..पल भर जीवन, मेरा परिचय...

मिटटी का तन, मिटटी का मन,

पल भर जीवन, मेरा परिचय....

in every flickering moment dwells a story...

brush-strokes of flowing water

...when stones crossed the river!!!

shadow-play on the stream of life...

rustic smiles....

reflected glory...

the lonely road

Wow!.... Feast!!!

...almost home!

it's lonely at the top!

cycles of season... at XL - and anywhere else

together... in a shared dream

...immune from economic recession / financial meltdown

labour productivity... the weight of progress

..the baggages we love to carry, don't we?

games people play...

Oxford by night...

India's rural telecom market...

...like a ball of fire

barber on the road!

livelihoods..

that's my home!....

...islands in the stream

mandi..

woh subah kabhi to aayegi....

a plunge from clarity to ambiguity...

reading news about another planet...

Midas Touch...

School Time!!... in India

left behind!...

...end of another day

Cambridge in India...

...jyotirgamaya...

kaagaz ke phool...

Poor but Prosperous

...ripples on the water

..waking up in Connaught Place, New Delhi...

contemporaries...

anomie...

contours of planet Earth...

...or photography without a camera - thanks to Google Map & Screen-Shot capture...
[Click on the photographs to view them in larger version... recommended!]

stillness

...and twilight dripped from the shimmering sky

there's a world out there...

the feathered "capitalist"

India - by the roadside

underbelly of a metropolis...

Perhaps... one day...!

Mar-tyres of Indian Roads

So... where are we going?!?

...what a way to give a message!

the "real" free market...

Men's Beauty Saloon

Invasion

Descent

An Honourable Retreat

illusion...

those were the days...

the art of dhaba...

my friend... the sparrow

I guess, two of us share something existentially....

a reluctant admission..

Randomness... of life!

profiles of aging...

Nightscape of a gali

Resource Optimisation

a sort of life...

anticipation...

Globalisation... "American" "Choupsey" "Dosa" !

...about life and dying

Sentinals of a vanishing world...

...they flock together

GeNext India

the roadside "adda"

Devotees

How Not to Advertise

Frozen in History

Manufactured Landscapes...

Ash to ash... dust to dust..

... fade to black...



...but the memory remains

A Patchwork Life...

Are We...?

(Thanks, Ingrid!... for this)

Diplomatically Polite :)

Needless to say, I loved this sign outside the "smoking room" of Goa Airport :0)

Our Definition of "Aam Aadmi" / Common Person !!!?

Insomnia

Echoes....

Invisible... yet there!

The Swarm...

Layers... of Frozen Memories

Life on the Periphery

That's Me! :0)

At Peace with Oneself...

Morning Bath

Multitudes

It is amazing when you focus on the random multitudes; they acquire a life - an aura, a magic - of their own...

here are some I could capture:

Another Lost Childhood

Our Free Market Economoy

Togetherness

Life is like that....

Sketches & Paintings..

These are some of the other sketches & paintings, I had done.... long time back!... during '70s and '80s
(hopefully, one of these days, I will have time and energy to return to this part of my life as well... )


Yin & Yang

The Wanderer


The Shadow

The Link

The End

Search

Options

Life

Descent

Choices

...have played my innings

Wanderers in the Sky...

At the edge of infinity...

Search for Meaning

well, not really from "my lenses" - but from the scanner
A very old painting that I had made as an adolescent!

Dreamers...

...Excellence - Revisited

...Excellence Revisited! 

The Distance

The Distance! 

A World without Colours

A World without Colours 

The King has a Challenger

The King has a Challenger... 

Bringing Up Bitti

...and it has been a great fun so far! 

Breakfast Time!!

Breakfast Time!! 

Emergence from the Shadow World

Emergence from the Shadow-World 

...yet Another Anniversary!

...yet Another Anniversary! 

Life is Such a Serious Business!

Life is Such a Serious Business! 

He gazed into Technology... and got captured!!!

He gazed into Technology... and got captured!! 

Fury!

Fury! 

In the Land of the "Aam Aadmi"

In the Land of the Aam Aadmi 

At the Intersection of Parallel Worlds...

Presences... 

The Patriot & The Monkey

The Patriot & the Monkey 

A Birthday Collage.... of sorts

A Birthday Collage.... of sorts 

To SMS the God!!

To SMS the God! 

Rat Race of the Slow Crawling Kind

Crawling through the Rat Race 

Fencing Out the Ambigous

Fencing Out the Ambigous 

In the Land of Mowgli

In The Land of Mowgli 

...like the Etchings on Water

like the Etchings on Water 

Roadside Conversations

Roadside Conversations 

A Traditional Indian Family

A Traditional Indian Family 

The Shades We Are... The Shadows We Follow...

The Shades We Are... The Shadows We Follow... 

Misplaced Patriotism??

Misplaced Patriotism? 

Where Colgate meets "Champion Tyre Store"

Where Colgate meets "Champion Tyre Store" 

Drive Past the Rural Blur

Peaceful Coexistence

World from the Heights of Prosperity

Hills!!!....Ah! Far From The Maddening Crowd!

Contemporary India - In a Nutshell

Public Transport

The Wake and The Pyre

Grandeur of The Ancient

Anywhere in India

Life Beyond & My Next Door

Of Toil and Leisure

oh!... Just Another Sunset!

Reclaiming the Sky

Migration

Reminiscences of a Forgotten Past

Ugh!... Games These People Play

An Unending Wait

The Evening of Life

Intensity

Drops of Monsoon Rains...

The Eternal Requiem...

Religion on the Road

Religion on the Road 

Our Footpath Economy

Guarding the Sky

Generation Gap

Generation Gap 

Liquid Gold

Foundations of Prosperity

A Long Journey

A Long Journey 

The Pied Piper