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 20 kilometres from the city on Saturday evening. We almost didn’t get there. In fact, we were possibly headed towards Tamil Nadu according to one of our vehicle’s occupants. Our navigator, who I shall call VD, nearly missed the non-descript turn to the ashram on Kanakpura Road. VI, who was driving his brand new sunshine car, finally gave his vehicle some real exercise as we bumped over the bad village roads. Actually, in some places there were no roads and VI went ouch, ouch as if he was physically hurt. The poor thing – new cars do strange things to people. We reached much after dusk, around 10.30 pm. The line-up included violinists Mysore Nagaraj & Mysore Manjunath, a …

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 cultural activities in the city. Quite a few Shutterbuggers were present when the exhibition was inaugurated by Anil Kumble yesterday evening. There were other guests who graced the occasion including Rani Satish, ex-Culture and Kannada minister, Lata Bhandari, Jija Hari Singh and photographer Helmuth Koenz. Quite a few photographs were sold during the first day itself, including Kaushik B’s beautiful portait of 3 children, which was bought by Kumble. A few other photographs from the lens of Vivek M, Lavannya Goradia and Shankar S were also bought during the exhibition. Got a chance to meet a few new members of this now burgeoning group. A young enthusiastic engineering student called Jayant came up to me and said he had joined …

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 by Lavannya’s city life series.)

I was at the Forum mall on Friday evening buying tickets for a movie. In the queue behind me, a girl and boy were discussing something and nudging each other. Terrorist… commented the guy to the gal and they nudged each other again. AK-47 whispered the guy, behind my back. Only then I realised they were referring to me! Later that evening I was going to meet some of my office photography club colleagues for a night photo shoot. I had my tripod over one shoulder and it tends to look rather menacing. I had to resist the impulse to turn on them, uncover my AK-47 and start shooting right there.

Colours of spring, originally uploaded by anita. I love the beautiful colours in spring time. It’s all too brief though. And the purple and yellow flowers only blossom for about a couple of weeks but they look incredibly beautiful. I took a walk around the neighbourhood a few days ago and captured a few of the purple blossoms, which graced every corner. Sadly, they’re all gone now and the summer is upon us with real gusto. It’s been so hot lately, that I feel like I’m back in Mumbai again.

new beginnings. new year., originally uploaded by anitabora. Wishing all of you visiting JALS an absolutely gorgeous 2005. This beautiful sight I encountered in Hampi on Christmas Day has remained entrenched in my mind. With all the tragic events that followed, these are the moments that become even more precious. I do hope you like it. Love and peace for the new year to all of you…