Google Earth Jodhpur Update
I am updating this blog after a lot of time. Here is the current photo of Gulab Sagar Jodhpur. The lake has been cleaned and it is a picnic spot now. My house there (it is my uncle’s house) has been renovated.
Jodhpur on Google Earth
My friend Rama told me the other day that Jodhpur can be seen on the Google Earth. I quickly went to check and to my surprise, yes Jodhpur is now internationally visible. I can show my friends Jodhpur, without they leaving their homes.
I showed it to my friends and they asked me to point where I lived. Now that was difficult to point because it is not that easy. So I pointed them at gulabsagar. I live on the banks of it. And what they saw was something totally dry.
I told them it is getting cleaned and once it is ready it should be one more "tourist spot" for Jodhpur. Look how gulabsagar looks. I dont know when we can see 3D images, free that too on google earth. Hope I can feel Jodhpur while being anywhere. Can see live images of people, bazaars, rickshaw and what not, but then privacy? Forget.
Just enjoy what is there now.
And Ghantaghar. What is Jodhpur without it.
Jodhpur
Jodhpur is one place that you like it or hate it instantly. Depends on who you meet and when you arrive. I have rarely met people who arrived jodhpur in April-August and fell in love with the place. But that is due to intense heat. September to March is when Jodhpur is at its best. Good Climate, Good People and Good Places to see. I spent a part of my college days here. Let me take you through some of the places here. First of all once in Jodhpur you need an "Auto Rickshaw". We call it Auto or also Taxi. But then don't ask questions in Jodhpur. Just enjoy your time.
The Auto is famous for many things. First of all if you had a good lunch it gets digested. If a lady is pregnant and about to deliver, the jumps in Rickshaw means she might deliver then and there. The Autos are decorated well, both from inside as well as outside. The Jodhpur Auto Drivers are considered to be the best in India. Both in terms of maintance of the vehicle as well in driving skills. You need to have a lion's heart to see it. The way to woman's trust is to win her heart. Similarly the way to see Jodhpur is to see the interiors. You start wih the Girdikot that has the famous Ghantaghar.
Sardar Market GirdikotSome more
and more
and finally.
What is there beyond this?
My Family
S.G.Ranga and Geeta Ranga. My parents. I respect and pray that they are always happy. As far as I know about my family I can tell about around 3 generation. My father and uncle would know about more. Our family carry the surname "Ranga". We are from Jodhpur, Rajasthan INDIA. My parents tell me that we are originally from Pokhran, another place in Western Rajasthan. But my attachment has been with Jodhpur only. My mother is from Phalodi, a place roughly 150 KMs to the west of Jodhpur.
My father is an Engineer as such is a very logical person. We are 3 brother and 2 sisters. My brothers are Dr.Daulal Ranga, Medical officer in Jodhpur. Ramesh Ranga, development officer in Jodhpur and myself Suresh Ranga, IT Consultant based in Malaysia currently. My two sisters are Kamala Vyas and Dr.Leela Vyas both based in Bikaner Rajasthan. A small family. We grew up as a traditional middle class family in late sixties and early eighties. We had a nice and good life. Growing up in different parts of India due to frequent transfer of my father (who worked for BHEL) we learnt a lot. In fact I have lived a lot of my life in South India. Vijayawada and Guntur are my favourite places. Incidentally I can read and write telugu and speak tamil.
My mother is a housewife. Simple and religious she has been along side my father during his good, mediocre as well as bad times. She is the pillar of our family. Though with very little formal education she has managed to bring up 5 kids in those difficult days, to make sure that all had a decent education. She always told us to keep studying. She said she missed education. For almost 15 years of my life, till I reached high school I always thought that my mother is very educated. She had answers to all my questions. It was only during later part that I found that she had almost no schooling and learnt all through experience.
