Last evening, I made my way to Girgaum Chowpatty - Mumbai’s best known seafronts where people converge for every important celebration. It is at one end of the Queen’s necklace (as Marine drive is popularly known) and unlike the Marine Drive, it has a beach. So, there is access to water. I have never been here for Dussera, so I thought I would practice some live sketching and street photography last evening. Dussera is a festival that celebrates Lord Rama’s triumph over Ravana.
Read MoreMarination, Sketching & Watercolours
I feel like I am going backward in time when it comes to pursuing modes of expression. I have started shooting analog film a lot more (thanks to a vintage camera that Ekta gifted me, a post on that is coming next week) and now pen, paper & basic colours with a brush. As someone who has mostly been a digital photographer, I am finding that the older modes of expression I’m delving into are adding a new perspective to my view of the world.
Read MoreIndependent & Emerging Words & Sounds, Mumbai
I am at antiSOCIAL, one of Mumbai’s busiest live music venues. I’m here thanks to my friend Aniket’s recommendation - he tells me that a talented young artist called Yashraj is dropping his new EP at midnight.
Read MoreThe Seagulls of Alaska
We are on an Alaskan Cruise. It’s been days that we’ve been travelling, and being on sea is not what we are used to. Thanks to the size of the cruise ship, it doesn’t sway in the waters too much, but there is this uneasy feeling that remains. Until the morning the seagulls arrive.
Read More15th August 2022 - India's 75th Independence Day
At 38, as an individual I don’t even know who I am or what I am. At 75, as 1.4 billion individuals now, I don’t know if independent India knows who she is. And I don’t know what she will become with time, but all I can do, is try to be kind to strangers, and pay forward the kindness which I have received in my life.
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