Toyota Q World Exclusive Auto Show, Ahmedabad
 

Toyota Kirloskar Motor held the Toyota 'Q' World in Ahmedabad on 21st & 22nd February 2010. Toyota 'Q' World, a two day event, drew large crowds to Karnavati Club, Ahmedabad, the venue of the event. The participants included people from all walks of life, eager to see the well awaited concept model of Toyota's new compact car - Etios.

With the Etios concept - 'World First, India First', Toyota is set to enter the mass volume segment. After the grand success of the world premier of the Toyota Etios concept, at the recently held Delhi Auto Expo, Toyota's quality and technology, renowned globally, was brought to Ahmedabad. Customers eagerly awaiting the launch of Etios concept, got an opportunity, to see the vehicle, in their own city.

The exhibit included an exciting array of 11 vehicles which gave them, a never before, 'touch and feel experience' of Toyota vehicles. Toyota Etios concept was the highlight of the event.The vehicles symbolized the following themes - Eco Friendly and Future, Concept Car and the Toyota Line Up. The exhibit included the newly launched Etios concept and many more interesting and exciting vehicles in the current and future line up of Toyota products namely

The newly launched Prius - world's highest selling hybrid vehicle, Newly launched Prado Diesel, Most popular vehicle in the MPV segment -Fortuner and The king of SUVs - Land Cruiser.

Holi 2010, Indian colourful festival!
 

Holi Festival:

One of the major festivals of India, Holi is celebrated with enthusiasm and gaiety on the full moon day in the month of Phalgun which is the month of March as per the Gregorian calendar.

Holi festival may be celebrated with various names and people of different states might be following different traditions. But, what makes Holi so unique and special is the spirit of it which remains the same throughout the country and even across the globe, wherever it is celebrated.

Preparations:

Entire country wears a festive look when it is time for Holi celebration. Market places get abuzz with activity as frenzied shoppers start making preparations for the festival. Heaps of various hues of gulal and abeer can be seen on the roadside days before the festival. Pichkaris in innovative and modern design too come up every year to lure the children who wish to collect them as Holi memorabilia and of course, to drench everybody in the town.

Play of Colors:

Great excitement can be seen in people on the day when it is actually the time for the play of colours. Shops and offices remain closed for the day and people get all the time to get crazy and whacky. Bright colours of gulal and abeer fill the air and people take turns in pouring colour water over each other. Children take special delight in spraying colours on one another with their pichkaris and throwing water balloons and passers by. Women and senior citizen form groups called tolis and move in colonies - applying colours and exchanging greetings. Songs, dance on the rhythm of dholak and mouthwatering Holi delicacies are the other highlights of the day.

More on Holi:

holifestival.org/holi-festival.html

Kawasaki Ninja ZX 10R Ride
 

Life in A Day! 24 July 2010
 

Hello!

My new video:
Feedback & suggestions are welcome.

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Ahmedabad after Rain
 

See how my city looks after season's first rain:


Feedback & suggestions are welcome.

Great videos, Kaushik! Thanks for letting us see a part of your world. I love the ZX-10!

Ahmedabad
 

I am glad you like my videos,

I am glad you like my videos, I thank you for your appreciation. Yes, indeed it is nice to so other country in videos, thanks to this internet. If you like ZX10 then you must have enjoy my ZX10 video!

You are from FL, and you know I love FL, reason is that I was staying there for some time, I did my MBA from Tampa, FL. I have had great time when I was in USA.I still remember my days when I was in USA!

This was my last day in NY:



You can see my other channel on You Tube if you wish: YouTube - ‪AhmedabadHD's Channel‬‎

Thanks,
Kaushik

Atira After Rain, 2010
 

See how Atira is looking after season's rain, its pure GREEN:


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15th August 2010, Independence Day
 

15th August 2010, Independence Day of India was celebrated in this way in my city:


I have uploaded new on Vimeo.

YouTube - 15 August 2010, Independence Day, Law Garden Ahmedabad

Kaushik

New Video on one of Indian festival
 

About this video:

This video is about one place in Ahmedabad called "Gulbai Tekra" which is famous for Lord Ganesha Idols.

Gulbai Tekra is not only famous for its finely carved statues of the Hindu god, but attracts customers from states like Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh as well. Hundreds of trucks carrying mould from here are dispatched to other states every year.

The annual Ganesh festival is celebrated with much fervour across Gujarat State.

With the Ganesh festival beginning Wednesday, there is a wide variety of idols available in the market. The price depends upon the size of the idols and can cost up to INR.12,000 ( approx USD 300) for the bigger ones.

Traditionally, idols are made with natural ingredients like mud, clay and vegetable-based dyes. But commercialisation has led to bigger and brighter idols made of plaster of paris and toxic chemical dyes flooding the market over recent years.

Know much about Lord Ganesha:

en.wikipedia.org/​wiki/​Ganesha

Traffic & Life, Ahmedabad
 

Traffic & Life in my city:

New Videos on Kankaria Carnival 2009, Ahmedabad
 

Kankaria Carnival 2009, Ahmedabad:

"Organized by the Ahmedabad Traffic Police"
 

Those were a couple really nice videos Kaushik. I've got a bunch of comments and questions:

What are the green & yellow three-wheelers? Taxis?
The round-about in the first video was huge! How do all those drivers know where to go? I'm only accustomed to the single-lane round-abouts and can't fathom how something like that would work here. I think we'd have so many accidents.

There was a very sad shot of an obviously very old man, hunchbacked, pushing something like a three-wheel bicycle along the shoulder of the freeway. The irony was there were young people passing him on their motorcycles. I really felt sorry for him. He is human and nobody seems to care.

There were a lot of candid shots where people didn't seem to notice they were being photographed, except in one scene where a young boy was obviously watching what you were doing. That was neat.

In the music I thought I could hear what sounded like a banjo.

The evening shots at the waterfront with the colored lights came out good.

Tried to tell if the engine of the train was steam or powered by something else. Since it looked so brand new and there was never any smoke coming out of the stack it must have been gas or diesel.

There were so many more comments I wanted to make but now I forgot the rest...

Thanks for sharing.

John Nantz,

I am glad you like these videos, and it is always good to see other country's videos it shows culture, lifestyle architecture and many more.

I will try to give answers of your questions.

Yes, that three three wheeler is kind of small taxi, three people can sit in it, it is cheaper than big taxi.

Yes, that round was very big and it is now no more, one big over bridge is being constructed!

Yes, you will find so many old people on the street with that kind of bicycle, they are actually delivery man, they make deliveries of goods and earn money, it is very hard for them and if the person is old! The person in video was old and so much tired, and more over he was facing front of over bridge which was very tough! Yes, it is routine so people do not bother to help them, its their routine life. But I understand your pain and you are right it would be good if people at least give some support him while he was facing front of over bridge!

You are right people were not aware about camera, and I am not sure which small boy you are talking. But if you make videos outside candid kinds of images would be there, what do you think?

Yes, evening shots came out good. Yes train was brand new from England, and one more included last week!

Good to see your curiosity.

BTW where you from? Do you have HD7?

Thanks for your all comments.

some answers for Kaushik....
 

I've been away for awhile because everything is so busy. However, I'm still trying to deal with camera and video editing issues.

I've got a second JVC video camera which is a GZ-MS130BU model. Bought it used for the battery charger to go with the HD7 because it was cheaper than buying just the battery charger new. This is an inexpensive HD camera that is slightly newer than the HD7 and which I would categorize as a "point-and-shoot" type. One of those cheapies that can "One Touch Upload to YouTube".

The good news about it is the files are *.mov which is easy to edit with iMovie '09. It goes really fast and I can burn to a DVD quickly. The bad news is the video is the video quality is less that I'd like, especially in the sharpness department.

Another plus, though, is it is really easy to get really quick-and-dirty shots. No place for mic input. I've taken quite a bit of family video using this while the HD7 has been "on hold", so to speak.

The HD7 had a blank (black) screen for awhile but thanks to the JVC Help Desk guy we got it functioning again. Apparently I had switched over to the external memory without having media inserted - or something like that. Anyway, it's fully functioning now. The big problem I'm having is getting the files edited in iMovie HD6. The last time I tried this was a couple months back so I've forgotten what the problems were but I'm ready to jump back into it again.

Where do I live: in the Seattle, USA, area.

JVC HD7 Videos
 

Some more videos:






Kaushik

JVC HD7 Videos
 

Kaushik: very interesting videos!
 

Looks like you've been busy with the camera! And, of course, editing.

I can't remember all the things that I wanted to note, but here's a few comments. The one with the dogs was interesting because of the lead-in with the squares. Dogs, and pets, are always good subjects and this is attested to by the frequency they're being used in advertisements.

One of the techniques that really made the video interesting was getting right down low and taking the picture face-to-face with the dog, and, up close and personal. In at least one case you were actually looking up at the dog's face which made the dog look so regal.

A side note: I like the name of the dog food called "Drool".

The choice of music on "The Reception" was good. In all, some very interesting videos.

As for my part, I haven't done a single edit for some time. Still trying to figure out a good workflow. Plus I've got other issues like the computer is pretty filled up, so I need to do some file shuffling.

John Nantz,

I am glad you like my video, I thank you for your appreciation. Yes, Dog's video came out good.

Looking forward to your videos.

Kaushik