A Down Town-Bird's Eye

A Down Town-Bird's Eye

Diwana Gaya......An old movie song

I am not necessarily impressed with the song, but I found its rhyming quite amusing. Karwat loosely translated means, 'Side'.

Film: Karwat (1949)

Title: Diwana Gaya Damanse Lipat

Singer: Paro Devi

Stars: Geeta Nizami, Satish, Jeevan, Paro Devi, Lila Misra, Kesari, Kamalakant, Sarita Devi, Indu Gharpure

Producer: Shiri Gopal Pictures Bombay

Director: Parkash

Music: Hansraj Behl

Lyrics: Saifuldin Saif

Honey

Honey

Who Knew.....Kisko Khabar Thi.....(An old Hindi movie song)

Movie/album: Devdas (1955)

Singer: Talat Mahmood

Song Lyricist: Sahir Ludhianvi

Music Composer: Sachin Dev Burman

Music Director: Sachin Dev Burman

Director: Bimal Roy

Stars: Dilip Kumar, Vyjayanthimala, Suchitra Sen, Motilal

Camouflage

Camouflage

Pretty

Pretty

Life in Lifeless

Life in Lifeless

Cobra

Cobra...

Cobra

Traveling Partners

Traveling Partners

Nefertiti?

Nefertiti

Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport-Mumbai

A portion of beautiful architecture of Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport-Mumbai....

Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport-Mumbai

Crying Face

Wouldn't you cry if this happened to you......?

Crying Face

Malav Talav-Dholka

Malav Talav

This picture is interesting to me for two reasons. One, I spent about three years in this small village named Dholka when I was six or seven years old. I remember this Talav (lake) very well. To this lake we walked about a mile or so to do our daily laundry, just the way women are seen doing it here. Second, there is a legend associated with this lake. The queen mother named Minal Devi Solanki, at the time, was known for her sense of justice. She wanted to build a perfectly round lake at this location. But a woman, nicely called a courtesan, owned a small property which unless she was evicted would make the lake not so perfectly round. The queen mother visited her in person beseeching her to vacate the house in exchange of good sum of money. The woman responded saying, I love my small house as much as you love your palace. Would you vacate yours should some one ask you to, be it a queen or a commoner? She refused to leave. Minal Devi impressed with her courage and in all fairness decided to live with less than a perfectly round lake.

Monkey Repeller

Monkey Repeller

Has anyone seen a cuter or more lovable Monkey Repelller(not repellent)? Our hotel in Darjeeling had two dogs of same breed who kept all the monkeys, who were a big nuisance, at bay. Dogs' mere presence did the trick. They never barked, never pestered the guests just stood or sat guard.

Stair To Home-Kolkata

There was a time when our building was considered classy, at least by our family. It had a gatekeeper we used to call Darwanji who occupied a small room at the top of this stair. The blue door to his room is still visible. Dilapidation that has descended on this building brought tears to my eyes. On my recent visit there I could not summon the courage to visit my own flat, which I was told has now become a godown(warehouse).

This building can now rival any structure in a slum.

Curiously the steps have retained their original red and yellow colors. So has remained the blue color of the door to the room.

Stair To Home

Elephanta Cave-Mumbai

Elephanta Cave

'The Elephanta Caves (natively known as Gharapurichi Leni) are a network of sculpted caves located on Elephanta Island, or Gharapuri (literally "the city of caves") in Mumbai Harbour, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to the east of the city of Mumbai in the Indian state of Maharashtra.'

'The rock cut architecture of the caves has been dated to between the 5th and 8th centuries, although the identity of the original builders is still a subject of debate. The caves are hewn from solid basalt rock. All the caves were also originally painted in the past, but now only traces remain.'  Wikipedia 

Barcarole By James Last

James Last died and I remembered his music we used to play very fondly in seventies.......

The tune Barcarole from 'The Tales Of Hoffmann" is from his long play album ' Classics Up To Date'

Ruination

Ruination by time and neglect.......

Ruination 

Buddha

Buddha

Another funny!!

Supermarket surprise!!

A Funny !

I enjoyed it....

Evolution.......

Charles Darwin may turn in his grave but this definition of Evolution I can enjoy to an Nth degree!!!!!

Poppy Flower

Poppy Flowers grow in various colors. I found red to be the brightest....

Poppy Flower