Thursday, 8 July 2021

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.

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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

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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