Nainital is a pristine, beautiful and picturesque city at the foothills of Kumaon. It is also home to the highest altitude zoo in all of India. The city was brought to international limelight by Edward James “Jim” Corbett, British hunter, conservationist and naturalist, famous for slaying a large number of man-eating tigers and leopards in…
Green Without Envy
I discovered green apples out of pure curiosity, but I still don’t know if the red is better than its green step brother (it is cultivated as a hybrid fruit). However, I do know that it doesn’t oxidize as quickly as the red apple and its too tangy to eat all at one go. This…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Tiny 2
Well, she isn’t as tiny as she used to be, but she isn’t all grown up as of yet either. We call her Milli and she lives just where my husband works, so she helps me kill time as I wait on him. (Now, he joins me for the fun, so I love her more.)…
Versatile Blogger Award!
Long due as a post, I am quite humbled by the gesture of fellow blogger Cecelia Futch who passed on her VERSATILE BLOGGER AWARD to me. I am so touched and humbled that my handy work is worthy of that! Once again Cecelia, I extend my heartfelt appreciation. I have taken the picture off her…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Tiny
Although, it isn’t the prettiest thing in my collection, but it sure is the tiniest! I got it off the desk of a co-worker on a working Saturday. You can gauge its size considering that it has its base rested on the open end of a standard pencil-sharpener!
Life Free From Hinderances
||Vakratunda Mahakaaya Suryakoti Samaprabha|| ||Nirvighnam Kuru Mey Deva Sarva Kaaryeshu Sarvada|| It’s a Sanskrit slogan that is offered in prayer to Lord Ganesha. It translates as “Oh Lord with a curved trunk and a mighty body, who has the magnificence of a Million suns, I pray to you Oh Lord, keep all the actions I intend to do free from hindrances always!
Starry Starry Diet
This fruit is usually found with beach-side vendors who sell ber (Ziziphus mauritiana), imli (tamarind) and kairis (raw mangos). Looks beautiful when its all chopped and served!
Going Bananas!
Most of us love fruits, but are too finicky about liking them all. We don’t even taste the fruits we despise. Here is a small step which will make me at least taste fruits that please my eyes (and my lens too) to start with. Wish me Luck!
Weekly Photo Challenge: Red 4
If you are still wondering about the wind chime I posted for last week’s photo challenge, here is a closer look. And with that I end a very red week on my blog space too!
Weekly Photo Challenge: Red 3
The Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, or shoe-flower as we popularly call it here, is a beautiful evergreen flower. It is often offered along with prayers in a temple, generally to Lord Ganesha. The name shoe-flower thus is reminiscent of its purpose, to be placed at the feet of God.
Snapshots of my World 