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About the picture: The picture is a bit grainy as the lens range isn’t that great. I got this picture the night of Eid, a day before Ganesh Chathurthi. I have a fascination with the moon, too bad I didn’t own a camera at the super moon, but that doesn’t dampen my spirits 🙂
Any Ganesha Idol you notice the god has one broken tusk and a mouse tucked in somewhere. The mouse is Ganesha’s wahan, or his means of transportation […]
Lord Ganesha is the son of Goddess Parvati and lord Shiva, although Parvati didn’t conceive him in her womb. Legend goes that Shiva was out on his penance when Parvati had to go for a bath. With no one to guard the door, she decided to create a boy from sandal paste off her own body. She breathed life into the boy and instructed him that no one should enter inside till she was […]
Today starts the celebration of the 10 day festivities of Ganesh Chaturthi which is celebrated with pomp and zest all across the state of Maharashta in India. Back in Tamil Nadu, it it is a single day affair, with preparation of Modak (a steamed sweet dumpling made with rice flour skin with coconut and jaggery filling). The festival was first started as a…
The Independence Day celebration in India is observed as a national festival, and marks the beginning of the cultural festivities across communities in India. It starts with Narali pournima on the full moon night, avaniavatam, Raksha Bandhan, Janmashtami, and today the country celebrates Eid-ul-Fitr along with the entire world. As I understand, it means in Arabic means festivities that follow after breaking of…
Mogra, popularly known as Jasminum sambac a variant of the jasmine flower native to South and Southeast Asia is usually knotted in a sting and usually worn by women on their hair. It is a symbol of a woman who is happily married. Usually widowed or divorced women wearing flowers on their hair is frowned…
Mumbai seems to be slowly become a landscape filled with bridges. Most often than never, these long-standing half-constructed structures are a menace. May be God’s way of teaching us patience is a virtue, for once they are ready to use, life with get a lot more convenient when travelling. Meanwhile, let the work continue after the break good…
While I don’t really fancy a lot of sweets, but chocolates I simply can’t resist. This is the best Dutch Truffle we get around my office, and I don’t know why but I am craving to have a pastry today. Being a Sunday…
I love Mynahs, they are few birds that flock in pairs. I was strolling down my mothers building, when I spotted a lone birdy sitting all by itself on the parapet outside…
Crows are a very regular fixture in our lives, considering that the ravens usually have a lot of garbage to eat through. When I was growing up, I didn’t really think that they are rare, until I saw my Canadian cousin sister chasing
I found this little one sitting alone in the middle of a busy road, just waiting to be trampled over. However, Kitah (as we named her) couldn’t be mine to keep. After spending a day at my place, i had to make the difficult decision to give her up. But she was a natural poser….
Snapshots of my World 