Faces of India - 185

The shepherd desperately trying to keep his herd to one side of the road; it is no small road but the national highway NH4. They manage to slow down fast moving traffic successfully much to the irritation of the travelers. I use the opportunity to take some shots. 

Faces of India, a series through which I intend to portray the various characters of my country whom I met during my travels.

Beach Watching in Goa

A not so sunny sky, cool breeze sounds perfect for beach activities. But for those colorful umbrellas and parachute the sky would have looked dull.








While all were relaxing there was somebody keeping a watch. Several life guards sat alert for the safety of beach goers. ‘What a wonderful job they are having!’ I thought. Sit and watch the beach whole time and do the noble deed of rescuing

Jessant Valley Holiday Homes, Goa

The weekend at Goa was made memorable by the hospitable staff at Jesant Valley Holiday Homes. I stayed there with my family (4 members), the two rooms we got had ideal yet contrasting balcony views. While one was pool facing the other balcony opened to the beautiful green Jesant valley. I spent some quality time here in the mornings, doing pranayams, breathing in fresh air. I couldn’t believe

Faces of India - 184

One of the residents of Athangudi mansion in Chettinad, he showed us around the huge mansion. Times have changed and survival along with maintenance of the huge mansion with not enough grants from the government is becoming difficult – he said. He sounded very worried.
 

Faces of India, a series
through which I intend to portray the various characters of my country
whom I met during my

Road Trip To Goa in Car

This Diwali will be celebrated in Goa!

We are doing a road trip to Goa in car, a distance of 556km from Bangalore. Google has timed this distance as 9hrs and we are hoping not to exceed this. This will be the first time we will be doing such a long stretch in one go, may be halt for some time to catch a bite. The road conditions are good for more than 95% of the distance we are told and hoping

Chettinad Festival

During my visit to Chettinad I witnessed their ‘Sevvai Perum Tiruvizha (Tuesday big fair)’ festival. How different it was! Big sized terracotta models of horses and cows, freshly painted and decorated with flowers were lined up and worshiped.

Cows are worshiped, that is understandable because they are considered holy! But I witnessed horses being worshiped for the first time.







There is an

Diwali - A Time For Family

Diwali – the word is synonymous with lights, sweets and crackers! Most part of my childhood and teens’ diwali festival was celebrated at home with a good combination and overdose of all these ingredients. It was a bonus when cousins too dropped in. Couple of times I had burnt my fingers, totally ignorant of safety factors and also too enthusiastic about the whole thing. There was no concept of