Category: World Culture

An Indian village

We visited this village a year or so ago. And such is the disregard for villages ( we were headed to an official ‘picnic spot’ that happened to be in the village) that we did not intend to see the village nor did I… Continue Reading “An Indian village”

What does it feel like to be right?

Doing the right thing should feel different, even if belatedly, than doing the wrong thing. What if we can’t tell the difference. The lines blur the more you focus. And then, there are times when we think we are doing the right thing while… Continue Reading “What does it feel like to be right?”

Amazon: the mysterious

  The top photo is that of a chick, that of one of a typical amazonian bird, the Hoatzin. This one is being brought by the villagers.The bottom is that of the sunset, I photographed earlier, perhaps a little later.. perhaps more modified, probably… Continue Reading “Amazon: the mysterious”

TV across the pond: American and British TV shows

This one took a while to get to actually writing about what I had made up my mind for, a long, long time ago. I have indeed lived happily ever after, as far as what I watch on TV.  It took no one less… Continue Reading “TV across the pond: American and British TV shows”

These narrow lanes….

Seeing yet another unfulfilled promise, this one about narrow streets, I decided to make good at least one. These streets have their own soul and maybe the only ones that do. I can’t watermark them. They would be the same even if I didn’t… Continue Reading “These narrow lanes….”