During my recent trip to Uttarakhand , I was faced with a problem I had never encountered before. We were passing through Delhi, but we had hardly any time in the city. On earlier visits when I have had to change trains/flights at Delhi, I have always arrived in the morning and left again at night, visiting relatives in between. This time, I was arriving in the city at night, and leaving again early in the morning. There was hardly any time to visit people. I would only have a couple of hours with them before I’d have to leave again. For the first time, we considered booking a hotel, but there again, we were hesitant about the actual hotels, the costs involved, and the logistics of getting from the airport to the railway station and then back again from the station to the airport. That’s when we remembered reading something about a corporate-managed lounge at Delhi station. We soon figured out that we could book online and pay by the hour. Besides, we also learnt that there wasn’t ju
These days, Samhith runs to get the camera the minute he sees an insect in the house! Of course, since he is not yet allowed to use it, it is me he pesters to take photographs! Here is one which turned up yesterday taking advantage of the window Samhith had conveniently left open. It looks like a cricket, but don't know exactly. I tried to ID it, but to no avail. Any ideas, anyone? I was especially intrigued by the yellow spot on the side.
P.S. I am out of town, and will be back soon. Please do leave your comments and I shall reply when I get back.
I also think it is a cricket. We had lot of this when we were in Sivakasi
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ReplyDeleteNo clue.
ReplyDeleteLooks like it lost two of its legs.
@Chitra: we have lots of insects coming into the house, but this one seemed new.....seems rather like a cricket, and as I understand, there are lots of types...
ReplyDelete@callezee: thanks..
@Indrani: yeah... i thought so too at first :)
The West Coast is so full of insect life. :) Every few days you will meet an interesting one. Especially in the wet months.
ReplyDeleteI am quite sure they will learn lots of new stuff here than anybody else!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely!
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