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

082016

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