Datura
Posted in Black and White, Flower on Dec 17th, 2010
A stalk and dry seed-pods of Datura collected along the road from Dharampur to Barog on NH22. Click for a larger view.
Yearly Archive for 2010
Incongruous as this may sound, serenity can be found in New Delhi. At the Bahá’í House of Worship [the Lotus Temple, as it is commonly called here]. Peace and quiet inside the temple, eyes closed, meditative thoughts, the “outside” world disappeared. This is one place of worship that I would go back to yet again [...]
A quick one taken from the new flyover that connects from Nehru Stadium to Sarai Kale Khan, of one of the old monuments of Nizamuddin all lit up at night.
How it looks – from the other side
Posted in Sonargaon on Dec 3rd, 2010
This is the blue door at Panam Nagar / Sonargaon that I have photographed several times, as viewed from the other side today I did not realize, nor could see from the front – that the cracked glass in the window was multi colored, until I climbed the staircase up to see artwork form today’s exhibit. [...]
Zeba + Sonargaon + Britto + Art + Heritage = fantastic
Posted in art, Artist, Fareha Zeba, Sonargaon on Dec 3rd, 2010
Friend Zeba had called one evening to say that she would be working with a group of artists / photographers / videographers [Mithu Sen & Samit Das - India, Iqra Tanveer Toor – Pakistan, Janananda Laksiri - Sri Lanka, Hu XiaoXiao - China, Paolo W. Tamburella - Italy, Amir Mobed - Iran, Allioum Moussa - [...]
A very very sleepy kitten actually…..a bit grown up too from when I saw these kittens 2 weeks ago.
Surya – as designed by Surayia
Posted in Ameheh Ispahahi, art, Artist, Cathy Stevulak, Leonard Hill, Surayia Rahman on Nov 28th, 2010
With Cathy and Len in Dhaka – meeting people connected with Surayia Rahman, the search for all artwork and history of Surayia’s amazing life-story continues. A common friend handed over to us a treasure the other day, quite unexpectedly. A set of 5 metal engraved printing blocks that were designed by Surayia Rahman for use on their stationery [...]