Thursday, December 27, 2012

Under Construction

A multi-storey housing complex coming up next door. They had brought down an 'old world' tiled house there. I regret not having a camera with me to capture the old structure for posterity.

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Tuesday, December 25, 2012

On the clothes line

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എന്റെ പ്ലാവ്‌ പൂക്കുന്നു (കട ചക്ക) My curry jack-fruit tree is flowering... 

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As clicked by Ma (below):

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Saturday, December 22, 2012

Caught the setting sun

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In fluke, from the auto rickshaw while returning from work yesterday. I was just trying to click and see if I could maintain my balance without really focussing on anything particular. Lucky Me!

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Sunday, December 16, 2012

Kochi Muziris Biennale/ Fort Kochi

Visited Fort Kochi yesterday afternoon with friends Sendhil, Raju and Raju's brother Nitin to see what Kochi Muziris Biennale is all about. We had been planning this kind of outing for a long while now and it just coincided with the Biennale.

Against the empty walls in the David Hall:

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with Sendhil

@ David Hall with Raju
with Raju

@ David Hall with Sendhil & Raju
It is a black wall for a change

@ David Hall
Books in the background

In the Parade Ground

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A fallen tree

On the walkway

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with artist Mrida Joshi

This is her website.


With Sendhil

With Raju

These photos are clicked by Raju, Sendhil and Nitin (who refused to face the camera) random order.

Saturday, December 08, 2012

Guilt


Guilt feeds on your innards

It is easy to forgive others

When they err

but tough to pacify your own soul

If you are the one who has erred.

Friday, December 07, 2012

It's a tightrope walk

Being aware of your limitations yet not letting them depress you or stop you from doing what you can takes effort.

After the coming of twitter and facebook single line posts have disappeared from blogs, otherwise I remember many popular bloggers posting single line thoughts or recommending something to read many times in a day.

The above thought came to me in the afternoon and as usual I saved it in my phone with the intention of copying in fb and twitter later. Then this idea struck me why not use the blog? I've always felt that a blog deserves respect and it shouldn't be used unless you've something substantial to say. So, I've posted this thought here just to fight my long held notion.

I'd started preparing the background for a longer post about how this thought sprouted and the vague experience behind it. Then said to myself "What the hell...".

Anyway, this has become a long post of respectable length for this blog.

Wednesday, December 05, 2012

Hand-Eye Coordination – My Experiments with the Camera

I have admired and envied sports-persons like Virender Sehwag and others who are said to have great hand-eye coordination that helps them bring magical charm to their game. For me let alone hand-eye coordination, my hands most of the time refuse to move on my wish. But, I do try to push myself once in a while I like to try something that feels though at the onset.

Trying to click photos is one of them, like I tried last weekend in the break between watching two films back to back in Saritha Theatre,  it helps the place is wheelchair friendly by default and I can reach all the three screens without being physically carried much.

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Da Thadiya - One of the most eagerly awaited X'mas releases

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Corridor leading to the theatre

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Apart from watching movies, I love to see the pics of forthcoming attractions while being in a theatre

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Being pushed to my seat

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Seats next to mine

Thanks Slogan Murugan for the idea of taking pictures of my weekly visits to the theatres.