ramblings, rumblings & pictures

disembarking

2012-02-11T11:52:00.002+05:00

lunch

2012-02-06T17:20:00.000+05:00

dining table

2012-02-01T11:31:00.005+05:00

the dining table in ahmedabad...

mum

dad

sibling

chemo-1

2012-01-26T09:32:00.003+05:00

gong

2012-01-25T11:48:00.000+05:00

the gong outside the meditation hall

at the vipassana centre at barrie, ontario

chinti on the subway

2012-01-19T06:08:00.000+05:00

a little bit of toronto

2012-01-18T00:40:00.004+05:00

winta

2011-12-01T20:24:00.001+05:00

flying around

2011-11-29T20:02:00.001+05:00

old man on subway : for desmond

2011-11-29T03:30:00.001+05:00

mikiko-san

2011-11-26T21:10:00.001+05:00

tsukasa-san

2011-11-24T05:08:00.001+05:00

fellow passengers in japan

2011-11-20T18:04:00.001+05:00

may ALL beings be happy !

2011-11-18T17:57:00.001+05:00

Whatever living creatures there be,

Without exception, weak or strong,

Long, huge or middle-sized,

Or short, minute or bulky,

Whether visible or invisible,

And those living far or near,

The born and those seeking birth,

May all beings be happy!

(from the Karaniya Metta Sutta)

woman about to cross street

2011-10-30T11:03:00.001+05:00

heading home - 2

2011-10-28T11:12:00.000+05:00

heading home - 1

2011-10-27T13:26:00.000+05:00

tokyo storefront

2011-10-26T20:29:00.002+05:00

captain of the ship, dan reed and the rest of his crew

2011-10-23T19:45:00.003+05:00

self portrait, oct 2011

2011-10-18T14:27:00.002+05:00

landscape 2, minamisoma

2011-10-17T07:00:00.002+05:00

landscape, minamisoma

2011-10-14T17:51:00.002+05:00

gate in minamisoma

2011-10-13T19:05:00.000+05:00

first night in tokyo

2011-10-12T16:59:00.002+05:00

tokyo story - 3

2011-10-11T03:20:00.002+05:00

tokyo story - 2

2011-10-10T07:06:00.001+05:00

tokyo story - 1

2011-10-09T08:51:00.004+05:00

ferris wheel

2011-09-09T07:03:00.000+05:00

i stopped smoking 3 years ago

2011-09-06T19:51:00.001+05:00

chinti

2011-08-24T18:07:00.003+05:00

view from concord home

2011-08-21T21:14:00.000+05:00

anita

2011-08-12T08:50:00.001+05:00

for setu

2011-08-06T11:21:00.000+05:00

a strange new york afternoon

2011-08-05T12:19:00.002+05:00

chinatown : portraits 3

2011-07-30T16:09:00.000+05:00

chinatown : more street crossings

2011-07-29T13:59:00.000+05:00

chinatown : mah jong

2011-07-28T14:35:00.000+05:00

chinatown : in the market

2011-07-27T13:22:00.000+05:00

chinatown : portraits 2

2011-07-26T00:36:00.002+05:00

chinatown : portraits 1

2011-07-23T15:19:00.001+05:00

chinatown : old age

2011-07-22T06:51:00.000+05:00

chinatown : shopping

2011-07-20T09:39:00.000+05:00

chinatown : backfoot rubrub

2011-07-19T06:15:00.002+05:00

chinatown : laundromat

2011-07-18T08:58:00.002+05:00

chinatown : street crossings

2011-07-17T08:52:00.005+05:00

khivi

2011-07-16T10:34:00.005+05:00

A380

2011-07-13T06:10:00.000+05:00

i still enjoy flying

lunch

2011-06-30T18:22:00.001+05:00

abeera at nid

2011-06-28T19:02:00.001+05:00

...looking very contented

...and looking very lecherous

balustrades in old bombay

2011-06-26T09:10:00.003+05:00

fat mu

2011-06-21T08:28:00.001+05:00

natasha, who didn't want to be photographed for the usual reasons that women don't want to be photographed, overseeing her empire.

pro make-up at

http://www.fat-mu.com/

stupa at bhaja caves

2011-06-19T19:03:00.000+05:00

they're artists really...

2011-06-16T12:45:00.002+05:00

dr. deepak muchhala, my dentist for the last 15 years, having a keen look.

dr. mayank at work

i'm like this because i haven't been taking care of my teeth & i'm getting old

but the future is bright

meditation seat in my room

2011-06-13T20:52:00.001+05:00

pagoda at dhamma tapovan

2011-06-11T21:01:00.002+05:00

where i just sat the 20 day long course.

pagoda at dhammagiri

2011-06-11T20:59:00.001+05:00

where one sits the 10 day courses
you get your own cell in the pagoda to meditate in seclusion

still smiling after 40 days of shoot...

2011-04-16T12:06:00.003+05:00

small town airports

2011-04-12T08:51:00.002+05:00

where you can walk right up to the aircraft and take as many pictures as you want.

sui

2011-04-04T14:32:00.000+05:00

NYC-6 & 7

2011-03-03T22:08:00.000+05:00

NYC-4 & 5

2011-02-28T04:57:00.000+05:00

NYC-2 & 3

2011-02-26T20:58:00.000+05:00

NYC-1

2011-02-25T07:23:00.000+05:00

poha

2011-02-08T14:02:00.000+05:00

spidey in pandharpur

2011-02-07T10:48:00.000+05:00

pandharpur

2011-01-28T20:29:00.000+05:00

balcony wall

2011-01-20T11:25:00.000+05:00

cycle rickshaws

2011-01-18T19:48:00.000+05:00

step in gently

2011-01-16T17:47:00.000+05:00

10 days of solitude

2011-01-04T18:29:00.001+05:00

dude / happy new year

2010-12-29T17:47:00.001+05:00

farah-bi aur daulat-mian

2010-12-28T08:52:00.000+05:00

afternoon

2010-12-27T18:16:00.000+05:00

laila

2010-12-25T10:16:00.000+05:00

canteen boys

2010-12-21T12:09:00.000+05:00

iim ahmedabad

2010-11-25T16:39:00.003+05:00

...where i spent my childhood years.

i also recently saw "MY ARCHITECT, A Son's Journey", a wonderful documentary made by nathaniel kahn,
son of louis kahn, the visionary architect who designed the iim campus.

"a tale of love and art, betrayal and forgiveness- in which the illegitimate son of a legendary artist undertakes a five year, worldwide exploration to understand his long-dead father."

a journey

2010-11-10T18:51:00.005+05:00

can also be a....

wandering, expedition, passage, crossing, peregrination, travel, trek, trip, commutation, commute, errand, excursion, flight, hop, jaunt, junket, outing, sally, sortie, tour; cruise, sail, voyage; drive, ride, spin; grand tour, odyssey, pilgrimage, progress, quest, safari; hike, slog, tramp, walk, walkabout, globe-trotting

khivi & sunny

2010-11-09T21:00:00.003+05:00

he's indian, she's korean and they're beginning to look alike !

seen here at hangawi (great vegetarian food) and on the streets of nyc

read khivi's nyc restaurant reviews here

horsing around in the meatpacking district

2010-11-09T17:59:00.001+05:00

the financial district from brooklyn bridge

2010-11-08T19:18:00.001+05:00

stud, then and now

2010-11-08T17:08:00.003+05:00

....the smile is exactly the same !!

debo and stud , h8 iitb, 1990

stud, new york, 2010

of logos and photos, B&H @ 9th ave & 34th st.

2010-11-07T18:21:00.005+05:00

figure this...
panasonic/lumix's LX5 and leica's DLUX5 are EXACTLY the same camera.

leica has simply taken the same camera and printed the beautiful leica logo on it.

the leica is also $400 more expensive. so, i bought the LX5.

first photos using the LX5...

shoe shopping, greenwich village

2010-11-07T02:11:00.002+05:00

small scale, big change : MoMA

2010-11-05T18:03:00.002+05:00

see more here

walking in the canyon, manhattan

2010-11-04T19:01:00.000+05:00

fall diptychs 2010 / 6

2010-11-03T16:43:00.003+05:00

fall diptychs 2010 / 5

2010-11-02T18:49:00.001+05:00

fall diptychs 2010 / 4

2010-11-01T18:19:00.000+05:00

fall diptychs 2010 / 3

2010-10-31T18:46:00.000+05:00

fall diptychs 2010 / 2

2010-10-30T18:26:00.000+05:00

fall diptychs 2010 / 1

2010-10-30T03:57:00.000+05:00

the unknown slave, champs de mars

2010-10-25T20:17:00.001+05:00

portaloos exterior & interior

2010-10-24T18:11:00.002+05:00

at the tent cities on champ de mars.
these were the cleaned ones....
some were not so cleaned. they weren't nice....

the jacket

2010-10-23T19:21:00.000+05:00

3 haitian women

2010-10-19T21:40:00.000+05:00

dawn drills at the academy

2010-10-18T20:45:00.002+05:00

dessalines

2010-10-11T07:07:00.003+05:00

statue of jean-jacques dessalines over looking the tent cities which have sprung up post the earthquake

j-j d. was one of the leaders of the only slave rebellion in world history which successfully resulted in establishing an independent nation... which he named haiti. unfortunately, he then went on to massacre the whites on the island, declare himself emperor and enforce a harsh regimen of plantation labour so much so that many blacks felt they were enslaved again. haiti's sad history and its current state of affairs seem to be directly linked to these historical events which took place 200 years ago.

the titanic at dusk

2010-10-09T05:29:00.000+05:00

the titanic, national penitentiary, port-au-prince

2010-10-08T08:55:00.001+05:00

new recruits

2010-10-05T18:52:00.000+05:00

at the haitian national police academy