Seva Sadan

Ananya Bangalore has always welcomed me to their programmes. A big thanks to Dr.Raghavendra. Here are a few clicks of mine at Seva Sadan. Meghna & Vandana are delight to watch!

Diwali Eve - office

The first time I tried a Strobe. Vivitar 3200A did not disappoint me!

Playing Clouds

Fathima Church, Gandhipuram.

Remember the Kamalhasan's movie " Oru Kaidhiyin Diary", where he comes out of the jail and dramatically pushes open the huge gates of a Church? If you do, Its Fathima church! My play ground, a meeting spot and my time-pass location. I would lay on the grass, look into the sky to see the painting of the day, the formation of clouds! An elephant's trunk, a horse's head, a bald man, back of a woman, a running rabbit, tail of a whale... clouds threw enough shapes for me to speculate. This made me create my own surreal world to enhance my creativity. As a Piscean I always love the abstract more than the concrete. Clouds... like water, fire, smoke and rain, this beauty has something new always. Like a finger print this is very unique every single time.

Maya. The smoke...

I have an inexplicable inclination towards this continuously volatile smoke. As a matter of fact, I love it.The sadhu's of Kasi with their chillum, smoking to glory. a coal engine train with its dust of smoke, a wanting heart waiting for an answer to her problems at the ram temple with the incense smoke adding comfort, a crying son on seeing his dad's funeral pyre smoke, bright eyes of a model brightened up with a smokey make up around the lashes.... Smoke has something for me every time I had a tryst with it. Confusion, indecisiveness, mayhem, change, rest, relaxation, new beginning, serene, and attractive - all inclusive in this captivating yet untouchable smoke.

Smoke is not just smoke, it has life in it. I like it.

Here is my rendition of exposing it! Let me know if you liked it!

The moon, my cleanser!

In my childhood days, whenever I was afraid of any of my mistakes or hurt my brother and or anything that I feel guilty of doing it, I would try to isolate myself from the deafening crowd, find a lonely place and hide myself. As days passed by, I would find some place that is dark, sit for sometime, contemplate, reprimand myself. This activity took a different angle , one day I when I was sitting in dark, the Moon emerged out of the dark blanket of clouds, I watched it in amazement. I felt it symbolizes that I am cleansed of my mistakes, my fear and now I am a new man. Today, I took my camera to my terrace and watched the moon, it didn't cleanse me. I silently watched it, "You are beyond redemption and salvation", heard a voice from somewhere... Is that you moon?!

Tried & Tested

A few tests proved to be okay. This taught a lot, would try some more with the lessons learnt as the platform.

7 - 8 pm Power cuts

Today's power cut was utilized to click my neighbor Deepti's pictures, just the candle light as source of light.