OK, you can’t really call this hidden, just a smart way to camouflage what it is, or present something it wasn’t meant to be. In most Indian banquets you will spot such vegetable based decorations, which I find fascinating, though I haven’t tried making any myself yet. How about you?
Category: Challenges
Weekly Photo Challenge: Opportunity
While there are billions of people following Hinduism, it is not a religion per se, it is a doctrine of Dharmas, that suggest ways of living a righteous life. What that ideally translates to is that we have several Gods and goddesses whose stories help us make difficult choices. Hindus havent really seen god, (I mean,…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Possibility
Tonight, women mainly from North Indian communities observe Karva Chauth, on the fourth night of the full moon of the Hindu calendar month Kartik that falls after the Autumnal Equinox. As a part of the ritual, married women fast from sunrise to moonrise, praying for the safety and long life of their husbands. It they also pray that they should be blessed…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Comfort 2
I am a sucker for romance, and happily ever after stories. When I am feeling really low, I turn to my clean Mills and Boons collection of carefully picked romance novels. I can feel you roll your eyes, I mean yes, all stories have a standard storyline, but it restores my faith that when it ends…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Comfort
This is a door handle at the St. Nicholas Church, at the Old Town Square, at Prague, Czech Republic. This past month has been a bit rough on me and has managed to make me more resolute as a human being. It made me re-evaluate my choices and understand people’s perceptions and insinuations. The post…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Sunset 2
I got this shot on our visit back from the Ranthambore National Park, off a moving jeep. The picture is a bit hazy, but it was too amazing a shot to throw away. I love the tree silhouette that blocks the setting sun, accentuating it further, making the picture looks magical. What do you think?
Weekly Photo Challenge: Sunset
The setting sun, is a sad goodbye to times well spent, journeys throughly enjoyed and a live well lived. As a photographer, it’s probably nature’s perfect pose for the camera, but in my mind’s eye, it’s a time for reminiscence. For whatever its worth, good or bad, the faces of life and love teach us a new lesson every…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Fall 2
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We Don’t get any snowfall in India, we don’t have an autumn of fall to talk about.[…]
Weekly Photo Challenge: Fall
It has been a difficult time in our country for a while now, and the past few months have been plagued by not just natural disasters but also several man-made acts of destruction. While we were away, Russia and Czech Republic also suffered loss young of sporting talents in the ill-fated Moscow air crash that wiped…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Faces
Meet Vladimir Pinta, a 78-year old Bohemian street musician I had the pleasure to see perform at the old town square at Prague City, Czech Republic. He sings along a taped version, with an over powering and strong voice, and plays two types of trumpets to complete his performance. Will try to put up the video someway, but the…
Snapshots of my World 