it's a chemical existence

i love the square aspect ratio.
i want to make a list of things which have always been only square ... the only thing i could think of was record covers (and now cd covers)

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juliet and i

juliet and i have done our first ride in the rains...
no longer do we fear stinging rain, blinding mist, skidding on wet roads and bad drivers. though i do cringe a bit at the thought of my underpants and socks getting soggy.


and that's shiva... recently returned from the himalayan odyssey 2007.

my only grouse against the motorcycle fetish (especially the royal enfield one) is that there's WAY too much machismo going around.

saputara info here

self portrait 18aug07

how often do you change your toothbrush?

i was about to change mine when...

sudoku-rani

my grandaunt...
dr. anasuya mashruwala, 91, queen of sudoku
remembered a pithy from her on the subject of diverse medicinal systems and good health.
"ayurvedic diet, allopathic diagnosis, homeopathic cure."
seems to have worked for her.

the bride

calcutta wedding

"All weddings are similar, but every marriage is different." -John Berger

"A good marriage is that in which each appoints the other guardian of his solitude." -Rainer Maria Rilke [ via Guruji ;-) ]

what's your glamour?

GLAMOUR
noun
(archaic) a magic spell; enchantment
(modern) air of compelling charm(often with sex-appeal), romance and excitement...especially when delusively alluring (i love that word... delusive....yummm)

verb
cast a spell over someone, particularly to change how things appear to them

what's your fetish?

fetish : an object believed to have supernatural powers,
in particular a man-made object that has power over others.

fetishism : attributing inherent powers or value to an object

here's one of mine :

yogi

city of fear

finally a book on today's ahmedabad by an amdavadi.
to know more: http://cityoffearblog.blogspot.com/

farah batool

45 deg, working with actors & an excellent car rig in delhi : "the fiction" shoot

sabyasachi/niloysanjay/kabir
from L2R : the car, lalit(upm), sabyasachi, bharat(2nd a.c.), dimple(transport captain), ravinder(1st a.c. and key grip), sanjay, spandan(director)

WORKING WITH ACTORS 101
spandan explaining the finer points of something to kabir

niloy explaining the finer points of something to me (as dimple looks on)
ravinder so happy with his rigging that he doesnt want to explain anything to anybody


nandu's flamingo films in delhi has superb crew and gear for rigging on cars. will take upto a 16mm or HD camera easily.

sometimes i wonder what the fuss is all about.

today let us remember...

visit trevillion for an archive of photographs by chatwin

mahabhaleshwar on the bullets

the 2 bikes look like they're in some mating ritual.
not much of mahabhaleshwar here... but its a polo ground surrounded by trees where we camped for the night

the flying cat

self portrait, april fool's day, 2007

self portrait, 31 mar 2007

anjali panjabi