Mind Sketch

Payment Book Stall In Front Of Jambu Book Shop Weekly markets have always been a confluence of people from different walks of life. Riots of colors mashed up with economical offerings, a wide variety and huge bargaining opportunities are just few attractions. But a person like me has other reasons to be there - to observe 'people-mix' of the city and to feel the city 'raw' and without any 'cosmetic effects'. Such weekly markets are the best gateways to know the city you are in.  I had lived in Pondicherry for more than two years and has loved the quality of life it offers - peaceful, away from the mad rush and pollution of big metros  like Delhi & Mumbai. Like most Indian cities Pondicherry too host a weekly market- Sunday Market.  It stretches long on MG Road and Jawaharlal Nehru Road and the point where these two roads cross other is the central point of this market. I had always made a point to be there and t...

Somewhere at Pondy Beach 

Did you share yourself today ? Times Life : 2 May, 2010-05-18 In this artcle Indrani Rajkhowa Banerjee brings into life a very inspiring account of ordinary people who are amazingly trying to create a difference in lives of those to whom small things we never care of can bring a lot of difference. Consider few instance, taken from the said article and other sources: Someone in Mumbai distributes footwear at traffic signals to barefoot people, another man collects the leftover food at weddings to feed hungry kids, in Delhi a gentleman distributes drinking water in shanties of west Delhi, another person never leaves home without packets of glucose biscuits for poor kids, a young journalist instead of visiting church every sunday religiously visits nearby home for aged people and spends her time with them………… A guy collects rickety and torn out bicycles and repairs them and gives them to school kids who otherwise would have dropped as parents are reluctant to send kids far away to schoo...

Priest At His Master's Gate This is the the gate of famous Chidambaram Temple which is dedicated to Lord Shiva whose is present in the temple in the form of Natraja in cosmic dancing of bliss. This photo was taken on 12-Feb-10 on the day of Maha Shivratri.

Every Donkey Has Its Day Times have changed. Dogs has got competitors because now every donkey also has a day. This picture says it all. Clicked from my nokia N72, this pictures hangs at the entrance of Kumaran Guest House @ Pondicherry.

Dare Devil's Task To twist the moustache is a dare devil's task. Here I am doing this job and Praveen clicked this snap for me at Pichavaram. Pichavaram is the second largest mangrove forest in the world, located near Chidambaram in Tamil Nadu . Dasavathaaram, the movie featuring Kamal Hassan has many scenes which were shot here.

This is called striking balance. And this man certainly knows this. Clicked from my N72 at Thavalakuppam - Pondicherry on one summer noon of Aug-09.