शुभ जन्माष्टमी

यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत ।
अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदात्मानं सृजाम्यहम्
परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम् ।
धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय सम्भवामि युगे युगे

The lilies of memoryland

Future of our nation :)

The Case of Curious Pigeon

मकाम-ए-सुकूँ

खैर दोज़ख में मय मिले ना मिले

शैख साहिब से जाँ तो छूटेगी

another Friendship Day.... कुछ दोस्तों से वैसे मरासिम नहीं रहे

...I have changed my name so often,
I've lost my wife and children

but I have many friends,
and some of them are with me.

There were three of us this morning
I'm the only one this evening
but I must go on;
the frontiers are my prison.

Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing,
through the graves the wind is blowing,
freedom soon will come;
then we'll come from the shadows.

Nagraj's Headquarters

Life is a Beach

रंगीन छिपकली

यूँ जो तकता है आसमान को तू

कोई रहता है आसमान में क्या

Bird-feeders in Old Ahmedabad

चिड़ियों को दाने
बच्चों को गुड़-धानी
दे मौला

आवेज़ा

जाने उस ज़ुल्फ़ की मौहूम घनी छांव में
टिमटिमाता है वो आवेज़ा अभी तक के नहीं

बाढ़

उफ़ ये भीगा हुआ अखबार
पेपर वाले को कल से 'चेन्ज' करो

पाँच सौ गाँव बह गये इस साल

World Population Day

Message on a Bottle

Tata had launched this mineral water brand - Himalayan few years back. Recently, I noticed these wrappers on the bottle - some range of message and designs. After reading one, I ended up reading all of them and liked this one the most, which reads:
I look back on life - it's funny how things turn out. You, a connoisseur of fast food, now gaze at water that took years to make. And I, some of the purest water in the world, stand here, trapped in a bottle. Come, enjoy the irony.

400th on 235th

Best wishes to the newest civilization
from the oldest civilization :)

Velvet on Baobab

Above is a flower of baobab tree, so velvety - soft and smooth.

Below are the two possible destinies of this flower.
It may become a delicious fruit (like on the left) or
it may dry up to wait for a sad demise (like on the right).

Life is so much like a velvety flower!
I always thought of a 'fruit'ful life... and yet,
here I am - all dried up and waiting for...!!

Mangoes in my backyard

God is Dead.

God is dead.
God remains dead.
And we have killed him.

And then, Man created God

I don't know whether Man is the best creation of God or not,
but God is definitely the best creation of Man.

The Story of Adam - the Son of God - 7

And then,
when the God was done creating Man...

The Story of Adam - the Son of God - 6

The Story of Adam - the Son of God - 5

The Story of Adam - the Son of God - 4

The Story of Adam - the Son of God - 3

The Story of Adam - the Son of God - 2

The Story of Adam - the Son of God - 1

World Environment Day

World Environment Day... if we do not improve at a maddening pace, we'll soon be lost like them. Alas! There will be no one to remember either.

And one from the IIMA Nature Walk

Annalakshmi

This was our introductory case at IIMA. Nine months after graduation, I got a chance to taste at Annalakshmi in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. The case was absolutely right.

One year of parting... D-619

A top-down capture of the wall of my dorm at IIMA.
That second door at the top was my heaven D- 619.

Nature Walk at IIMI 8 - Red Wattled Lapwing

Nature Walk at IIMI 7 - Silverbill

Nature Walk at IIMI 6 - Baobab

Nature Walk at IIMI 5 - Monkey Puzzle

Nature Walk at IIMI 4 - Karanj

Nature Walk at IIMI 3 - Bael

Nature Walk at IIMI 2 - Gulmohar

Nature Walk at IIMI 1 - Amaltas