A few days of solitude, setting-up and  living at our cottage at Sidhora near Baldian [Mashobra]. Watching the mist and the lovely sunset colors….  Our cottage ~ A Gurudwara at Pinjore ~ The mist at Mashobra ~ The temple at Fagu [2] ~ The temple at Narkanda ~ Plant and rocks on the Narkanda road [...]
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A wedding in the family, 4 days and nights of continual partying! Met up with some of the family I had not seen in YEARS. A fabulous event! A few photos           Advit and Juhi’s wedding. December 8th to December 11th 2008. New Delhi India.
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An art exhibition of drawings and paintings by Meera Dayal and Pierre ‘Boris’ Hannoyer, at India Habitat Center New Delhi India from 4th to 9th December 2008. A must see!
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Posted in Barbet, Bulbul, Flycatcher, forest, India, Indian Institute Of Advanced Study, Laughingthrush, Mashobra, nature, Shimla, Sidhora, Treecreeper, Vice Regal Lodge, White-eye, Whitethroat on Oct 5th, 2008
A quick trip to get some long overdue work done at our cottage in Simla. The view of the Himalayan Range from the air [Dhaka to Delhi] was spectacular, though I could not capture the “spactularness” due to the dirty aircraft windows… Little time to photograph the surrounds and birds. That meant I had to be [...]
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Posted in BCS, family, India, Links, New Delhi, Nita, Reading, school, Shimla, Tattapani on Nov 21st, 2007
That came later, the nostalgia. While looking at some web-stats for this blog today, there was a strange reference in the “uncommon usage” section and so I followed the link to find where from this blog was being linked to. Actually, it was not linked to the web page I am talking about, but to a relatively unknown [...]
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No, did not misspell moonlighting. Meant it, as in “moodyâ€. While in Simla during May, I did some portraits of the Head Master from my old school [Bishop Cotton School, Shimla]. When I started off, I took a few test shots [with flash] and then saw this lovely warm light of the evening sun that was [...]
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Yak giving rides at Kufri Thick forest at Chail Jacaranda Nag temple on the road from Kufri to Chail The PWD Rest House at Chail Local carpenter’s sign-board, funny! Bridge at Sadhoopul, constructed 1904 by Jessop of Calcutta.  Horse Chestnut tree and The Chapel, Bishop Cotton School Shimla. Stained glass Chapel window at sunset. [...]
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