This blog is where my photographs find their stories. Here, I write about the birds, flowers, landscapes, people, and places that capture my attention, along with the thoughts and experiences they inspire.
Some posts are photo essays, some are travel notes, and others are simply reflections on the beauty of the world around us.
Scared of a book that might actually do what books are supposed to do.
For centuries, people have written books in the hope that their words would provoke, disturb, question, annoy, challenge and, occasionally, embarrass. That is rather the point of a book. There is something ironic about a publishing…
Teej: A Day Off from Being Everyone’s Everything
There are festivals that celebrate Gods. Festivals that celebrate harvests. Festivals that celebrate victory. And then there is our version of Teej, our wonderfully extravagant celebration of bangles, mehendi, swings, monsoon clouds, songs, dressing up and…
My Brain Has a Mind of Its Own
I have finally accepted an uncomfortable truth. My brain behaves differently depending on who is standing in front of me. With my parents, both in their eighties, my brain is expected to be obedient. It tries.…
Not Quite Family, Much More Than a Bollywood Memoir
Not Quite Family is a book by veteran film critic, journalist, and filmmaker Khalid Mohamed, published by HarperCollins India. I started reading Not Quite Family as a reader of Khalid Mohamed’s film reviews. His reviews were…
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