Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Kamakhya temple in Guwahahti...

Kamakhya temple dedicated to the goddess Kamakhya is located on the Nilachal Hill in Guwahati ...
All ten forms of the Goddess such as Kali, Tara, Sodashi, Bhuvaneshwari, Bhairavi, Chhinnamasta, Dhumavati, Bagalamukhi, Matangi and Kamala are worshiped here..
The dome of the main temple...you will find lots of white pigeons perched on the dark, bee-hive-like dome..


Sad, but these pigeons are kept for sacrifice...
Even once I saw two severed goat kid heads, just near the sanctum sanctorum...
Why don't people understand that no God likes killing..

Myself in front of  a fig on the path to the temple...

Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Innocent children...

Our house maid's granddaughter.....
Is not that face angelic? Brimming with innocence..
While the grandmoter comes for dish claning and sweeping to our house, this little girl tags along..
My mother gives her something to eat, as she sits and waits in one corner....

Rural kids at a the village Rath yatra..the carnival of the deity 'Jagannath'..buying toys, bangles, sweets..

Monday, December 26, 2016

Those innocent days of courtship.....

My now-husband, then-boyfriend made this  for me........


I retaliated............


Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Poor, but happy kids...

Village kids, playing on the river shore, Sundargarh........



Thy might be poor, bot not unhappy, for sure...
At least they are more privileged than she destitute kid...playing by the railway track in a city...ignorant of the risks..

Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Rangoli...

A rangoli...........
Made of marigold petals, and colored rice......
It was drawn at a puja pavilion....

Some more, made during festivities........



Sunday, December 18, 2016

Uddhav: The dog....

This is a semi-stray, semi-pet dog in my in-law's place in Odisha...
A mutt...with good manners...non-neutered..
It has got best of both words..
It roams freely....while hungry comes to the house...my mother-in-law feeds him...
When I met him many years back, he was young...now aging..
Resting on the grass...

Leaning against the porch wall..

Morning stretching....

Saturday, December 17, 2016

Sugarcane fields in Ib river valley.........

Sugarcane fields in river valley near my home in Sundargarh ..the tropical climate and alluvial soil provide the perfect conditions for luxuriant crop. The clumps of shoots are tied together to prevent the ravage of high wind. It is seer fun to wade your way through the rows of sugarcanes, break a mature stalk, peel the tough skin  and savor the sweetness, as the juices go dripping down your elbows. 

Thursday, December 15, 2016

At Marina beach........

A windy, blustery, rainy day at Marina beach, Chennai..............

Its in 2007.....I has been to IIT Madras for  a conference...

It was late December...a storm was brewing...

Monday, November 28, 2016

Haboob, the sand storm.......

'Haboob' is a severe form of sand storm characteristic of arid regions of the world such as Middle East, South Western USA, Australia, Sahara in Africa........
Whether India has such phenomenon or not I am not sure.....
But, while I was studying in IIT Guwahati, sometimes sand storm will come...for days...
The research laboratory worked in was insulated, so the difference was not known...
But, when I would exit it, the weather would smell fishy....
When I would enter my hostel room, sand can be felt everywhere...study table, bed, floor..
The computer mouse would squeak againt the pad....sleeping on the bed will cause itching...
I would clean the room.......and close all windows..
Next day, when would come...the room is gain covered in dust.......
The only opening to the outside was a small ventilator...
How, frustrating it was!.

I think about people of Dubai, Phoenix etc.....how they cope with the wrath of 'Haboob'?

Sunday, November 27, 2016

Miserable life of Indian street kids........

India is a utterly diverse country.........
there are kids who learn to code from age 5, thanks to their rich, tech-savvy parents...
And there are some kids who have to fend for themselves from as early as a year or so.....the difficult survival skills that I have seen during my train travels...........
In Bokaro......

Somewhere in Bihar....scavenging from trash can...feeding on the discarded railway food...


In Meerut...a kid sells garlands before the temple..

It certainly is no place for a kid's play........


Saturday, November 26, 2016

My Parents..........

My parents..........
Their wedding in the 70s'.......the black-and-white photography era......

A portrait subsequently....moisture has almost ruined the beautiful picture...

A shot taken in the 80's....in front of our lush front yard...

In 2008.......in front of our rose apple tree......

In 2013......20-25 years later.....the baby is my nephew..

It is a blessing to grow old together.......

Special days in my academic life..........

The D days of my academic life....
My PhD synopsis day, in IITG.........


My PhD defense day, in IITG.........

Friday, November 25, 2016

My hostel room in IITG study period.........

For three years, this tiny room in IITG campus, Guwahati was mine........





So many memories...



















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