Bharatpur : The Birds, The Bagh The Boys

Preface :

Outbound trainings are always fun , aren’t they ? These trainings are supposed to change a typical introvert and shell smitten employee into a complete team man and a robust leader , that too overnight . While they do bring about change & helps in self development but lets be honest here & ask ourselves – isn’t the first thing or say one of the first few things that comes to our mind whenever we are nominated for a far off outbound is , ” O Great ! No office , no chik chik , just 24 Carat fully sponsored fun is on the way !” ????

Presenting here , some wonderful experiences & moments from one such recent outbound training at Bharatpur , Rajasthan that I was part of , starting with a few words about the Bharatpur itself first :

Bharatpur

Bharatpur is a beautiful Indian city in the eastern Rajasthan which is known worldwide for Keoladeo Ghana National Park , commonly called the Bharat Bird Sanctuary which is undoubtedly an ornithologist’s paradise with reportedly more than 250 species of birds already spotted there.It rightly features in the UNESCO’s World Heritage Site list . As for it’s name , Keoladeo refers to the famous hindu God Shiva , signifying the Shiva Temple within it’s premises while Ghana is a hindi language word for being dense .

Besides the National Park , Bharatpur boasts of temples, forts , museums and many other places worth visiting details of which can be found here at Rajasthan Tourism’s official Website .

{ Read on to find snapshots of beautiful birds that we spotted at bird sanctuary , just a little later in write up ! }

The Penultimate Day :

“All are requested to be ready for boarding at 5:25 a.m. tomorrow ” said my Whatsapp wall an evening before we were to leave for Bharatpur . It was a message from dear Anoop Sir , our Course Director from NTPC, who by the end of the training was more of a wonderful friend than a senior .

“Dear Friends , the bus would be parked outside Kabir House at 5 :00 a.m. “ – pat came another message after few minutes , this time from now our favourite Jaideep Sir { or the JD Sir as the respected Ashmeeta Mam , his wife, used to call him. } . Ashmeeta Mam & Jaideep Sir are Managing Directors of Vistaar Management Solutions – the firm that organized our outbound training .

With these messages forming the credo for subsequent morning , the tempo was all set for the fun ride from PMI , Noida to Bharatpur !

Day 1

Noida

That’s right , irrespective of the paraphernalia attached with early morning departure , we Indians just can’t do away with our Tea & hence , the self made dip – dip beverages marked the commencement on the departure day as well.

And at sharp 05 : 30 a.m. , like a sincere & obedient group , all the 14 boys boarded the bus .How sweet of us , isn’t it ?

Well No, that’s a lie. We actually left around 06:15 a.m. !!

While I leave you with some of the snapshots of birds that we spotted at Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary ( keoladeo National Park ), but I bet you would love reading the complete story that unfolded at Bharatpur , full of fun & masti amidst Rajasthan flavour . Here's the link :

Bharatpur : The Birds, The Bagh & the Boys !