Online prepaid recharges have made life easy allowing prepaid mobile users to recharge for a denomination via internet banking without the necessity of going to the nearest shop and tendering exact changes. On Nov 27th, 10pm, for the first time I glanced the latest vodafone website to recharge my friend's mobile. After the transaction was successful, I recharged my mother prepaid mobile for Rs 251. Having received an email for recharge completion, I was longing for an sms on the phone. At 11pm, I hadn't received any sms. I checked the screenshot of the transaction and to my surprise the last three digits were interchanged! Typo... I wrote an email to the customer care immediately stating the transaction number and reference number obliging them to revert back the recharge amount to the correct number.

I called up the customer care at 11pm. To my disappointment, I was told that the money couldn't be reverted back since it was done online. It could have been reverted if I had recharged through a dealer. The next day, I called up the "wrong no" several times thinking if the person is good, he/she would recharge my phone for the same amount. But their phone was switched off for almost five days. On the sixth day, I didn't call them thinking that it was no use calling up again. To my surprise, I received an email from Vodafone customer care stating that the money has been reverted back to the correct number. As transaction fee, Rs 26 was charged. I was happy to see the email and yes, the money was credited.

Vodafone, thanks for your service. :)

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Ever since I have bought my camera, I have always been addicted to shutter clicks. Initially, I was not much into people or portrait photography. But now, I am more inclined to street, portrait and wedding photography. Family functions, school and college get together, team outings at office: these are the times I never miss my camera to capture few wonderful lifetime moments. Few photographs with smiling faces have horns behind too. ;) Wedding in the traditional way of friends/cousins are the moments which have loads of rituals and can be documented. Most of the rituals and chantings are the same in Hindu weddings. 

Here are few snaps I clicked during my friends wedding. The photos of couples have not been uploaded. :)









Few more photos of traditional Kannada wedding can be found here: http://manasa-t.blogspot.com/2008/12/two-hearts-that-beat-as-one.html

More to come....

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A visit to Butterfly Park located near Banngerghatta National Park in June 2008 along with fellow photographers.
Always tender exact changes while at the ticket counter. Photography fee extra.

Common Lime Butterfly





Common Castors








I couldn't find many other butterflies.

I couldn't find many other butterflies.

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An old lady was begging at the staircase of a temple on hilltop near Banngerghatta National Park. My attention was caught by her and I still feel her expression has a story to tell. This pic was captured more than an year ago. Not sure where is she now.
I am thankful to her for posing which in turn made to the exhibition.

An year ago, I had submitted my blog to Indiblogger where I found wonderful blogs. A couple of days ago, I received an email stating my blog ranking. 

IndiBlogger.in to me   Sep 18

Dear Manasa,

We're happy to announce that IndiRank has been updated. The new rank for your blog Silverlining is now 67.

It was hard for me to re-collect my password and login for widget. Well, not a bad ranking though I haven't been active for quiet a long time!

Dasara at my home. The dolls arrangement is incomplete without the two wooden couple dolls along with kalasha.

In continuation with my previous post.... An incident occurred at my workplace that made most of them giggle. One of my teammate is always a scapegoat. :) 

V~ was undergoing initial training and flunked his exam couple of times. Since this was the first time he ever flunked, he was frustrated and depressed. Another R~, tried to console V~ in this regard suggested him to drink to come out of sadness. Reluctant V~, for the first time tasted alcohol which was also the last time he ever touched. 

V~ had asked R~: "baada povalante em chayaali" (in Telugu: "what do you do when you're sad?").

Hence, this survey was done! Most of them drink when they're sad, few listen to music, few cry, sleep.....

Till date, all of us tease V~: "What did you do this time?" :)    

Tobacco and alcohol, delicious fathers of abiding friendships and fertile reveries. 
 ~Luis Buñuel

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Dear friends,

I want to know what most people do when they are sad frustrated.

Do leave a genuine comment.

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