Life is full of poignant silences where one must contemplate why there is so much beauty surrounded by so much death.
Thursday, May 06, 2021
Sunday, November 06, 2016
The Blue Tractor
Thursday, July 28, 2016
Imperfections....
This flower is not perfect. If I wanted to capture a beautiful lotus flower, I probably would not have chosen this flower...
It's petals were drying and dropping off, it had spots on the newer petals and even the leaf looked old, aged, wizened by veins...
Yet, this flower drew me to it. Faced with a pond full of flowers, it was only after returning from my trip did I realise that I had photos of only this flower...
It was then I realised that it's very
imperfections had captivated me...
We humans are marred by imperfections.
Maybe that is why the ancient Vedic verse talks about ......
असतोमा सद्गमय ।
तमसोमा ज्योतिर् गमय ।
मृत्योर्मामृतं गमय ॥
asato mā sadgamaya
tamasomā jyotir gamaya
mrityormāamritam gamaya
From ignorance, lead me to truth;
From darkness, lead me to light;
From death, lead me to immortality
The verse is almost saying lead me from imperfection to a perfect self....
However, is being imperfect such a bad
thing, don't our scars and wounds define us, and make us who we are...
Yes, striving towards perfection is a
beautiful goal, but until that utopia is reached, we should understand and
accept our imperfections...
Monday, May 23, 2016
Sunday, April 03, 2016
Life imitates Art...
Flowers placed randomly at the feet of the Lord, what can be more beautiful than this...
Offerings at the Kaliamma Temple, Singapore
Life Imitates Art
Thursday, March 03, 2016
Thursday, September 24, 2015
Sunday, September 20, 2015
Porsche 911 Turbo S
Today was a lucky day, my nephew, Sean Parmeshwar acquired the iconic Porsche 911 Turbo S, and I spent a part of the morning, shooting it with my new lens, the new Canon wide-angle 10-18 mm IS.
Here are some pics of the car 
Monday, September 14, 2015
Monochromatic�..
Nature has the most beautiful colours and art always imitates nature 
In response to The Daily Post's weekly photo challenge: "Monochromatic."
Sunday, August 30, 2015
Saluting our Sentinels.....
Lots of times, all of us post so many interesting and exciting things in our blogs, however, very few posts make ones heart swell with pride and give us goose bumps....
This video, of the Indian Armed Forces, will make every Indian stand up and salute our Sentinels �
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Lotus of countless petals...
Say not, "I have found the truth," but rather, "I have found a truth."
Say not, "I have found the path of the soul." Say rather, "I have met the soul walking upon my path."
For the soul walks upon all paths.
The soul walks not upon a line, neither does it grow like a reed.
The soul unfolds itself like a lotus of countless petals.
Khalil Gibran
Grave injustice..
ashes to ashes,
dust to dust,
earth to earth�..
while one hears these lines in a lot of movies, especially in scenes involving a burial, it was interesting to see a perverse example of the same at Lodhi Garden. Situated in a hidden alcove, were these long forgotten graves. This tree was growing out of a forgotten grave / tomb in the park. Gives a whole new meaning to the term "pushing up daisies".
Why are humans fascinated with death? After clicking these photographs this morning, I did a short internet study on the subject ... and found this link of 10 bizarre death rituals...
Why have we invented rituals to deal with this inevitable fact of life. As someone once said, "Life is a terminal illness".
One of the ways humans deal with death is by burying the dead, be it in simple earthen graves, or something as elaborate as the Taj Mahal although, as someone aptly said" tombs are for the living, the dead do not care about them"... or "do we really need stone markers, when we leave so many memories behind".....
In response to The Daily Post's weekly photo challenge: "Creepy."Wednesday, August 12, 2015
Saturday, August 08, 2015
Sunday, August 02, 2015
Lime Butterfly @ Bannerghatta
It was a beautiful March morning and a few friends and me set out to visit the Butterfly Park at Bannerghatta, in the outskirts of Bangalore.
Being rather early, we were able to get the butterflies before they become too active. We saw lots of Lime Butterflies (Papilio demoleus) They were busy feeding on Ixora coccinea flowers (also known as jungle geranium, flame of the woods or jungle flame).
In response to The Daily Post's weekly photo challenge: "Close Up."
Wednesday, July 01, 2015
Uncertain. Alone. Cratered by imperfections
The moon is a loyal companion.
It never leaves. Its always there, watching, steadfast, knowing us in our light and dark moments, changing forever just as we do. Every day its a different version of itself. Sometimes weak and wan, sometimes strong and full of light. The moon understands what it means to be human.
Uncertain. Alone. Cratered by imperfections.
Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me
Came across this beautiful quote and had to share it with last nights moon capture�
Friday, June 19, 2015
Sunny Tulips
Bangalore has been having very morose weather off late, and what better way to beat the cloudy days, than to imagine sunny skies and Yellow Tulips 
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
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