Posted by gargi on 19 Jul 2008 | Tagged as: Photographs
it has been hectic since i got back. mostly meetings, but also being stuck in traffic. i think that in the last 20 odd days i must have atleast spent 48 hours stuck in traffic . and, while i am stuck in a place that is full of vehicles emitting god knows what, and [...]
Posted by gargi on 09 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: India, Photographs
The last time i went to the beach in Chennai was when I was in the 5th standard. That was seriously a long time ago.. It was a time when television was black and white, holidays meant native place, and a good film meant tickets in black
My chitti and chitappa - mother’s younger sister [...]
Posted by gargi on 09 May 2008 | Tagged as: Diary, India, Photographs
Sarah Vaughn in the classic Summertime, from Porgy & Bess.
Summer is here… and there is no escaping from the heat in Mumbai. In fact, Mumbai, with its heavy dose of humidity this year feels terribly like Chennai. And, since I am spending the latter part of this month in Chennai - for my patti’s [...]
Posted by gargi on 02 May 2008 | Tagged as: Photographs
Like most inhabitants of Mumbai, I too have a window garden. Every so often I go to Kalina and pick up plants at the nursery … and when the flowers grow, I move them to the house in Lonavala.
This is the one spot of greenery and colour in an otherwise concrete neighbourhood.
But, sometimes [...]
Posted by gargi on 14 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: India, Photographs
One of my favorite trees in Lonavala …
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Posted by gargi on 08 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: Photographs
And How… it is blazing hot in Mumbai, the hills look brown and gold with heat and the flowers are blooming
Aah for a bout of Megh Malhar now…..
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Posted by gargi on 31 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: Diary, Photographs
One of my photographs is used for the cover of the magazine/webazine Pragati. go over and check out the issue — it has some interesting perspectives on the last budget, especially the loan waiver.
The original is here.
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Posted by gargi on 18 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: Gender Issues, India, Photographs
Coca Cola meets kumkum - only in India…..
The red powder on the plate is kumkum - a powder that is traditionally a symbol of fertility. Married women in many parts of India use kumkum either as a round on their forehead or in the parting of their hair. traditionally,it is not worn by unmarried girls [...]
Posted by gargi on 21 Jun 2006 | Tagged as: Diary, India
From Dakshin Chitra on the first day we proceeded to Mahaballipuram -? I had been there as a child, almost 25 years ago. The first thing that strikes you is that? the roads are brilliant. Not a single bump or pot hole in the entire journey from Chennai. None of the suburbs of [...]
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