reaaaally, orig­i­nally uploaded by anita. So after years and years of planning/promising/contemplating (and com­bi­na­tions thereof) Kiruba is finally com­ing to Ban­ga­lore. Don’t get too excited. It’s for the marathon. But then we’re nice peo­ple, so have to under­stand. Since many of us know of him through his var­i­ous exploits — the most famous of which […]

I am head­ing to Man­ga­lore for a few days and asked for sug­ges­tions over at the BSB group as to inter­est­ing sights and sounds in and around the city. These are some that came in. The ones in bold are what I don’t want to miss. If you have any­thing inter­est­ing to add, do leave […]

Under the full moon, orig­i­nally uploaded by anitab­ora. Under a full moon night, on Kanakpura Road, we were treated to a melange of music and dance — from Hin­dus­tani clas­si­cal, to rock to death metal — every­thing was on the menu! The dusk to dawn music con­cert, Bhoomi Jathre, was held at the Fire­flies Ashram, about […]

Some of us at the exhi­bi­tion, orig­i­nally uploaded by anitab­ora. This is the third exhi­bi­tion in which the Ban­ga­lore Shut­ter­bugs have par­tic­i­pated or put up, in the span of about 6 months. This one is titled “Paint­ing by Light” and has been organ­ised by Art Mantram Foun­da­tion, a group that works for the pro­mo­tion of […]

After a week when not very nice things hap­pened to me, I was pleas­antly sur­prised (actu­ally I was absolutely thrilled) to get an email from Jag say­ing he was gift­ing me a Flickr pro account. Merci Beau­coup, Dhanyavaad. Danke, Gra­zie, Gra­cias and Thank You, Jag! Yoohoo! I am in sev­enth heaven and doing lit­tle jig across […]

The plan was to set off from Ban­ga­lore at 4 .30 am in the morn­ing. When Sat­ur­day dawned, we finally left the city at 10.30 am. There were 9 of us (Jaya, Sahas­tra, Anudeep, Reena, Rohit, Ravi, Bijoy, Ran­jita and me) on board a hired Tempo Trav­eller as we set off for the small village […]

Made a tir­ing but enjoy­able bird­watch­ing trip to Kokkre Belur on Sat­ur­day. The vil­lage is known for its spot billed pel­i­cans and painted storks, which take res­i­dence in and around this vil­lage. This is the nest­ing sea­son, and as soon as you enter KB, you are treated to the shrill cries of these birds and […]

Jama Masjid, orig­i­nally uploaded by anitab­ora. This time, when pass­ing through Delhi on the way to Uttaran­chal, we got some time to roam around the Old Delhi area. I would have loved to spend more time click­ing there, but we could only afford a cou­ple of hours. Some snap­shots from the city’s street life. (Inspired […]