Praveen,
The more gadgets I possess, the greater are the problems I face, I mean dropping lenses etc. I had one Manfrotto traveller tripod. It started creaking and groaning under the weight of my 400 f2.8 lens. So gave it to a friend. At the moment using the Gitzo tripod. In 1996 I had bought a heavy aluminimum tripod. It was using it for portraits and landscapes at that time. But was proving to be too heavy to take out from my house. I hope my mom hasn't given it to someone, as I haven't used it for a long long time. Will have to buy a tripod sometime for video work.

Sankar,
Praveen seems to be working out in his Gym. He is much more fitter than me. I guess that is how he is managing handholding.