Routines and Patterns

The last week has been a quiet restful week with a lot of laziness. The fatigue caught up after we returned and I spent a lot of time with my feet up. Didn’t get all my blog posts out but did get a lot of reading done.Saturday...

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Its a downer day!

Some days are just not great. All is well with the world and there’s good things happening around you but there’s just something, a little niggly-wiggly something that makes the day not great.Today is that kind of day for...

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Two Weeks on the Wedding Road

The last two weeks have been fun, I travelled, met some very interesting people and just had a ball. We photographed two weddings at two corners of India and each was so different.We started our journey with a quick trip...

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Pics of The Week

I've used this picture thrice but what can I say... I just love it...

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Pics of The Week

In the last two weeks I've seen some spectacular sunrises and sunsets on the road... Here's one Che captured...

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Who came first?

We humans take over every patch of earth we can find as if it belonged to us in the first place and when we mark areas as reserve forests and the like we see it as a favour we are doing to animals but is it so?Ok, disclaimer - Im really pissed at my neighbour and need to vent...Heres the story - Weve...

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Movie Review: Bol by Shoaib Mansoor

Bol is one of the movies I've watched recently and really enjoyed. This is one movie you must watch.Bol is the story of a family in Pakistan - a father, a mother, 7 daughters and a transsexual son. Through the story Shoaib...

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Why Authors Should Ask Readers for Reviews

A day after I wrote a post about asking people for what you want on Social Media, I finished reading Ginny Baird's 'The Sometime Bride'. Ginny's was the first ebook in 22 ebooks I've read until now to ask me to engage with her explicitly.Here's what Ginny wrote -A Note From the AuthorThanks for reading...

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Rama or Ravana - The Real Hero?

This picture says so much about perspectives. A few days ago I wrote about Mahabharata as seen by Draupadi; a woman's perspective to the epic war. It didn't change the key incidents but it definitely changed the way I perceived...

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Pics of the Week

I had fun shooting this one... Look carefully you can see my sneakers :D The location was amazing with a great night sky and painting the tent from inside with light was something I was trying for the first time.... A few...

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Pics of the Week

What do I like about this photo? Just the colours and randomness......

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Kovilpatti: My Own Malgudi

As a child Malgudi Days was my first exposure to the life in a village. The people R. K. Narayan described were colorful and fascinating. For the first time I started to see more to people than what met the eye. There was...

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Book Review: The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Title: The Palace of IllusionsAuthor: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Paperback: 360 pages Publisher: Doubleday (May 12th 2008) Genre: Mythology (Indian) Read: eBook Stars: ****/5 Summary: (GoodReads)A reimagining of the world-famous...

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My Last 8 Years in Blogging

I've completed a month of blog posts today and its a milestone for me. I been blogging since 2004 but sporadically. I've not been constant and regular ever. This time I'm proud to have stuck it out for a month. :) 2004 - 122005 - 422006 - 392007 - 62008 - 02009 - 182010 - 202011 - 12Looking at the number...

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