Chugging on ….
April 13, 2015why does black and white always look more moody, and more atmospheric than real vivid colours …
Tag: Photograph
The Calamurs
April 11, 2012My grandfather (dada) Calamur Mahadevan (1901 – 1962) – geologist, scientist, nationalist, feminist, father, husband, friend, teacher. Prinicipal at Andhra University. A man who educated his wife after their marriage, and insisted that she go out and work with the less…
The Shop around the Corner
August 24, 2011Near my office, the place where most shop for grains and pulses. Hypercity and Spencer are on a parallel road. where a different India shops. A road away, a world of difference. there is a long post somewhere in this short blurb..
The Thirty Day Project – Day 3
July 9, 2011And, the skies opened up and it poured. The mother joked “you deciding to make a list and sticking to it, is enough for it to rain like that” It began raining at some 3.30 in the morning – we live on…
Mumbai – Apollo Bunder
March 16, 2010A frame filled with History On the right is the “Gateway of India” – built to welcome King George the V – at the height of power of the British Raj. It also marked the point from which the last British troops…
The Boss Lady :)
March 26, 2009the dogess empress of large things. sometimes i wonder whether we get dogs as pets, or they get us as theirs 🙂 that look is enough for all of us to go down on our knees and swear every lasting fidelity, loyalty…
The Crow !
March 24, 2009and here is something surreal to go with it : Ted Hughes on why the Crow is Black futility 🙁 The Crow’s Fall When Crow was white he decided the sun was too white. He decided it glared much too whitely. He…
Cricket Love …..
March 17, 2009you understand the country’s love for cricket, when in a small village in Himachal – junga to be precise – on a cold winter’s morning, people use the school ground to play cricket. And, others watch on 🙂 It is possibly a…