In Mumbai Local trains, you can pull the chain to raise an alarm at the train stops at the next closest railway station. As simple as this seems, it most often than never doesn’t work. Initially people would pull it just out of curiosity to check if the system works, so how such meaningless acts are…
Tag: PostADay2012
Untuned Melodies
If you enjoy playing musical instruments, then you would know the possessiveness and care required to keep them prim and proper. This is my brother changing the strings on his guitar, and me bothering him with my camera!
National Youth Day
The 12th of January, the birthday of Swami Vivekananda, is observed as National Youth Day in India. I studied in a college named after the noble thinker, and so the event calls for a large-scale celebration. The Vivekananda Rock Memorial situated at Kanyakumari, is where he meditated until his last breath is one of the most peaceful…
Honest Gratitude
These is something about roses that warms up the heart. I do think that the concept of red roses is overrated, but when you get the right hues on the flowers on a gracious occassion makes it worthwhile. These were gifted to my mother by an admirer of hers, and it felt nice that she…
Soaring Aimlessly
Do you ever think that you are aimlessly sleepwalking through life? Sometimes a soaring flight may not always have a direction, but it can be elegant and effortless, nonetheless.
A Candle In The Wind
Its been 23 years since my father passed away, and as children, we have grown through phases of realization with difficulty. From being a 3-year-old child who didn’t understand what it meant to be orphaned, to being a full-grown married young woman, I now know the full extent of how my mother survived. It wasn’t…
Silent Sundays: Expressions
Time for another Silent Sunday! Every week, I’ll put up a picture that would ask you, my dear visitor, to give me a perspective instead. Feel free to drop in a line about the picture. Wish you a great new week ahead!
The Winds Of Change
Welcome to the first Indian festival of 2012. India is an agricultural and religious nation, and the year starts with Makar Sankranti, or Pongal for us in Tamil Nadu. Makar is the Sanskrit variant of Capricorn, and thus the celebration marks transition of the Sun from Sagittarius to Capricorn. For us Pongal marks the first harvest of the year. We worship…
Prayers For Peace
This is a Lakshmi-Narayan temple located just outside Dadar station, I wanted to capture it for a while now, but better late than never, right?
Puppy Doy Eyed Kitty!
I have been an Antonio Banderas fan since I first saw the Mask of Zorro. And as the voice of Puss in Boots in the Shek film franchise, I fell for the little kitty with puppy dog eyes as well! While Puss in Boots gets a film of its own, I get a kitty cat…
Snapshots of my World 