The Swiss 'wrap up'

Hello people! It’s been almost two weeks in Delhi. More than anything else, it’s the weather which is keeping the spirits low. X-Men-3, Da Vinci Code and Ice Age-2 are the three movies I’ve seen so far…all at PVR, Saket, supposedly the best multiplex of the city…

Internship is going fine, albeit at my own pace.

Its high time I wrap up the Swiss story. Here are some shots from our trip to Bern, the political capital of Switzerland. It was by far the best place we visited there. We had stopped by on our way back to Zurich and had just about enough time to see around the old city…
























































The train journey from Geneva to Zurich via Bern was phenomenal in more than one ways...


































Albert Einstein's house in Bern...



















Aish at Bern...


















Everytime the age old bell of this clock tower rang at the stroke of every hour, we could sense the past gripping us in its medieval corridors...



























Shadows...




























































The Gothic cathedral came into existence in 1421. Its tower was added in 1893. The colourful statutes embellish the Cathedral.































An old pavement...








































Aare, a tributary of Rhine passes through Bern















The Swiss Parliament...














Switzerland is undoubtedly an enchanting place.We were there only for a week and found very little time to see around. Nevertheless, whatever little I saw would remain ingrained on my memory forever. I take this opportunity to thank Adarsh and Roy for the wonderful company. I also thank all my friends at the Law School for the support they provided right through the effort (Hoysala, Basva, Rachit, Anurag, Anshul and Siddarth deserve a special mention for bearing with my mood swings during the preparation days...special thanks to Anjali, Monal and Anubha for all the encouragement...for whatever reasons, these people always made me believe that we would get past the national rounds...a big thanks to our sponsors Allahabad Bank, Jindal Power and Steel and the State Govt. of Chhattisgarh.Lastly, I thank my parents and brother for everything. God willing,I'll visit again!

As they say in Geneve, au revoir!

Delhi...

People...there has been a slight change in plans here. Actually, I got hold of an an intresting opportunity to do a research based internship at the Indian Society of International Law here...of course, the area is WTO law...However, the Tiger thing is still very much on and lets see how I juggle things...Delhi is dry and boring...it's no match for Bombay's class...Mumbai rulez...will always do...at least for me...

By the way, since the internet facility here is not all that great, i might not be able to wrap up my Swiss story from here...here's one part i 've managed to upload...















Flying over the Swiss Alps on our way back...































Colours of flying...

Off to Delhi

I am heading for New Delhi tommorow morning for this year's internship. I would be working on a project on 'Tiger Conservation in India'. I'll be back in the last week of June, just before the Law School reopens.This project would hopefully take me to uncharted territories.

God willing, I'll post the rest of the stories from Switzerland soon.

Au revoir!

The Countryside

After the priliminary rounds, we found time to visit La Plaine, a village town on the France border...it took us 20 minutes by train











Risked my life for this one...


Thats France on the other side...


Was DDLJ shot here....just asking?

Some Eye-catchers

Perhaps the closest I'll get in this life...


Roy in a sublime blend


A BMW scooter...our Vespa is very common too...


Cars galore...




Fashion (shoot)...


Tram...


Modern or Postmodern?


The sun sets around 9:00 PM in April...the Nightlife starts around ten...


Haloed...in the train to Bern

The Food Scene

This is what we got for lunch on most days...and it cost around 10 Franks or 400 rupees...of course, we used sponsorship money.



The Cafeteria at the Univeristy of Geneva...


Believe me, it didn't taste great...


The IOC had a tie up with this restaurant for the participants' dinner...it was located inside the scenic campus of the International Relations Institute by the lake.


I'm sure the European participants were loving this food...we, along with the American, Australian and the other Asian teams had a tough time.


Mushroom, chicken and rice...was better than other days...


The best food we had was the buffet breakfast at the hotel...the menu was the same everyday but was diverse enough to try something new every morning....


The last supper...my face tells how much I relished it ....that's the Columbian team...behind them, the LSE team...


Notwithstanding the food, the dinner table was the best place to interact with the other participants...the New York University team.