என் இல்லத்திலே..

கலங்கரை விளக்கம்

தங்கைத்தாமரை

தாய்நாட்டின் வரைபடம் !

Sisterhood

Bougainvillea and the Bamboo

Could not explain why, but staring at these lovely flowers against the backdrop of the elegant bamboos, made me feel at peace.

Fuelled by Gasoline, Runs for Adrenaline

After 26 long years of being a kid, I finally became a grown-up on buying my first bike! Its certainly does n0t look like the ones below, but it sure make me feel the meaning of the word 'freedom', after years of crawling, walking, cycling, 'bus'sing, 'train'ing, sailing and flying!

These 'Wild Hogs' were spotted on a road-trip near Ipoh, Malaysia.

False violation

Dreamworks

தெய்வம் தந்த வீடு - வீதி இருக்கு !

An evening on the streets, around Chinatown and Clarkequay.

Designed for the first manned-expedition to Mars

All fans but no breeze

That fierce look

Ornaments on the Street

Iconic ?

பூலோகம்? பூவுலகம்?

In His Own Image -III

This is what friends are for..

When will she come ?

Golden temple monk

The next boat

Artistic Portrait ?

Generation gap

Age of Innocence

Digital dame

மஞ்சள் வெயில் மாலையிலே..

As the sun sets near the Shore Temple, Mahabalipuram - India. Still as mesmerising as the Pallavas would have enjoyed it 1300 years ago..

Behind the Academia, Venice - probably the most photographed sunset.

Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn), Bangkok - at Dusk

Just after sunset, well above cloud level, and flying over the Tyrrhenian sea

Its time for the little suns to come- St.Agata fest , Catania,Italy.

Of Shadows and Silhouettes

The Tricolour of my heart

..உலக உருண்டையை
அனணத்துக் கொண்டாலும்,
இந்தியாவை மட்டும்
முத்தமிட்டவன்..

To the round earth
I gave a warm hug,
but my kisses
are only for India

"உயில்" - கவிஞர் வைரமுத்து ('Will' - Poet Vairamuthu)



Shot in Bangkok, this arrangement of flowers on the table at the reception of my hotel caught my eye.(I couldnt have missed it !)




The largely unknown spectacle of Venice - the island of Murano is home to an army of dedicated artisans who create magic in glass. Shape, colour, pattern become their 3 dimensions and what results is a universe of intricate glass artwork. And I found a home of sorts there!



A composite picture with the saffron-orange bark of a tree and the garden-shade amongst greenery were shot in Kent Ridge park, Singapore. The snowy region in the middle of the flag is Mt.Etna's volcanoes(Sicily, Italy) in winter.

In His Own Image -II

I havent grown much from my previous post on the same genre of photography - portraits. Its still people I know, I like, and connect with - that makes it a whole lot easier to capture their moments and expressions.

The dude of sandy Doha - Sandeep

Silent aspirations and Secret ambitions - Sadhana

Eyeball confrontations of a curious kind - Nithya

Arun, Praveen and Ravi - three friends at the crossroads of life

Dreams in a Desert

One of the most exciting days I have lived thru- a night's stay in a desert camp. Accompanied by my old schoolmate Ajay, we started from the skyscraping city of Dubai, we were taken farther and farther away from civilisation and closer into the desert. The first offer was some dune-bashing adventure on four-wheel drives which was one exhilarating ride - needs to be experienced to be understood.

Then in a desert camp we stayed in the evening, watched a belly-dancer perform, ate a sumptuous dinner and spent the night playing party games and going for long walks in the dead of the night, and even wrestling with our feet in desert soccer.. Fortunately for us there was a merry group of expatriate Indian families based in Dubai, who stayed overnight too, and offered great company.

After all the fun of the previous night, I got down to business, woke up at 5.45am and struggling against the chill and the wind shot a series of photographs covering the camp and the desert around it.


Sleeping Dune and Rising Sun




Subdued by Helios

Across the sea

Cornered !



Hook up on a Shisha
Lost in time, but found again




All hard work for a deserving breakfast



A solid friend in an unforgiving terrain and an unforgettable adventure