All Things Considered

Just as most Kathakali performances are, this one too was an act from Mahabharata -  The performance opened with the scene of the game of dice and concluded with the slaying of Dhruyodhana and Dhusshasana.
[The young man ,who played Shakuni, is deep in thoughts] Probably wondering what a dozen photographers might want in that small […]

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1/ BRTFF   After almost  a year of dormancy, BRTFF ,which is really a bunch of lazy cinephiles such as me,  twitches it’s muscles. Come and watch us laze around. You can read up on earlier ones here, here and here.
2/ This blog.   This is only just a mean trick […]

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A little girl on the street. [Old shot, did the BW conv today]

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[Earlier post from the the trip here] 
From foggy Wayanad we descend down to Calicut - the change in weather indicating the change in altitude quite perceptibly. By the time we arrive at Calicut, the sun is quite high in the sky. Indicates smouldering sand at the beach. Shade of a hotel room is a wiser option. Usually afternoons and […]

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The sun is fading away, that is the end of the day.
No brownie points for guessing what I’ve been listening to (too much), lately :-p
[Atop Hemakuta hill, Hampi]

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Picture yourself in a boat on a river,
With tangerine trees, and marmalade skies..
- Lennon/McCartney
Stop. Picture that first ;)

[Shot at Parassini, Kerala]
This is probably such a cliche of a shot, but invokes memories of that silent evening sunset along the river, followed by an almost-full-moon night. The river scene is quite nice when the moonlight falls […]

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A friend and I had been on a recent trip to Mangalore, Udupi/Malpe and we thought it was great fun! Until we recounted  that weekend a coupla days back during another trip ..

Here, a summary of events:
- Stuck in a horrible traffic jam near the Majestic Bus stand. We walked the last kilometer to the bus stand in all […]

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If you’ve been on an amazing trip, but yet lazy enough to write a trip report, what do you do ? You merely post a picture and tell yourself that you’ll come back and edit the post later with the trip account :D

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Like the age-defying stone carvings in the temples at Belur and Halebid, the Keshava temple at Somnathpur too stands testimony  to the exquisite stone work that flourished during the Hoysala times.
The Somnathpur temple (Side view)

What holds the temple up

 Intricate carvings

So there - The difference between specialization and super-specialization !

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You can plan and plan a weekend and, yet end up doing something totally different. What was originally meant to be a weekend in town to catch up on pending thoughts & things and a visit to Select turned into a trip outta town. Idle Friday nights, itchy feet, a friend ready to jump onto any […]

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[Shot on the train to Mysore - A trip made for visit the temple at Somnathpur ]
ISO 1600, very little light - Hence, as you can tell, too much noise in the image. But then, don’t children and noise always go together ? :-p (Pictures shot in a train)

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Yeah, yeah.

Books back in the shelf, Dvd/Cds back in some cover-if not its own, table dusted, clothes put out in the laundry bag, few clothes sent to Rakum, cheque books back in the drawer. Even a soapbar found it’s way back to the bathroom !  Some interesting things retrieved: A ‘lost’ copy of Candide, a lone […]

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We charmed the guard at Malpe port Sunday evening into let us through the already-closing gates of the port and hurried to the jetty to see the evening sun before those ominous clouds engulfed it. Saw the evening sun in all it’s glory amidst all the activity at the port. After about half an hour , just after the […]

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It is the festive season and it is idol-making all over the town.. Ganeshas idols of all shapes and sizes have invaded the streets - South Indian Ganesha, Mumbai Ganesha, Bengali Ganesha, modern Ganesha (The one posing with Dravid :) ) .
Had been to check out (and shoot) idol-making at the Bengali association. Much to […]

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I ,  with a few shutterbugs, had been to cover the Ganesha idol making at Bengali association and Pottery town. This is a little girl that Danny & I saw in one of Pottery town galis. Quite a heart stealer she was ! Beauty in the most unpredictable and unassuming of places..

Ganesha idol pictures in […]

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