!
38	Poonam Bhargava	बचपन की मस्ती!
39	Sharad Sharma	Rising...over the pandemic
40	LS Bhargava	Holiday to fly high.

The Winners

Our Jury selected five winning captions as highlighted in the table above. We are delighted to introduce the winners and their captions below.

Ramanand Baliga: An alumnus of IIT Kanpur, Ramanand headed IBM in India. Settled in Bengaluru, he loves travelling, gardening and looking after a pair of Great Danes. A winner of several KBG contests, his caption Air-borne Fun Squadron was sure unique!

Atul Mulkar: An engineer from BITS Pilani, Atul lives in Dubai. Fond of outdoor life, he showed his creativity with the caption बादलों सी मस्ती हम में भी है meaning 'We are as cool as the clouds'. See the clouds behind the jumping children.

The next winning caption 'Spirit Unlocked!' came from a reader who is yet to reveal his/her identity. In just two words the reader has conveyed the excitement of the picture.

Peter de Padua: A keen traveller and water sport enthusiast, Peter is a former Wing Commander of the Air Force. He now works with a Global Defence MNC. His youthful caption '5 Jumping 4 Joy' caught the Jury's eye.

Sharad Sharma: Sharad a former Group Captain of the Air Force is an inimitable raconteur, avid bicycler and an ever-ready trekker. His caption 'Rising over the pandemic' highlighted the power of vacationing to beat the pandemic blues.

We congratulate all the winners of KBG-59. Vacations do recharge the batteries of our life.

We also thank both the Jury members Manik Srivastava and Neeta Bhargava for their continued support to KBG Contests.

We end the story with a quotation by Earl Wilson who said that 'A vacation is what you take when you can no longer take what you've been taking'. We have created a PQ- picturesque quote- using the picture of the iconic Tiger's Nest in Bhutan which we climbed few years ago.

Thanks for browsing.

Do take a vacation and recharge your life!

    - Harsh-the-Ghumakkad with Neeta Bhargava/8th July 2021

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