okk, lets take this chat out of this thread

Happy b'day to your babe Jonak..!! Hope you have wonderful years ahead with her..

hmmmmmmm.........well man.......nice log...i rode with all along d trip but sweari didn't even guessed the suspension first time.........he he.........
Guys....it ws jst awesome........credit goes to jonak da.......at that time i ws just surprised hw that thing can be noticed on d high speed....but i can jst say dat it was a nice xperience 4 both of us....we didn't expected dat.

@Mr. Jonak.......wat say???....write down d rest ........nd open d case........all r waiting...

Fantastic capture...See its so tender with the flashy white colour like Yammy R1

Thanks bro.

Thanks Inder. I will tell her that you have wished.

It was nice riding with you Bhaskar.



Rest of the log coming in an hour.

[Cont...]

The beautiful Durgapur was empty as usual and we were doing an average speed of 90kmph. Stopped in front of the TATA NANO factory at Singur to take couple of pictures.




The bud that could not blossom - TATA's Nano factory at singur.


Rural Bengal


The birthday girl


Rode another 20km and came to Hotel Hindusthan Dhaba Gurap. Whenever I cross this Dhaba I make it a point to stop here. Couple of pictures from there.

Wrecked


Endless


Enough of highway riding. Now it's time to take the village road full of child, goat, cocks, ducks, carts, bicycles, cows and morons. Still I love riding through these roads. Rural bengal is wonderful.



Homecoming



My first attempt to do panning - Bhaskar riding his P150


More pictures from rural bengal

Colours of life


Life of a motorcyclist?





Living on the edge


Enough of rural bengal. It's time to move on. We were doing comfortably 30-40kmph in the village road. I was very cautious and was slowing down whenever I spotted any living being beside the road. Simultaneously I was looking for subjects to be clicked. Suddenly at one point I saw a gathering beside the road. Initially I thought I must another usual adda session that youths have after returing home after a hard day's work. But I spotted several roosters in that region. Bingo!!!! Is it a cock fight going on? I have heard and read about this thing from childhood but I was never lucky to see one. Asked Bhaskar if he thinks it's safe to take out my new FZ28 in front of so many people. I knew there must be some betting going on and I was little tensed. But at the same time did not want to miss this golden opportunity to take a few macros of these beautiful cocks and to do a HD video of the cockfight. Asked an aged person if I am allowed to take couple of pictures. To which he agreed. Asked Bhaskar to keep a eye on my bag, riding gears, bike, took out the camera, put on the lens hood and I was ready to shoot .

For all Cock lovers out here.




I was supposed to take launch at home . It was already 3:30pm. But I got so involved with the game that it was difficult for me to come out. Soon I found Bhaskar in the crowd . Wasn't he suppose to guard our bikes and other stuffs that were kept at a distance? I was worried. Asked him. He replied "Dada, could not resist myself. Sorry. Do not worry I am carrying all your bags and gears with me!!! Poor Bhaskar!! Could not resist the temptation of watching the battle of Cocks!! Anyways, I was talking normally with the villagers and they appeared to be very friendly. Finally all the games were over and we were ready to roll again.

Here is a HD video of the cockfight

YouTube - COCKFIGHT in Rural Bengal India

It was almost 5pm and was getting dark. Turned on my Osram night breaker (L.P take note ). We were up on the old Delhi road again. crossed Magra, Iswargupta Setu and entered into Kalyani. Bhaskar's place was still 60km from the place. He never rode in this area. Gave him road direction and returned home at around 5:30pm.
Overall it was a short but eventful journey.

Just want to add something about cockfighting. I came back home and googled about cockfighting. Came to know that this blood game is rightly banned in India. If you take a closer look at my video you will find the place is full of blood. Sharp blades are tied with the legs of these cocks and within seconds one of the cocks get injured. In my video also the game ended within few seconds. The injured cock could not even stand. Blood was coming out of him. I also found several wounded cocks in that place. Couple of them even died. I was really sad when I left the place.

This stops me to come back to Bengal.


And this invites me to come back every day

Where is the cake???


You scared me


Are we this much unstable?

I liked it most, caption rather than the picture.


You are making me more hungry everyday.

BTW you can watch cock fight but of different version, not with the sharp blades, if you go to Raigate. Route - Kalyani Barrackpore expressway - take left towards Haringhata. Ask for Raigate, its exactly 11kms from my home.

Nice Pics Jonak...

^^^ Thanks brother.

Exactly what I thought of, "what is coming tonight.."



Nice pictures there Jonak.

Nice pictures.... been 3 weeks since I have been out of Kolkata for a ride. These pics made me miss the beauty outside kolkata. Just so sick of the city right now. The roads have become impossible to ride on

Nice clicks there Jonak, keep up the good work.

Thanks Bro. I am glad that you liked them.

This is what happens after every monsoon. Anyways, we will be having a ride very soon. How about "BAYWATCH - The blade goes to the bay of bengal!!"

Thanks Anthony. We have same camera if I am not mistaken.

Nice log there. Lovely photographs. Some of the more interesting ones are Colours of Life and Living on the edge amongst others.

Rural Bengal is indeed beautiful, interminable stretches of paddy fields interspersed with banana plantations. Looks really wonderful with some nice sunsets during the monsoons.

Yes Cockfights are banned in India for a number of decades now I think.

OT; I have approved your membership on the Photographer. You can post your intro now!

Edit: After watching the video, it did leave a real bad taste. I cut meat regularly to eat, but this looks unholy to me! Disturbs my mind!