All Things Considered

‘All Things Considered’  got itself a new home.
The website is barely set-up, but the blog is migrated and mostly functional. Well, I don’t know anything that is broken badly. But usually something is. So I’ll fix as and when I figure.  Will switch the permalinks to the date/name based format once I get it working. You’ll tell me […]

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As I sat making plans on life galore,
It slowly creeps up on me once more and whispers ‘Hello’.
I wondered on the years I’ve been allotted by chance,
I guess I’m done with about three-eighth of the dance.
And all these years I’ve done many things
Through yearning and learning, I’ve acquired many wings.
But it is of the years that remain […]

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The old order changeth , making way for new.
Time for more travels, more writing, more reading, more photography, more mindless stuff. The much awaited sabbatical is finally here. yay! [Does cartwheel]

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Chartres, which boasts a mag-ni-fi-cient cathedral, was enduring a hot time the day I got there. And then out of nowhere there is a breeze and before I know it a few clouds materialize in the afternoon and cools the entire place ! I run for cover to what happens to be a painter’s studio.  We talk […]

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Sometimes it makes you wonder how some people who have so very little have a huge cheer on their faces. One would think that the daily expression of unmet basic needs is dismay, not cheer.
He lives in one those many shacks that line the pavements near Marina beach. All that there is for a home […]

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The much-awaited NatGeo Atlas 8th edition has finally arrived :) besides a laptop, Ipod nano,  and the mouth-watering Altoids Orange sours !!
I almost feel like a pirate now with all the loot - Darling is the brother who just does’nt mind being plundered :)
An ultra-portable laptop, some music on the move, a few maps.. The signs are all here.. :)

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99kjFdLFjH4
Sheer magic being woven…

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Here is the route map for the 21-stage , 3500 kms TdF 2008 that runs from July5th to July27th. 3500 f-kms (freaking kilometers) in 21days - There is no limit to what a human being with grit, determination & self-discipline can do, is there ?

Also, here is the 3D version of Parcours de Tour (Race preview) that came out […]

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Now this is what I call wisdom :-)

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to the bone. After a long time. Back at home. Sipping tea & reading a book - with Bach playing in the background. All on a weekday. Unadulterated bliss..

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which is photographing children. Been on this trip for the past couple of months now.. Not only are they natural subjects, but willing ones at that ! I finally get to escape the dirty glances and the stealth shots ;) , besides having a whale of a time !

The only flip side is that the minute these tots […]

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Of all the foolishness & deceit that goes on in this world, this ‘cognitive’ fraud called weather forecast is probably the biggest. The ‘forecast’ seems to be more or less the same as how the weather was today. And naturally, exactly the opposite of how that ‘tomorrow’ pans out.

A friend calls from Switzerland to tell me […]

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Had been on a 4-day trip to Gokarna beginning of the month. Here is my postcard picture of Gokarna beach from the trip :) 

The Gokarna beach is’nt even half as serene as it might seem. Beaches ,with all the litter around, were a total put-off. However, there are miles & miles to wander around the cliffs & […]

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H2G2 has been crossing my life a little too frequently..
As I was thinking if I shoud retire the long black scarf that has been with me for each everyday for three years now through slush, rains, heat, traffic, dust, travels, trains & airplanes, functioning in various capacities (towel, beach spread, dupatta, blanket for train journeys..), I thought […]

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