Saturday, July 30, 2016

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




Friday, July 22, 2016

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Lines


Lines

 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



Saturday, July 16, 2016

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!


Friday, July 15, 2016

Decanter


Decanter

Tonight 
Our glasses clinked
In name of 'em fallen


charu
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