Awakening Dusk

I had to travel for more than 5 hours in train and that too alone. It was very boring. But surprisingly I saw the sky in orange color. I took the camera from my bag and clicked. Since the train was moving some snaps went shaking. But finally I got what I wanted and there it is. My soporific mood flew away in that sky.

April Fool Celebration

I was travelling in train on 15th April when I saw the Hammer Box near my allocated seat. On looking it again, I noticed one thing. There is no hammer at all !!!! Wooow. The instruction statement written above the box is very specific though it is difficult to read. It was like this

"BREAK GLASS OF

HAMMER BOX PICK UP

THE HAMMER AND

BREAK WINDOW

GLASS UNIT AND EXIT"

Since it was an a/c coach there was no grill in the window, but only thick glass. So during emergency we are supposed to take the hammer from the hammer box and break window glass to exit. This is what our Indian Railways meant. But where is the hammer? There was a profile of the hammer drawn on the glass. Only diagram.

I won't blame the railway people as my journey was on April month. I guess the Railway guys have extended their April Fool celebration for more than a fortnight. I am not sure whether it is a permanent celebration or not. I don't think IR people is that much bothered about this. Otherwise the ticket checker would have told me some thing at least when he caught me red hand when I was about to take the photo

In order to get the message properly read, I send the snap to many of my friends and finally Jyothish and Ramya were able to give the correct reply.

Natural Grafting

My friend Vineesh has broken a small stem in to three pieces and has thrown away near that plant. He didn't notice how exactly the broken stems fell. After one or two weeks when he went home again during the vacation, he noticed that the shunned stems has grown in to a new plant with the separated stems growing together.This has surprised not only him but every one to whom he told this.

Coconut Killer

This is called "paara" in malayalam. Coconut needs to be put on the top sharp knife like edge to detach the outer layer. This is found in a good position when I went to a friend's home at alappuzha though these are very common across Kerala.