filling the gap

Last one year was some what slow, quite and lazy.

Luckily I have some pics to cover up the holes and keep me reminded of the events and changes in my life.

Unfortunately, could not find all the pics.....will post, when I lay my hands on them.

Guess, the continuing adventure and companionship in my life started with my engagement.

from the trip down south...

Few shots from the wonderful trip to kerala, bangalore and mysore.

A view of "bharatapuzha" from the train.

Some pics from this festive season...

The rangoli...

Arts and Crafts

From the days when I used to draw...

An "Om" on a spray painted drwaing paper with beads glued in the pattern.

Saw this shiva illustration in a magazine. So recreated in a larger scale.

Dussehra Wishes !!!

Its been pending for so long now.

Better late than never....

Happy Independence Day!!!

Its almost midnight.

Here's wishing you all a Very Happy Independence Day!

Wanted to make something in Photoshop. I had some idea in my mind. A scene. A path with people from all generations walking the direction of India and looking up to it. A magnifying glass on a part of the crowd reveal the presence of the famous personalities to whom we owe our freedom. The idea was to portray that their ideologies are still respected and they still reside in our hearts. It may not seem but still a huge part of our young generation feels strongly about our country and are patriotic at heart.

I browsed through the net for some good pictures of the legends like Gandhi ji, Sarojini Naidu. Got some but was not able to successfully implement it. I decided to go for something simpler. Ofcourse, the map of India stays. I added some joyous children with flags in their hands. Also added our national song "Vande Matram". Made two variations. And here they are.

First one. A simple card on blue background. Liked this one more over the second one.

And this is the second one.

Hope that they have come out well.

While browsing for the pics on the internet I came across a good link(http://www.jamd.com/search?text=Mahatma%20Gandhi) which had some good pictures related to Gandhi Ji. I did not explore the site fully but I feel it has more exciting things to offer.

Some captured moments

Ever since I got my Cannon PowerShot A570 IS, I have been clickin a lot of pics.

Here are few pics from my recent kerala trip.

This was a shot taken just outside a temple. The poor puppy was scared of heights and wanted somebody to get it down.

Finally when no one was left, it decided to jump by itself. It did and happily went away wagging its tail as a winner. Even a puppy can be a serious source of inspiration.

Shots of a family temple.

Like traffic is own to mumbai, a daily dose of power cut is own to kerala. And I kind of enjoy the darkness. The following shots of the lamp were taken one such nite during power cut.

Even a small source of light can give an unlit lamp some form.

Witnessing the first miracle

I never believed in any of the modern spiritual leader. I do admire their service to the society, but, being portrayed as god may be made me run away from them.

My sister and her in-laws are a big believer of Satya Sri Sai Baba. I had been to their place for the first time this vacation. There was a bhajan held. I too participated in it. I had watched my sister through the bhajan chanting a thousand baba names. I just wondered, what made her believe in baba. Was it just being influenced by her in-laws. I decided to ask her. That night, we sat chatting and not to sound so obvious, I casually asked her about her devotion. She said about her experiences and positive effects of baba on her. Its her choice whom to believe after all. I didn't want to argue with her on wether baba was indeed god or not. But not being easily convinced about the issue, i tried to take out topics on the the magics that these baba in general did. Like taking stuffs like "bhasma", "flowers" or "fruits" out of thin air. If they were so capable, I wondered why they did not feed the hungry, shelter the orphans?

She did not answer me. She said there are reasons.

Something to explore

Had downloaded some brushes.

Hope have been successful in using it.

recent creations...

Made for my month old nephew...The most adorable one.... "surya"

"Lonely night"

made while watching "Aahat". Kind of liked this one. There is so much peace in there. Wish I could be the one sitting over there. But on second thoughts i wonder how long i could just sit there alone. I would die if i had no one to talk to.

Vishu Kani

Vishu kani decorated by mum

kannan looking through vaal kannadi

Warm Diwali Wishes.....

on this Independence Day...............

This independence day taught me a lot...... I don't know if i had ever felt like this..

Being a member of the school band i had always participated during republic day and independence day parades....but once out of school i don't remember attending these functions.... For the first time after school i attended this year's independence day function in our society. I always felt that u don't need to always show the world what you feel....like..one can hardly find me praying at home . I usually visit the temple only on special occasions like birthdays or if its a festival. It does not mean that i have less belief in god...In fact i am a strong believer....its just that i don't like to show it...for me to pray i don't need to go to temple but i pray in my heart..and i do that often...this made some think that i am an atheist and i don't find a reason to change their view about me...it dint matter to me....But now it does..... and this 60th year taught me.

My father is a usual participant in these events...but this year he could not so he asked me to attend it