Greetings to all bhpians

Ajay Narayan · 15th December 2005, 00:55

Dear BHPians
I am new to this Forum. Quite impressed with the bandwidth of discussions here and info that is shared.
I am a PIO from Switzerland based in Zurich and come from Semiconductors business. I am 52 years old and come to India regularly. That's when I take some time out into the country in a Maruti Gypsy. Have been doing it since the first Gypsy hit the market. My hobbies are Off-road adventure, Wildlife, Video and Photography, Music and Computers. Look forward to sharing this forum with you all.
Greetings from Zurich

nitrous · 15th December 2005, 01:39

Welcome to team-bhp, ajay.

Nice hobbies,u've got.

revtech · 15th December 2005, 04:37

hey ajay

great to have you on the forum.enjoy your stay here.

Rev

nishant_kingpin · 15th December 2005, 07:27

Hi Ajay...welcome to to the Team...hope you have a great stay on Team BHP.

karthik247 · 15th December 2005, 08:15

Hello Uncle

,
Welcome to Team-BHP.
Enjoy ur stay!

GTO · 15th December 2005, 10:33

Hi Ajay, Welcome to the Team! Your hobbies match that of a load of BHPians here, and am certain there will be some interesting discussions.

Do you get the chance to off-road in Swiss?

GTO

normally_crazy · 15th December 2005, 10:45

Ajay - Welkome to the gang !

tsk1979 · 15th December 2005, 12:08

Welcome Ajay, good to see another guy from the semiconductor domain!

lamborghini · 15th December 2005, 19:54

Hey Ajay,
welcome aboard and enjoy your stay here.

sridhar24 · 15th December 2005, 19:59

Hi Ajay welcome to the team, great to have you here.

Ajay Narayan · 16th December 2005, 22:10

You guys make me feel so young... and u r fast. I am honoured with your welcome and happy to know u all in this forum. Yesterday, I read hundreds of mails in this forum and its amazing to see how much you all contribute to this forum.
Here is some more on myself.
I originally come from Delhi but migrated to Switzerland in 1985. I had a custom-built Lancia Coupe 1.8L with Turbo. Lancia produced only few hundred of that particular series. The engine and Turbo were overpowered for the size of this car (size slightly bigger than Zen), so further production was stopped. But what a pick-up and speed (max 240km for that little thing). Unfortunately (rather fortunately), in Switzerland speedlimits are not so high like in Germany (no limits on Highways), so could only try it in bursts. Sold it two years later and bought a Fiat Punto 5-doors as for the amount of driving that I did, the Lancia Turbo wouldn't even get warm enough. I am sure that some of you would have loved that car. Actually, I loved it too. Now I sold that Punto as well. Public transport here is extremely punctual and we can time ourselves almost to the minute. Haven't done any off-roading in Europe. Here I love to do trekking in the mountains. Frankly, I prefer a mixture of off-roading and real adventure. And that I get only in a Jungle... raw and wild nature!! In Switzerland, Off-roading could turn out to be very expensive. German Off-Road Clubs are extremly advanced in technics and lovely stuff available for Off-roaders. It's such a vast area of knowledge and info.
Me...I am basically a Wildlifer, nature lover and off-roader. Although have tried Land Rover but for Wildlife in the narrow Indian jungle roads, nothing fits except Gypsy or the good old CJ. Remarkable vehicle this Gypsy. Have driven in practically all conditions besides with snow-chains. Fantastic reliability comfort especially when you are chased by wild elephants in off-road conditions. The 1600kg HT petrol ver is just light and quiet enough in jungle. I now plan to buy the newer MPFI version HT with A/C next year. Intend to cover a portion of cross-India for few months next year. I use GPS (Garmin MAP60CS) extensively in India. I have few questions on Gypsy which I will raise on a separate thread and hope for your suggestions.
My other hobbies are Video/photography (Wildlife). Have a Canon XL1 with EF adapter. For photography have Canon 350D with extra EF lens 100-400 Pro L-series which I can interchange between 350D and XL1 (Video factor 7.2) to get 2800mm lens for Wildlife. Use Adobe Premiere and PS CS for editing. I love Indian classical music and old Hindi Film music. Very active in PC and Internet to remain informed.
I saw the threads from Rudra and the pics. Really beutiful pics. Photoshop very nicely used. And thanks to GTO, nitrous, revtech, nishant, karthik (uncle), normally crazy, tsk1979, lambo, sridhar. Infact, everybody to make such success of this forum. Keep going !!

general_neo · 16th December 2005, 22:32

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Originally Posted by Ajay Narayan

You guys make me feel so young... and u r fast. I am honoured with your welcome and happy to know u all in this forum. .... I had a custom-built Lancia Coupe 1.8L with Turbo. Lancia produced only few hundred of that particular series. The engine and Turbo were overpowered for the size of this car (size slightly bigger than Zen), so further production was stopped. But what a pick-up and speed (max 240km for that little thing). Unfortunately (rather fortunately), in Switzerland speedlimits are not so high like in Germany (no limits on Highways), so could only try it in bursts. Sold it two years later and bought a Fiat Punto 5-doors as for the amount of driving that I did, the Lancia Turbo wouldn't even get warm enough. I am sure that some of you would have loved that car. .................I saw the threads from Rudra and the pics. Really beutiful pics. Photoshop very nicely used. And thanks to GTO, nitrous, revtech, nishant, karthik (uncle), normally crazy, tsk1979, lambo, sridhar. Infact, everybody to make such success of this forum. Keep going !!

Wow!!!
I wish I has few amazing experience jst like the way did through my life.... Having a limited edition lancia wont be a possiblility i know but something close will do... And Punto is pretty good too... I am satisfying myself by driving a Punto in Need for Speed Most Wanted.
Hope you have wonderfull time here...
Good luck...

Rudra Sen · 16th December 2005, 23:22

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Originally Posted by Ajay Narayan

I saw the threads from Rudra and the pics. Really beutiful pics. Photoshop very nicely used.

Which of my photograph you find with nicely used Photoshop?
A small correction if I may make. I don't use use Photoshop to tinker my picture. YES, I do it full time for my clients and for reproduction.

Ajay Narayan · 16th December 2005, 23:46

Hi Rudra
DIGITAL.. Where I live and SET2DIGITAL series are really nice. If you haven't used PS there, then that's remarkably good photography. I say that because my youger brother is a leading fashion photographer from Delhi and I understand a bit of good photography. But my domain is limited to Wildlife Video and Photography.

Rudra Sen · 17th December 2005, 00:01

Hey, they're mostly digital and created on my MAC.
I didn't mean those but my photographs.

More to come within a month time

after my trip to Himachal next month.

15th December 2005, 00:55	#1
Ajay Narayan BHPian Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Zurich Posts: 58 Thanked: 7 Times	Greetings to all bhpians Dear BHPians I am new to this Forum. Quite impressed with the bandwidth of discussions here and info that is shared. I am a PIO from Switzerland based in Zurich and come from Semiconductors business. I am 52 years old and come to India regularly. That's when I take some time out into the country in a Maruti Gypsy. Have been doing it since the first Gypsy hit the market. My hobbies are Off-road adventure, Wildlife, Video and Photography, Music and Computers. Look forward to sharing this forum with you all. Greetings from Zurich
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15th December 2005, 01:39	#2
nitrous Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2004 Location: UAE/Lon/Madras Posts: 6,965 Thanked: 325 Times View My Garage	Welcome to team-bhp, ajay. Nice hobbies,u've got.
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15th December 2005, 04:37	#3
revtech Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 1,992 Thanked: 38 Times View My Garage	hey ajay great to have you on the forum.enjoy your stay here. Rev
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15th December 2005, 07:27	#4
nishant_kingpin BHPian Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: New Delhi Posts: 335 Thanked: 4 Times	Hi Ajay...welcome to to the Team...hope you have a great stay on Team BHP.
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15th December 2005, 08:15	#5
karthik247 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: BLR, HYD Posts: 2,710 Thanked: 30 Times	Hello Uncle , Welcome to Team-BHP. Enjoy ur stay!
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15th December 2005, 10:33	#6
GTO Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 70,546 Thanked: 300,788 Times View My Garage	Hi Ajay, Welcome to the Team! Your hobbies match that of a load of BHPians here, and am certain there will be some interesting discussions. Do you get the chance to off-road in Swiss? GTO
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15th December 2005, 10:45	#7
normally_crazy Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 4,369 Thanked: 528 Times View My Garage	Ajay - Welkome to the gang !
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15th December 2005, 12:08	#8
tsk1979 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 23,717 Thanked: 22,825 Times View My Garage	Welcome Ajay, good to see another guy from the semiconductor domain!
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15th December 2005, 19:54	#9
lamborghini Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 6,114 Thanked: 5,763 Times View My Garage	Hey Ajay, welcome aboard and enjoy your stay here.
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15th December 2005, 19:59	#10
sridhar24 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Bengaluru Posts: 1,046 Thanked: 88 Times	Hi Ajay welcome to the team, great to have you here.
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16th December 2005, 22:10	#11
Ajay Narayan BHPian Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Zurich Posts: 58 Thanked: 7 Times	You guys make me feel so young... and u r fast. I am honoured with your welcome and happy to know u all in this forum. Yesterday, I read hundreds of mails in this forum and its amazing to see how much you all contribute to this forum. Here is some more on myself. I originally come from Delhi but migrated to Switzerland in 1985. I had a custom-built Lancia Coupe 1.8L with Turbo. Lancia produced only few hundred of that particular series. The engine and Turbo were overpowered for the size of this car (size slightly bigger than Zen), so further production was stopped. But what a pick-up and speed (max 240km for that little thing). Unfortunately (rather fortunately), in Switzerland speedlimits are not so high like in Germany (no limits on Highways), so could only try it in bursts. Sold it two years later and bought a Fiat Punto 5-doors as for the amount of driving that I did, the Lancia Turbo wouldn't even get warm enough. I am sure that some of you would have loved that car. Actually, I loved it too. Now I sold that Punto as well. Public transport here is extremely punctual and we can time ourselves almost to the minute. Haven't done any off-roading in Europe. Here I love to do trekking in the mountains. Frankly, I prefer a mixture of off-roading and real adventure. And that I get only in a Jungle... raw and wild nature!! In Switzerland, Off-roading could turn out to be very expensive. German Off-Road Clubs are extremly advanced in technics and lovely stuff available for Off-roaders. It's such a vast area of knowledge and info. Me...I am basically a Wildlifer, nature lover and off-roader. Although have tried Land Rover but for Wildlife in the narrow Indian jungle roads, nothing fits except Gypsy or the good old CJ. Remarkable vehicle this Gypsy. Have driven in practically all conditions besides with snow-chains. Fantastic reliability comfort especially when you are chased by wild elephants in off-road conditions. The 1600kg HT petrol ver is just light and quiet enough in jungle. I now plan to buy the newer MPFI version HT with A/C next year. Intend to cover a portion of cross-India for few months next year. I use GPS (Garmin MAP60CS) extensively in India. I have few questions on Gypsy which I will raise on a separate thread and hope for your suggestions. My other hobbies are Video/photography (Wildlife). Have a Canon XL1 with EF adapter. For photography have Canon 350D with extra EF lens 100-400 Pro L-series which I can interchange between 350D and XL1 (Video factor 7.2) to get 2800mm lens for Wildlife. Use Adobe Premiere and PS CS for editing. I love Indian classical music and old Hindi Film music. Very active in PC and Internet to remain informed. I saw the threads from Rudra and the pics. Really beutiful pics. Photoshop very nicely used. And thanks to GTO, nitrous, revtech, nishant, karthik (uncle), normally crazy, tsk1979, lambo, sridhar. Infact, everybody to make such success of this forum. Keep going !!
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16th December 2005, 23:46	#14
Ajay Narayan BHPian Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Zurich Posts: 58 Thanked: 7 Times	Hi Rudra DIGITAL.. Where I live and SET2DIGITAL series are really nice. If you haven't used PS there, then that's remarkably good photography. I say that because my youger brother is a leading fashion photographer from Delhi and I understand a bit of good photography. But my domain is limited to Wildlife Video and Photography.
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17th December 2005, 00:01	#15
Rudra Sen Team-BHP Support Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 11,590 Thanked: 6,532 Times View My Garage	Hey, they're mostly digital and created on my MAC. I didn't mean those but my photographs. More to come within a month time after my trip to Himachal next month.
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