A photo journal and some ramblings…
Posted in Mashobra, Naldehra, Shimla, Sidhora, family, sunrise, sunset on Jan 1st, 2010
A very happy new year to all! Dec 25th to 30th 2009. A lovely visit to Simla/Sidhora/Mashobra, yet again. Long walks through the pine forests. Freezing cold during the early mornings, but just great regardless. Lovely skies in the mornings and evenings. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Click the thumbnails for the full photo. [...]
Posted in Fall, Mashobra, Moon, Shimla, Sidhora, nature, sunrise, sunset on Dec 5th, 2009
Beautiful time of the year in Simla with the colors turning. 4 days of bliss! Click HERE for few assorted images in a slide-show. If you cannot view the FLASH slide-show, try THIS LINK for a basic-view gallery. [The last image in the series, the snow-capped Himalayan Range was taken from the 'plane between Chandigarh and Delhi.] [...]
Posted in Anil Advani, India, Indian Postal Service, Roy Christopher Robinson, Shimla, copyright, featured, school on Nov 3rd, 2009
Surprised to see that a photograph taken by me in May 2007 of the Main Building of Bishop Cotton School [in Shimla, India where I studied from 1960-70] was used for a Commemorative Postage Stamp issued on 6th October 2009 as a feature for the Sesquicentennial celebrations of BCS! Here is the photo And the [...]
Posted in Black and White, Mashobra, Shimla on Sep 11th, 2009
Remembering Simla. A few images had stuck in my mind as “black and white” from when I was making them … needed to be converted and I finally got around to doing them today evening. the Deodar tree on the way to Narkanda and the view of Sanjauli bazaar especially …   Â
Posted in Mashobra, Moon, Shimla, Sidhora, cottage, family, mist, rock, sunset on Jul 4th, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Barbet, Bulbul, Flycatcher, India, Indian Institute Of Advanced Study, Laughingthrush, Mashobra, Shimla, Sidhora, Treecreeper, Vice Regal Lodge, White-eye, Whitethroat, forest, nature 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 [...]
Posted in India, Jyoti, Landscape, Mannat, Mashobra, Naldehra, Shimla, forest, mist, rain, sunset on Jun 20th, 2008
A couple of photos – the view from our cottage in Mashobra [near Naldehra] Â in the Shimla Hills. The mist rolling up the pine forested hills and a nice sunset later that evening. Â The cottage on a misty and rainy day ~ Mannat & Jyoti at Mashobra ~ Mannat sketching flowers in the garden [...]
Posted in BCS, India, Links, New Delhi, Nita, Reading, Shimla, Tattapani, family, school 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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