Morning Routine-Chennai

One of our family time routine every morning was to complete a Sudoku...........

Morning Routine-Sudoku

Distorted Vision

Distorted Vision

Tagore House-Jorasanko-Kolkata

Tagore House in Kolkata where Robindranath Tagore (Thakur in Bengali)  grew-up. It is known as Jorasanko optionally Thakur Bari(house). It is a huge house which is now turned into a Museum. He had a very large family.

First picture is the original photograph I took. The other two are same photo, photoshoped.

Tagore House-Jorasanko(O)

Tagore House-Jorasanko(1)

Tagore House-Jorasanko(2)

Kanchanjunga from Darjeeling

Kanchanjunga is the third highest peak, after Mt. Everest, of the Himalayan range. It straddles the India-Nepal border. The best view of the peak is from Tiger Hill, Darjeeling. As the sun is rising the peak gets drenched in golden hue. Our long and winding trip to the hill before the sun-rise was entirely un-gainful. All days we spent there it was shrouded under dense cloud cover; except for the last day when we were departing late morning the peak decided to lift its veil. We were lucky enough to capture the unveiling in our camera. It is not the rising sun effect, but will do.

Kanchanjunga has been spelled variously. I chose the simplest spelling.

Kanchanjunga-Darjeeling

Tibetan Refugee Camp-Darjeeling, India

 We visited a Tibetan refugee camp in Darjeeling, India established by Indian government to house the persecuted.  They create artifacts and handicrafts to be sold in their own store. They continue to enjoy their own traditions and culture unhindered.

A resolute old woman at the camp. Wrinkles and grey hair tell it all. 

An Old Tibetan Woman

A bright eyed curious boy with the mother.

A Bright Eyed Boy

Working Class-India

I took some photographs during my recent visit to India. Not only subjects agreed to have their photographs taken, they posed for them. When I showed them their pictures, some nodded with an ear to ear grin, some shyly hid their faces.

Street Urchin-Mumbai

A Woman with a load-Mumbai

Street Sweeper-Chennai

Street Worker with a partner-Chennai

Two House Maids gossiping-Chennai