Sunday, August 31, 2008

Aimlessly walking around on the weekend, 30-08-08

A few things (^) u usually dont pay attention to in Mumbai. Had to dip the exposure, a couple of clicks, to prevent the signboards and the roof of the building from coming in the frame.




the song in my head, "I walk the lonely streets on the boulevard of "Mumbai" dreams..."

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

I luv this day!!!

drunk and back ... :D been a while ...has'nt it :D
celebrating with a couple of shots of glenfiddich in my system and I have reached my "happy place" ........one of the best days in a while....
an awesome performance appraisal, rated among the top of the group, amma finally agreeing to letting me buy a car (hopeful still), entering the top 10 list in Accenture F1 teams, India winning the Asia cup (Affy later corrected me... so it was the Idea cup...who really cares... :) :) hic), I planning to join a gym... anymore of "wow" situations I just might aswell start believing in god... :) :)

Monday, August 11, 2008

Manor, 09-08-08

old friends, unlimited tandoori chicken with beer and pouring rain...that's the best way I could describe my weekend!!!

Travelling to Manor ("ma","noar"), might have been the worst journeys I have been on over the last 2 year. The potholed NH8 highway kept bringing back the disgusting question "Is this why I paid an additional 50K tax this year???."

But the destination was well worth the trip... Manor is a tiny village on the way to Ahmedabad, about 130km from Mumbai. There ain't much to see there...so if u ever go down there...don't bother to look fr some thing exciting... just walk around the village, and let your eye feast on the green around you...

opps..all b/w pics...damit..I am sorry :P

Sunday, August 03, 2008

Old Mumbai, 04-08-08

This weekend, I spent wandering around the Muslim populated areas of Mumbai. The regions around Mohamed Ali Road, have some of the oldest buildings and its absolutely lovely feeling when u walk into them. The winding wooden staircase, the cobwebs, the huge meter boards and the dim lighting, all add to the charm.


Saturday, August 02, 2008

a window in the fort


This pic means a lot to me...

in a nut shell, it defines the new India...

To a serious photographer, it may be full of flaws (the yellow tarpaulin in particular and the composition in general :) )

But to me, it shows the determination... As small a symbol as it may be, its a symbol of a new emergent India... a desire to change, to break the chains (the barb wires in the pic)...a country selectively and slowly, shedding its past to define a new way...

It maybe be a tiny step into making a difference (some may argue that I am reading too much into the pic)...but little drops of water make up an ocean ....don't they?
PS: I was a little "happy" when I wrote this...needless to say I guess :P