This is my family…every one, including the deceased and the extended ones! The opening image was shot the day entered holy matrimony. Tho other two couples are my parents, and my brother and his beautiful wife. The big family picture is that of my in-laws. Needless to say, I love each of them in my own…
Category: Trivia
Thank You For Our Daily Bread!
Goddess Annapoorna is said to be the Goddess of Food. She bestows us with good, clean and palatable food, and we can never thank her enough for that. If you observe closely, she holds a ladle in her hand to treat you to sumptuous food!
The World is A Playground
The best part about being a child is that you are expected to be childish and childlike. Playing is an activity that your life actually depended on. Today, when I see a playground with kids having fun, I have my pangs of jealousy and longing. Not that I can’t go down a slide, the problem…
The Prodigal Daughter
Today is the 97th birth anniversary of Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi, the sole heir of the first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. She was the first Female Prime Minister in India and second in the world. She held the place longer than any of her female contemporaries in the world (three terms between 1966 and 77…
Alma Mater
College is the best time of anyone’s life. Although life doesn’t turn out the way we plan out, college is the time that we plan our future and enjoy our present at the same time. Its all about being kids and an adult at the same time. Here’s a toast to all the learning, growing…
Happy Children’s Day!
India celebrates the birthday the first Prime Minister of India post independence, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. Chacha Nehru as he was fondly called, loved children a lot. And every year, kids below 14 years of age usually enjoy special treatment pan India. And what better way to bring out the child in you, but with chocolates!…
300 Posts: Time to Go Crazy!
I can’t believe I managed to come this far! As a writer, and a person looking out to keep a hobby alive, I am amazed that I managed to actually take 300 photos that were different, and I could put my point of view across. And growing up as a person, a writer, a blogger, and…
Rang Heena Likhna
Mehandi, or Heena as it is called forms an integral part of all auspicious ceremonies. One look at the pattern, and you can figure out what is the occasion and which Indian region the lady belongs to; South Indian patters are more geometric in designs, while that in western India spots human figures. The patterns up north seems to have a more…
Coloring with Powder
Rangolies are an integral part of Diwali celebrations. Every house sports these colored powder patterns at their door steps, accentuated with diyas and lamps. This one isn’t mine, but a pattern I saw in front of one of the houses. Pretty neat, isn’t it?
Weekly Photo Challenge: Hidden
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?
Snapshots of my World 