Vintage Cars & Bikes showcase in Mumbai

So yesterday was just another Sunday morning when I stepped out for breakfast with my photographer friend. It was then I saw a couple of vintage cars on the streets, passing by in pride. They were some of the most beautiful cars I’ve seen.

We then decided to follow them because we were sure that there are more of these on the streets and that is how we landed at the Vintage cars & bike showcase in the town. It was a sight, a total feast for the eyes. It was there where I saw Ratan Tata in his red Ferrari. He stopped by to look around at the beautiful cars parked at the Horniman Circle Gardens.

I  was so excited to see the old Vespa & Lambretta and even more delighted by the way the owners have maintained these.

The cherry on the cake was the hello-hi visit of the super cars in the show 🙂

If you’re a vintage car/bike enthusiast who wants the pictures from the show for collection purposes then you can get in touch with The Smile Store or connect with them on Facebook.

Here are a couple of pictures from the show –

Vipassana Meditation

Yes yes, I have been running around too much all this while that I barely got time to sit down & write last month.

Well a good thing about running around is coming across a lot of new things. So now that I am bored of staying at one place, I decided to go around the city & explore the places nearby.

In an attempt to do so,  I ended up at the Vipassana International Acadamy, Igatpuri recently. Trust me it was one of the most peaceful place I have to in a long long time.

You aren’t allowed to visit all the sections of the center but just the visitors section. Here they have displayed the paintings depicting the stages of life of Lord Buddha. On entering the visitors section, you are asked if you are willing to watch a 17 minute video that talks about Vipassana, its effects on us & about the 10 days beginners course. Vipassana Meditation as taught by S.N. Goenka in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin.

The 10 days course is something that seemed like ‘must experience once’ thing. This is the time when the students have to stay completely disconnected with the outside world & practice complete silence. This is the time they have got to spend on introspection and on thinking ways of self-improvement.

Here are a couple of pictures from there:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This definitely tops my list of things to do before in 2013. What tops your list for things to do in 2013?