Menu Change in Summers

Summer time is here and the mercury is already high in Ahmedabad. With a change in temperatures, menus have also taken a shift. My most preferred meals are here - lunch below and snacks above.

ये नये मिजाज़ का शहर...

कोई हाथ भी ना मिलायेगा जो गले मिलोगे तपाक से

ये नये मिजाज़ का शहर है ज़रा फ़ासिले से मिला करो।

और ये शहर कोई एक शहर नहीं जो नये मिजाज़ में ढल गया हो। इसका कोई एक नाम नहीं। ये शहर देश और काल की सीमा से परे है। ये शहर आज का हर शहर है - ज़रा फ़ासिले से मिला करो!

It's so funny how we don't talk anymore

But I ain't losing sleep and I ain't counting sheep,
It's so funny how we don't talk anymore.
Well it really doesn't matter to me,
I guess your leaving was meant to be

World Water Day - March 22

Save it while you can
There is not much left anyways!!!

Caught at the wrong moment :D

पत्थर के खुदा, पत्थर के सनम, पत्थर के ही इन्सां...

Dove in my room

This dove has started coming to my room daily. She sits on my balcony door and keeps talking. When she is there, I try not to move or make any noise, so as not to scare her away. After so long, I again have the company of someone who keeps talking and whom I neither want to interrupt nor to let go.

वसन्त के रंग

जो टूट गया वो अच्छा था!

तामीर घरौंदा एक करूँ
करता है कोशिश बार ही बार
बस एक नमी की कमी ज़रा
बो देती है राहों में खार

"बेकार की कोशिश है बेटे"
जब कोई कहता है पुकार
बच्चा कहता है ये हँसकर
"जो टूट गया वो अच्छा था!"

Common House Sparrow - not so common anymore

Camera-shy

Two Goan Chicks

Another look at Gulzar

As captured in Jaipur on January 20, 2009

beyond those gates

Look up, Look down

Broken...on a Valentine's Day

Red Wattled Lapwing

Shooting the shooter

ज़हीन

बच्चों के नन्हे हाथों को...

चाँद - सितारे छूने दो...

चार किताबें पढ़ के ये भी...

हम जैसे हो जायेंगे !!!

Peeping into the past

In life, rear view mirrors spell a mix of green leaves, dry thorns, and undefinable skies. And yes, objects are always closer than they might appear...

कोयला भई ना राख

लकड़ी जल कोयला भई

कोयला जल भई राख

मैं बिरहन ऐसी जली

कोयला भई ना राख

Free lunch at Cafe TANSTAAFL

Cafe TANSTAAFL is the cafeteria at IIMA and stands for the adage "There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch". The adage was originally stated by the British economist Alfred Marshall.

Feeling cold!

मसकली

Republic on roads

Wanderings in Bandra

Wanderlust took me to Bandra, Mumbai in the last leg of the last year and there, I shot 'em all...

There were some, busy fishing...

some came in groups...

and some, very alone...

some came with children...

and some with family...

and some couples too...

and some more couples...

and even more couples...

yet, the sea roared on...