Meeting rescheduled

Hello guys! The meeting tomo, that is 9th June has been advanced from 3pm to 9 am. Please make it on time. The venue remains the same - college

Mini

Bbye

Update

I hope everyone knows about the meeting on 9th June, Saturday at 3 pm. The time is meant to suit the former students who can join us after their half day's work. We'll meet in college, I'm sure we can make a classroom available for the same. If not, we'll move to Sir's house.

Answer to Aditya's 'silly question', photos are being collected and sorted through, to go into the book. Also, the production team has a prospective publisher, but that's only if WE do a good job at the content.

I'm glad to see massive contribution form the research party. Kudos!

One thing that worries me the most is the lack of structure in what we are doing. I think we, at the content, should now start writing sections of the book. The research team has provided us with the feed. I'm sure we'll need more, but that can be detected only once we start. The experiences will then fit into the picture.

We can decide more on this when we meet tomorrow.

Bbye.

P.S: Good to hear from Aayush :P

Update! [Search Party Wanted for the Research Team]

Everybody!

It's great to see that this place is finally buzzing and that posts are flowing in, albeit by a select few only....Hope that will change sooner than later...

Please do remember to label the place along with your name.

So when you post, put it like this... Riya, Kashmir, Pangong, etc...and whatever else is required...
Though this seems a bit lame and pointless right now, when we finally get to sorting out content place-wise and segment wise, it'll help... As of now, I've updated everyones posts with the labels, but please do the needful from here on...

I agree with Mini when she says that this place is getting some amazing stuff and that soon we might just need a forum to exchange thoughts...the content we're getting is amazingly written and very intense and that's awesome, but *screams* RESEARCH!?!!! WHERE ARE YOU GUYS!?


Anyway, great start, but we need to move faster...

Keep going, and good luck :)

Riya

Update!

I think we should have a fixed set of labels or have names only. Or a mix of the two. I can't figure it out so please do give in some suggestions. The labels are useful because we can help compartmentalize a lot of the content we put onto the blog and it'll make it easier to crosscheck, reference and for the research and content folks as well.

Maybe we can have the following labels....



General - Thoughts on the Trip [for posts that are not about any single place, but about some observations or other matter of that type]

- Updates

- Experiences [which can include funny incidences, sad stuff, happy stuff, etc etc...more personal emotion-based.]

- Various other labels like History, Geography, Natural History, Politics, Culture, Issues...

Maybe if the different teams could come up with particular labels for what they require we can keep everything on track easier than just posting and searching through all the posts later.
This is meant to be a forum where everyone for every group can check on the happenings of the whole project, and so it'd help if updates were regular and people contributed continuously.

Remember, 7th morning, the content team needs to have all the material to start proof reading and editing. Please do start posting asap.

Also, please clarify if it's better to put our names at the end of each post or as separate labels. I think separate labels will be better, so at a glance any of us can pick out posts that we want.

Opinions/suggestions/pointers / POSTS are welcome!

Cheers!

Riya

A start

Hello everyone! Firstly, Riya has done a wonderful job at making the blog. Makes all our work much easier, saves a lot of our time, which we are already pressing for. Now, 10th june seems quite an ordeal with the kind of material we have at hand. It definitely means loads and loads of effort, many sleepless nights and all that!



Anyways, we had our first official meeting today, the content, research and lay-out teams. We've decided upon a few things. Firstly, the content team drew up a list of topics on which the research team has to start working. For convenience, I thought that should go here for further reference:

Kashmir

The state of Jammu and Kashmir

Jawahar Tunnel

Green Tunnel

Marthand

Aish -e- Muqam

Dal Lake

Woolar Lake

Baba Hazrat Shakiruddin Wali's shrine

Charar - e- Sharif

Yousmarg, Gulmarg, Sonmarg, Pehelgaum

Kargil

Siachen

Pari mahal

Shankaracharya Hill

Nisharth Mughal Gardens

Sheikh Abdullah's tomb

Kashmir University

Watlabh village

Gujjar community

Doodh Ganga

Draas

Tiger Hill

Ladakhi Breakfast and beverages

Mr and Mrs Vaklu talk

Army convoys

Zojhila Pass

Hari Singh Palace

Vazwan

Baglihar dam

Ladakh

Mulbek town, Chamba statue and monastery

Lamayuru

Alchi monastery

Khalsi village

Patharsaheb gurudwara

Dry toilets

Bodhi

Shey Palace

Thicksey monastery

Hemis monastery

Kharu village

Shanti Stupa

Chang La

Pangong Lake

Altitude sickness

Burkut village

Diskit

Nubra valley

Yarkund trade route

Khardung La

North pullu

South Pullu

Bactrian Camels

Hundar village

Nubra and Shyok rivers

Khul

Diskit monastery

Leh election scenario

Leh palace

Tsempo monastery

NGO crisis

Interview with deputy commissioner

Keylong


Manali

Leh - Manali journey

Hadimba temple

Manu temple

Nature park

Development in Manali

Jogini Falls

Joginimata temple

Now, that's a bloody long list! Work needs to begin with all force and enthusiasm, i'm sure some of it is already underway.

Also, you will need to pick any topic from the list and write in your experiences. For instance, if the Jogini Falls experience was the most memorable for you, go ahead with that.

Gayatri (Mini)


P.S:. PLEASE CHOOSE YOUR TOPICS SOON AND START WRITING!