Connected

Connected

Prarthan

...handsomest member of my family.

Truly.

Prarthan

Christian Science Monitor Building-Boston

...lower wall of a side.

Christian Science Monitor Building

Fresco

I took a picture of the fresco of cow herder boys with their cow, similar to famous Paleolithic cave paintings found in Lascaux Caves in southwestern France, on the walls of Kingdom Hotel, Zimbabwe. The artist is unknown to me. 

I exaggerated the photograph of the painting with following result.

Fresco

Foto Frame

Foto Frame

Near & Far

Near & Far

Oceania

Oceania

Photogenic

Photogenic

Concentric

Concentric

Concentric-a

Moonbird

Fly me to the moon

Someone oh, someone

Please,

Fly me to the moon.

      ......charu

Moonbird

Racked

Ever feel that? 

I do.

Racked

Cape

Cape

Samovar

Samovar

Polar Vortices

Polar Vortices

Frayed

.......at the core 

Frayed

Parlour

Parlour

Lotus

in emerging new style...........

Lotus

Abstract

Abstract

Echelon

Echelon

Coveted, surely denied,

Residency within 

Inner sanctum 

Of inimitables

Invalidated,

I took refuge

Unto my circle 

Of inner me ’n myself 

Unlike Venn’s these

Sanctum and circle

Neither intersect

Nor they nestle.

Tiered yes, parallel

They will stand

 Tall and erect

Alone perhaps,

I am afforded

A sense of self

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Castle

 ...like hotel, the Kingdom

Castle...

Reeds

Early morning sun and breeze with undulating reeds created an enchanting pond scene behind the Kingdom Hotel, Zimbabwe

Reeds

Babushka

.....I never saw any of mine

                        not even in photographs.....!                                              

Babushka

Mazeical

Mazeical

Molten

......and dripping

Molten

Faberge

Easter it is not 

Egg without precious metal

Is my Faberge

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Faberge

News

News 

Decrepit yellow pages 

Shriveled up daily news 

Bound in historic

Tome of years yore 

I pick up

To give it

Once over by sheet 

Just to see 

Past disintegrate 

In my hands

charu

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News 

Kaushik Daughters

Kaushik Daughters

Rex

Town of Knysana in South Africa is situated at the confluence of Knysana Lagoon, also a river, and Indian Ocean. Tucked away among designers shops and seafood restaurants of the quaint town is a small hotel named Rex. It was so non-descript one could not find its marquee or the entrance from the street. We were surprised to see its interior. 

Here is a negative photograph of its hallway. 

K of Knysana is silent;  'Nice, na!'?

Rex

Woman

Woman

Refraction

Refraction

BirdHieroglyph

Photograph on its manipulation.

BirdHieroglyph

Stairway to Saturn

A friend gave me the name of the application I am using for the first time.

Stairway to Saturn

Sparkling Leaf

Sparkling Leaf

This morning when I looked out, my deck was strewn with withered leaves. A sign of coming fall season. Among all leaves only one shone. At closer look I found only that leaf was covered with morning dew.  

I am still scratching my head. 

No matter!

I took the picture. 

With some software modifications, here is the result.

Sailboat

Sailboat

A Bengali song by Rabindranath Tagore sung in beautiful voice of Nilofer Yasmin.

Roughly translated it speaks of lover anchoring his/her boat, a metaphor for life, at beloved's shores whom he/she needs in the face of sudden storms which the boat by itself is unable to weather.

আমি বাঁধিনু তোমার তীরে তরণী আমার

একাকী বাহিতে তাদে পারিনা যে আর তরণী আমার

আমি বাঁধিলো তোমার তীরে তরণী আমার

প্রভাতেনু  হিল্লোলে ভুলে দিয়েছিনু পাল তুলে

ভাবিনি সহসা হবে এমন আঁধার

আমি বাঁধিলো তোমার তীরে তরণী আমার

ঝড়েতে বাঁধন টুটে দিশাহারা এনুছুটে

তাই তোরী তব তটে লাগিল এবার

এখনো জাগেছে আজে তুলনা হয়  তব কাছে

রাখো এ ভাঙানায়ে চরণ  তোমার

আমি বাঁধিলো তোমার তীরে তরণী আমার

শব্দ এবং সংগীত: রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর 

স্বর : নীলফর য়াস্মিন 

Ballerinas

Ballerinas

We are no

Isadora of

Duncan name

Nor Agnes of 

de Mille fame

Just the stems with buds

Of garden greens

We bob we sway

Head above the rest

We play mime 

In gentle breeze

We put on airs with

Third Arabesques

Or spins of Pirouette

We fancy to make 

The perfect cuts

To stage The Nutcracker 

Among our peerage

Of garden foliage

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Resort Hotel-Aruba

Resort Hotel-Aruba

Framed

Framed

Stained Glass

Stained Glass

Planet-Proxima b Centauri

My rendering of imaginary planetary system. 

This is in honor of yesterday's news about NASA  scientists announcing new earth like planet spotted about 2.4 Light Years away. They christened it Proxima b- Centauri.  Such space related news thrill me. Regardless of its likeness and closest proximity to the Earth, I am not leaving my home for new habitat any time soon.

Planets

Grand Entry

Grand Entry

I need 

No sovereign

To curtsy

No suitors

To whirl waltz 

To the sounds of 

Blue Danube

None of diamonds

Pearls

Or sequins on

Stitched taffeta

To swirl

To twirl

Tresses with tiara

The neck of laces

Anon you will see me 

Descend curving steps

With soft smile 

Glint in eye

Quiet aplomb

For poise is 

Chosen adornment 

For my grand entry

charu

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Aquatic

Aquatic

Rickshaw-wala

Improvised photograph of a rickshaw driver taking a break from harsh sun on a Kolkata street-one of many Indianas (not the state in USA). 

It reminds me of an amusing old song from movie 'Chhoti Bahen'. 

'Wala' can be interpreted either as owner or operator.

Rickshaw-wala

Film: Chhoti Bahen Song(1959)

Starring: Nanda, Balraj Sahni, Shyama, Rehman, Mehmood, Shubha Khote, Sudesh Kumar, Dhumal, Badri Prasad,             Radhakrishan
Director: L.V. Prasad, 
Music: Shankar-Jaikishan
Singer: Mohammed Rafi

Synagogue-Calcutta

A snippet of Magen David Synagogue.  Even though the colors have faded and moss has made it shome, the arches leading up to stairs have retained their filigree work. I breathed in the musty air of antiquity when I visited it last year. 

It is situated at the cross roads of Canning Street and Brabourne Road, Calcutta, India. While I lived exactly at that crossing between mid fifties and mid sixties of twentieth century I had no knowledge of it existence.  Fie!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magen_David_Synagogue_(Kolkata)

Magen David Synagogue-Calcutta

Sun Burn

Sun Burn

Clowns

Clowns

Send in the clowns by Barbra Streisand

Lines

Lines

A  line is
 with and without
its width and curves
a dot 
stretching in 
both directions  

Many
straight, curving 
converging, diverging
merging or emerging
lines is a
pattern

Geishas with Samurai

Geishas with Samurai

Geisha (芸者^?) (/ˈɡeɪʃə/; Japanese: [ɡeːɕa]), Geiko/Geigi (芸妓) are traditional Japanese female entertainers who act as hostesses and whose skills include performing various arts such as classical music, dance, games and conversation, mainly to entertain male customers. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geisha

Carriage

Carriage

Vestige

of 

era

gone by!