Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Job Satisfaction... What is that???

A friend of mine asked me during a heated debate on Jobs & Job satisfaction, "Didn't you have Job Satisfaction while working for the manufacturing sector compared to this industry"...


To which I started wondering, when I was hunting for a job, it was the manufacturing sector that came to my rescue. At that point of time, I never knew, what satisfaction meant at the first place. When I started understanding the term, "Satisfaction", I was unable to figure out which job do i measure for my satisfaction. That damn thing just keeps adding...


Well I hope (that is the only thing, one can do) one day i will get an answer to that...

Saturday, October 02, 2010

The Great Indian Salesman :)

The thought of a sales man is always that of one who has a nice blue / white / yellow shirt, with nice trouser, tie tied around and a (un) shiny shoe. The one who could speak english fluently and would try to impress you with the array of products or services he would like to sell.

Well all that got shattered when i met this humble man, TDH (Tall, Dark & Handsome ;)) bare chested in a strange looking loin cloth, head hair might not have been cleaned for ages, shiny brown teeth, core & pure Tamil rattling out (English, what english!!!) but busily selling "catapult" and "peacock feathers", early in the morning at the Pondicherry beach. And rest assured, he was doing good for his living..

Could not resist shooting him.

Awesome personality and a perception shattered :)

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Har(n)d to create..

Trying hand at anything new is always exciting. But, in-spite of having tried many a times, you still are not comfortable, and every attempt seems to be a new attempt.

A similar story I have with my attempt at pottery. Any given opportunity, I have tried hard to get my hands on that lump f clay hoping i would give it a beautiful shape and life. The only thing that remains at the end of the session is a lump of clay or a beautiful clay pot, thanks to the mercy of the master helping me hard to get the shape right.


GOD bless those hands...

Friday, September 24, 2010

Confused steps


The Confused traveller at the Mahabalipuram beach, trying hard in all directions to find out his reasoning to life from the vast ocean...

Sunday, September 05, 2010

Majestic beauty!!!

Sun set has always been very captivating always.. in its own sweet ways this natural phenomena teaches a lot... now look at this hide and seek that Sun and Clouds.. as much as it tries to hide it, so much more grandeur and beautiful the sun looks in its huge spacial canvas...


Monday, August 23, 2010

Solitude splendour

Even in the ruins of Mandu, MP, when the brocken walls, the shattered rooms, the unattended water bodies spoke of a lost past story.. there stood this tree in all its majestic splendour, raising high among the ruins.. what a life... :)

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Sunny Modern Art

The radiance over the sky as the sun was about to set.. was at the Besant Nagar, Chennai beach facing the sea, as i turned the setting sun was peeping out of the clouds and the beauty was seen all over the sky. Could not resist grab my shutter bug and shoot it... Splendid..

It felt as if the sun was trying its hands at Modern art.. :)

The Angel guardian

At the entrance of a village in Orrisa.. the goodluck charm and guardian..

Tuesday, July 06, 2010

Death & Beauty!!!

"Death & Beauty!!!"...

what the heck!! this cannot be true... but I strongly feel nature bring in all together and it is for you to enjoy...

I just fell in love with this broken tree which may have been lying there for past many years and still had an amazing pull...

I could not help but shoot it.. :)

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

What a Coach!!

I had never thought 9 Pin Bowling can be such fun.. well it did to start with...

For the first half of the game, i could pin down a "Strike" but then the real pain started, i thought i threw it straight but the ball will roll down without striking even a single pin...

Well the actual fun was to watch junior (my son!!), less than three years, was jumping with each strike, he could understand when i hit and when i missed, when i did hit, he would jump and yell. When i missed, boss would say, "Once more"...

What a coach!!!

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Singh is King!!!

In what all way, you could be embarrassed...

Last month when we were travelling back from Indore to Chennai, we were at the Airport, I was trying to keep my son busy; showing him the conveyor belt... We were having fun and enjoying the movement of the bags and other packs on the conveyor belt... just when i thought he was enjoying and having fun, i heard him sing, "Singh is King, Sing is King" and stop abruptly!!!!

I was zapped, turned around only to find a 'Sardar' security guy walk past us...

I did not know what to do and where do i hide my face!!! while my amazing son, was back at looking at the bags and the conveyor belt moving...

God bless, I think the gentleman did not hear my son sing his praise and my embarrassing flushed face look...

Thursday, April 01, 2010

“Hari OM!!!”… Sab Maya ;)

What would you do when you know that you are in a water bed… which is some 500ft depth and while at some may be at 1000 ft… you just lie there hanging your life to just a “life Jacket” and say…


“Hari OM!!!”… Sab Maya ;)

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Jumbled up!!!

When i took this shot, i was amazed at the number of connections that this electric pole had.. but then it did throw up to me a statement, "Dude, your life is also like this"... So many connections, some clear thick one some distant thin ones..
Some where something is messy but you keep charging it... how much can you support, neither do you know nor the creator.. when it becomes and overload of relationships, you may break.. it was funny to think about it but it seemed real to me...

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Catching a Squirrel .. Phew!!

Capturing a squirrel's shot had been a very difficult one always for me.. but i some how manage to have a model at one of the temples at Maheswar, UP, India.. Unfortunately, my size did disturb him as i went a step closure to take another shot...

Grrr... Size does matter ;)

Sanchi... My discovery


During my recent leisure trip to Indore, wanted to visit Sanchi. One of the other reasons being that tehre was no direct train / flight service from Chennai to Indore. So while going from Chennai happen to go by train via Bhopal. As we had to stay in for the night at Bhopal and catch the next train to Indore next evening, so the best part was visit Sanchi which is some 60 Kms away from Bhopal. The biggest surprise was that every one around stated that there is nothing to watch there. But being a ardent lover of history and old buildings, i wanted to go down to check the place for self.

Started by around 8.45 am from Bhopal . On a February morning it was quite windy and chill throughout our drive. We went through some amazing mustard fields, which were captivating and the scenic view which you may not see down south here..

On our way, happened to pick up some desi food, Aloo bondas, samaosas (Loved it, had an eastern state flavour) and Bhopal morning staple; Poha & Jelabi (Did not like the combo so much!!).

Reached there by around 9.45 am and after purchasing the tickets as we stepped in, it was a wonderful feeling... the mist had created an amazing picture around the stupas... We first started to understand the history on our own but then managed to get a good guide, who went on explaining the various Stupas and the latest excavations happening there. There is so much of history to the place. Each gate tells the story of a "bodhisatva" life and that of Lord Budha. I was equally surprised to see so many srilankan citizens who throng that place as a religious trip. It was a great feeling. No one tells us what is inside these huge stupas, but it is actually the "Ashes" of various saints and lord Budha which has been preserved by King Ashoka after he took over his spiritual journey.
There was a learning relic too, which reminded me of the "Arcoplois of Athens" (Not in the same grandeur but in a smaller version). The excavated areas actually states the knowledge bases that had been then.. There are so many of them..


In the month of November there is a three day fest where both the Indian & Srilankan Government come together at Sanchi to celebrate the "Sambodhi festival".

Even the museum was a delight. It is not the artifacts kept there but the photographs that state how Sanchi was discovered and the various stages of building it up. The only thing that surprised me was that, most of the Lord Budha's status are beheaded, very rarely would you find any of the status are intact.

Overall it was an amazing journey... A must see while trying to "Discover India"....