Latent Anger

I was in college with friends when one of them just randomly suggested that I go to Mount Mary sometime in the evening. 'You'll get to witness amazing sunset, you know' so I took off with my camera and that's how I clicked this one. When I clicked it I was half expecting it to turn out so dark [courtesy lens flare], but it did and I loved it.

Latent Anger might sound a little far fetched but these dark clouds looked as if they were holding a lot of things back and at the slightest instigation they would be ready pour it all...and the evening sun at the backdrop emanating those rays as if all of it were actually smoke. A stark similarity in the behaviour of both, but varied manifestations.

P.S.- And yeah, the view from Mt. Mary in the evening is definitely amazing!!! A delight for photographers.

Freedom

I was on my visit to Jama Masjid when I had clicked this!!! And when I did it didn't clearly hit me of this tag. But when I took a closer look, there it was....Freedom.

If you look at the pic. closely you would also know what I m talking about. Surely, one would have noticed the inherently 'un-synchronized' behaviour of the birds. To begin with, the flight of each bird is characteristic of its own and probably not all of them are flying in one direction as well. But then, ain't that also the esence of freedom? To be so distinct and yet be so same, or rather to be so same and yet be so distinct...which ever way that you look at it.

Effervescence

I was at this very dry, roadside cafe when I noticed this one. Not that I hadn't seen beatiful petals before or any such thing, but the moment that I noticed these petals I stood there overwhelmed at the combo of life sorrounding it. Personally, I was in awe of its striking presence amidst anhydrous sorroundings, or in awe of its vivacious nature or its blithe spirits or may be something else.

And it was this very nature of the petals that made me think of this tag. Still trying to figure out why did I stand there. But whatever the reason may be, I just couldn't thank less...

Childhood

It is clearly what the tag suggests- Childhood. A part of our lives which all of us miss the most and a part of our lives we desperately wish that it never got over; probably because we left our most honest part there. That couldn't care less attitude, getting up in the morning and going straight to the ground to play cricket only to return back in a mess, or probably wearing a full sleeved formal shirt to make ourselves believe that we are one of those grown ups who know it all, or just those endless guys vs. girls debate. Or if I could summarise in one line- That inhibition free world.

This picture I dedicate to all such memories forming our childhood and to that one person within us who still refuses to grow up.

Mehr

'Mehr' is a Persian word that literally means 'Sun'. And that's what I attempt to show here. A speck of sun rising above the dark pitching clouds coming its way, all of this being looked through a puddle of water right on the ground. Perhaps reflects such an irony!!! Of something that essentially lives in the sky and is being showcased from the ground. Its amazing how sometimes reflections appear so clear that it becomes difficult to distinguish them from the real.
As for the tag is concerned it was suggested to me by my friend, I liked it so much that I couldn't resist keeping it.

Infinity

Infinity is the first word that crossed my mind after I had clicked this one. Besides, Infinity and Immortality are two such words which go on to describe the nature of the sky. And personally, in relation to this I have a story to narrate:

As a kid I was rather very curious [but then, who isn't?] and I used to often ask questions which ranged from being utterly simple to some rather thwarting. One such question which followed for most part of my childhood was: Is there at all a starting point to the sky? Or, Is it really infinite? Or probably, If the world is really circular and if everything would form a complete circle then in such realms what happens to the sky?

So, this photograph I dedicate to all those naive questions which persistently shape my existence.

Illuminating...

Illuminating is the first word that came to mind after I had cliked this one. Actually it is a neon torch placed against the wall at such an angle so as to create this effect.
I wonder quite often about this symbiotic relationship between the shine and the darkness. Does anything that shines or is illuminating require darkness for it to look more illuminating, or does illuminating as a quality in itself is so striking that it automatically renders everything else to darkness....

Devout

Zarre Zarre mein uska noor hai,

Jhaank khudme, woh na tujh se door hai,

Ishq hai uss se, toh sab se ishq kar,

Is ibadat ka yeh hi dastoor hai.

I m sure that in Mumbai itself one would be able to witness this site on innumerable occasions let alone in the entire Country. Every road, by lane, a small alley would have at least one effigy of God decorated with its very basic and subtle intricacies. Personally, to me it epitomizes empyrean faith. A Faith that keeps us going and a faith that would live in us forever.

Now, the inelligentsia may argue against such manifestations in its existing form citing infrastructure as one of the causes. And while I don't entirely disagree with them, but I certainly would not desert the layman's pysche on this issue as well. Its not that I m against the concept of development, but from the layman's perspective one needs to keep in mind their perspectives as well and as such, their viewpoint should not entirely be discarded. As far as the photograph is concerned, I m in love with it.

Watchful

This picture was intended to be something else. Actually I had found three of them hanging about in a similiar fashion staring mysteriously somewhere, and just when I decide to click them the company disintegrated.
Anyway, I found him rather very engrossed with this gaze. He seemed to be oblivious to everything at that time and had fixed his attention to something that only he would know of. And I can say that because after I got my snap I did fiddle around with the nearest tree, and did all I could to break his spell, but was unsuccessful at it. Well, that's where I got my tag from.

Safety or Superstition???

For most part of my childhood and I guess even now I have witnessed this sight so many times. People tying a lemon and few red chillies to their transports as a mark of safety (supposed to be considered auspicious). I have never understood its significance...or rather, have never tried to understand its significance. It is out of my space of logic to understand how exactly is this combination so auspicious or for that matter how does it even denote safety. But then, I think deep down all of us are like that, we all have our own fears and inhibitions. And at such times, belief belies even the strongest of arguments.

After a hard day's work

I usually see such carts a lot throughout the day, usually going to and fro the same destination a numerous times carrying abundant load. So this was a good change to see the cart at ease completely by itself. As much as I respect the people who ride such carts and work all day to earn a meagre sum I also wished the government would do something to educate them in regards the treatment towards the animals.

This was clicked post midnight at somewhere around 1:30 AM. Hence that little disparity (noise) in the pic is visible.

Daybreak

The tag here is self-explanatory. It was just that I got up this morning to study and revise a few concepts barely feeling like it. And this was what I saw outside the windw. So, yeah my concentration was pretty much- vivid, to say the least. Besides, leap years could be a more recurring phenomenon given the number of times that I get up so early in the morning to study. [:P]