Landscapes on the path of a film maker

Kaneri caves

2009-06-11T15:40:00.002+05:30

An experiment in Multiple Exposure

2007-05-20T12:32:00.001+05:30

Last night and today morning i took photos of same place around my building and overlayed it in photoshop... to create following 3 super imposed images

a fine morning watching birds

2007-05-20T11:03:00.000+05:30

kids at the beach....busy playing with sand...

2007-05-17T22:11:00.000+05:30

A days catch...

2007-05-17T21:52:00.000+05:30

Self Portraits

2007-05-15T13:09:00.000+05:30

Close encounter with yellow corn......

2007-05-02T09:25:00.000+05:30

Landscapes with a spalsh of color....

2007-05-01T09:23:00.000+05:30

An evening at bandstand....

2007-05-01T09:03:00.000+05:30

Girl in a train

2007-04-25T14:33:00.000+05:30

gods own people from gods own country

2007-04-21T23:11:00.000+05:30

land and waterscapes from gods own country

2007-04-21T22:32:00.000+05:30

row row row the plane ...... gently above the clouds....

2007-04-18T17:39:00.000+05:30

Garden of silky clouds

2007-04-18T17:25:00.000+05:30

shades on an ornated table

2007-04-15T13:17:00.000+05:30

a girl in saree......

2007-04-10T10:24:00.000+05:30

endless wait............

2007-03-31T01:46:00.000+05:30

smile of innocence...... or innocence or smile??

2007-03-31T01:09:00.000+05:30

a warm evening at versova beach.....

2007-03-30T23:52:00.000+05:30

on a desaturated sunny day.......

2007-03-30T23:41:00.000+05:30

Portraits & Portfolios

2007-03-24T21:38:00.000+05:30

a dead tree and a tramp

2007-03-24T20:55:00.000+05:30

Silhouette of a dead tree
& a tramp woman taking shelter in an abandoned car

on a fine sunday morning at juhu beach

2007-03-17T01:32:00.000+05:30

madhouse is modeling

2007-03-17T01:04:00.000+05:30

she is madhouse and

she loves to be in front of camera

Room [ates] with a view.....

2007-02-13T22:22:00.000+05:30

Many a people live with roommates,
Some get along well some wont….
Fortunately sometimes you end up finding people
Whom you would have great time to live with.

He rubbed his eyes as he cried
He sure screamed loud n long
His shirt socked with tears
No one knew how difficult it was for him
To keep smiling inside……
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He pulled his ears and made faces
He tried hard to make sure the lil baby laughs
But the more he tried
The more louder the baby cried….

The portrait of humanity……

2007-02-03T21:36:00.000+05:30

As I travel …. I meet many people….
They all are different……
But somewhere something connects all of them
Maybe that’s the soul as we call it……..

Every morning he got up early….
Cleaned his rickshaw and got it ready
For that’s the companion he had
Whom he spend his entire day with
Whom he talked to when no one was around
Whom he loved more than anyone else….
For he didn’t know any other way to live..

If he is not riding his rickshaw…………
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Sack full of peanuts he brought
And got it home from the market
He salted n roasted them good
In his dimly lit shack
For he has to get them ready
To sell them for his existence…..

The old man stayed in his small shack
All day long he sold cigarettes and tobacco
He didn’t care whom he sold
Neither what damage they gonna have
All he wanted was to spend his whole day
As he feared to go home to his monster wife
Who beats the skin out of him every night..

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He loved to hold freshly washed cloths
Close to his body and smell them
More than that what he wanted
To smell those ladies who wears
Those very cloths he irons for them….

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Immediacy of divinity…….

2007-02-03T21:14:00.000+05:30

I was always fascinated by candles whenever I visit a church
Couple of pics from my last visit

Candle light candle bright…….
I light you with all my faith
Burn bright burn right
And make my wishes come true

United the candles stood
Their flames burning together
As the heat grew and wax melted
They glowed brighter……
Radiating all the energy they had
Before they reached their certain end…

scenes from a long trip....

2007-01-29T23:38:00.000+05:30

More than the miles traveled, For those who wise enough to keep eyes and ears open, each journey brings us knowledge from what we see, acknowledge and understand.. What is left with us will be few memories… which is lasts forever…….. to remember n cherish….

Further he went it…
The harder it was for him,
To escape from the old man,
It was too late when he realized That he was the victim…….. ---

Schools of fish waiting for them,
But what guided them forward,
Was not something that they teach in schools?
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The inverse of the reflected world
is the perception of our reality
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the sweetness of the honey
or the contentment of the mating
or the certain death waiting
can account for the beauty of her wings.
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The cold crawled from all the directions
eating its way into the heart of the heat,
where he waited silently but determined.
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They spread their wings n flew as fast as they can
The winter was fast approaching…
The chill was already hitting their warm feathers
But still too early to say if they will reach their destination….
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Any moment now
the clones could rip apart
their mask of innocence
and unleash their invasion
- [my sweet nephews]

On a tricolourd day…….

2007-01-27T07:01:00.000+05:30

One more republic day ....
One more reason to remember......
Those who once fought a brave war....

Once upon a time…..
Tricolour used to wave in all its glory
Then they stole white from it and made a peoples party
When it couldn’t help us they stole green
Years later it was the turn of saffron
We hope one day we would get back
Our tricolour the way it was once..
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As we rush towards a century of being independent
And being proud of multinational investments
And multi brand super malls
And multi state populace living in metros
What holds us together is a sense of being united
Under the multi colour of our national flag
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Witnessing a mass momentum…

2007-01-26T11:23:00.000+05:30

Around 42 kilometers in about more than 2 hrs.......
but running a marathon is much more than that

Daddy, daddy he said
“Grrrr this Tiger won’t get tired”
With that he increased the speed of his walk
Following his father who smiled
Feeling so proud about his offspring…..
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Right from the start he had a feeling
She’s the one going to win this year
He made sure to keep her in focus
All throughout the race
But what he missed behind his back
Cost him his job and more…
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The girls walked their walk ….
The way they do it everyday
The way they want it everyday
Not bothered if everyone wanted to run that day
For some cause that didn’t bother……
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The great king fought his battle brave
He took great care of the people in his country
When his time came he had to leave this world

When centuries changed and people changed
His memories remained only as name plates
But someone had to bring him back from the dead
To make us realize that once upon a time
He was there to care about us…

In the shadow of a sacred place

2007-01-26T10:51:00.000+05:30

Last time I was traveling I went to this church in kerala….
Loved to frame a couple of things I found there…

They came from far and away
To light the flames all around the holy place
They prayed and left happy and fulfilled….
But for the caretaker it was a mess
Which he had to clean everyday….
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The cross stood tall on top of the hill
Casting its shadow over the village
The people there was no longer scared
As they felt there is someone to protect them……
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yet another replubic day for our great country

2007-01-25T08:51:00.000+05:30

The other day i was standing on roadside trying to capture the spirit of india..
as our republic day was comming close.....

my salute for our great countrty

The heat of the sun was hardhitting,
The pollution in the road was suffocating
The noise of the vehicles was deafening
Yet he stood there trying to sell our national flag
For all those who cared to spend 2 rupees
To show that they care about our India
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“2 rupees” he said “2 rupees”
That’s what I told you to sell each flag for
Even if you sell all these for 2 rupees
That wont get us enough money
To last us for 2 days…..
She kept staring at him silently……
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A walk in Juhu beach on a nice January evening…..

2007-01-19T22:39:00.000+05:30

The soothing blue waves rippling ,
salty sea breeze flowing towards face,
people around…. the smell........
Wonder what makes it so refreshing an experience…….

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There she waited long till the shadows grew long,
........expecting them to return…..
but not knowing what could have happened out there….
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As usual they took tommy and tony for their walk……
which they always loved ….
Because that was the only time they could get their neighboring bitch…..
All for themselves…
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They worked hard the whole day to find the gold which was never there….
What they were left with was the shallow pit
which laid there as a silent memory of their effort……..
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The sun went down steady n slow,
radiating its warmth and
socking the people in the golden glow, comforting them……
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He ran as fast as he could.......,
only if he could reach the paramedic on time
and bring him back to his dear friend……….
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The kid begged silently and helplessly,
but the only voice he could hear was
the melodious sound from his phone …..
and the plane roaring above his head
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He smiled as he made fresh masala peanuts,
a few more months was hard work
was enough to buy a blanket for his poor mother…
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There she stood carrying the burden of the empty stomach
of the three young ones she had at home….
Only strength she felt was from the faith
which was beyond the cross she was wearing….

Memoirs of a train journey part 2

2007-01-19T19:19:00.000+05:30

some more glimpses from my journey which I could capture

He felt home in the pantry,
while the train ran from station to station
carrying hundreds of people,
he always got their breakfast, lunch, snacks and dinner on time….
While others took rest he made sure to wipe all the dirt clean.
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In the scotching summer heat….
The train stopped, he was getting late for his work…
all he could do was to stand with his eyes locked
on the signal waiting for it to turn green.
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As they sat there on the bench,
the call came rather unexpected…..
He managed to hold all the courage, as he kept listening…….
even though his brother couldn’t control his tears
hearing that news which broke their heart…..
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He waited all afternoon for that long distance train to arrive….
The golden fried snacks he made was getting soggy,
he couldn’t curse anyone else that
he couldn’t sell it enough to feed his children that night…..

Memoirs of a train journey

2007-01-19T12:35:00.000+05:30

Presenting to you some glimpses from my last journey down south
which I could capture ....... forever

The landscape fast forwarded doing its ritual dance
on the other side of the window,
but on this side the old man was busy
finding the clue to the puzzle which bothered him for so long…..
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The lone tree didn’t have any complaints;
he stood tall in there and took care of
all who came to him in need,
until the final one came with an axe…..
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He didn’t mind spending hours
adding thousands of stones to make eye-catching chains
nor killing innocent squirrels and stuffing them…….
All he really wanted was to an excuse to meet and talk
to travellers from far who goes through his village…….
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Fruits were ripe and inviting,
all he wanted was to stuff his hungry tummy,
but he didn’t realize someone was waiting to stuff him forever…
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