ALL overgrown by cunning moss

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ALL overgrown by cunning moss
  All interspersed with weed
The little cage of “Currer Bell”,
  In quiet Haworth laid.

E.D.

This is an SOOC shot...just added the black border

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Still Existing

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KHADAON or PADUKA


Paduka is a terminology used in the Indian religious tradition of Hinduism that denotes a foot wear made out of wood. It also refers to the footprints of deities and saints that are venerated.
Paduka as footwear is generally worn by mendicants and saints of Hindu and Jain religions. Its significance in Hindu mythology is linked to the epic Ramayana.
Paduka also means foot prints of Hindu gods such as Vishnu, Shiva and other religious icons that are worshipped in this symbolic form in houses and also in temples built for this purpose. One such temple is the Gaya temple dedicated to Vishnupada or Vishnu's feet. Similarly, Buddha's foot prints are worshipped under the Bodhi tree in Bodh Gaya.
It is also the royal symbol (not as a foot wear but as a headgear) in Malaysia termed as ‘Seri Paduka’ denoting "His Majesty", which is a title bestowed as an honour of recognition to the dignitaries of Malaysian court for their outstanding contribution to the betterment of their State.

Taken from Wikipedia - Read more

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I HIDE myself within my flower

Olympus D425

HIDE myself within my flower,
That wearing on your breast,
You, unsuspecting, wear me too
And angels know the rest.

I hide myself within my flower,
That, fading from your vase,
You, unsuspecting, feel for me
Almost a loneliness.

Emily Dickinson

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The Cat and his Pet

Canon Powershot S3IS

 THAT love is all there is,

Is all we know of love,

It is enough, the freight should be,

Proportional to the groove.

Emily Dickinson

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The greener grass

Canon powershot S3IS
Himachal Pradesh


Up into the silence the green
silence with a white earth in it

you will(kiss me)go

out into the morning the young
morning with a warm world in it

(kiss me)you will go

on into the sunlight the fine
sunlight with a firm day in it

you will go(kiss me

down into your memory and
a memory and memory

i)kiss me,(will go)


                       Edward Estlin Cummings

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Dream dream dream

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Dream
Priscilla Ahn

I was a little girl
Alone in my little world
Who dreamed of a little home for me.

I played pretend between the trees,
and fed my house guests bark and leaves,
and laughed in my pretty bed of green.

I had a dream
That I could fly from the highest swing.
I had a dream.

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Lets Float

Nikon D70
India Gate

This one is from 2006....long time ago for me. On 25th of Dec....I had just started playing with a DSLR for the 1st time. Those were some lovely days though.

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HIS mind, of man a secret makes

Canon Powershot S3IS
Badrinath Temple

HIS mind, of man a secret makes,
I meet him with a start,
He carries a circumference
In which I have no part,
Or even if I deem I do
He otherwise may know.
Impregnable to inquest,
However neighborly.

E.D.

An Ascetic outside the temple of Badrinath.

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Evening Rays

Olympus D425
Patti Kalyanam

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White Tiger

Canon Powershot S3IS
Delhi Zoo

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The sweetest sounds to mortals given Are heard in Mother, Home, and Heaven

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Delhi Zoo

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Her hallowed mystery

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Suraj kund crafts mela 2010



A SOLEMN thing it was, I said,
  A woman white to be,
And wear, if God should count me fit,
  Her hallowed mystery.
 
A timid thing to drop a life
  Into the purple well,
Too plummetless that it come back
  Eternity until.

E.D.

A folk Dancer waiting for her performance. See it in black and white here

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Bottoms Up :D

Canon powershot S3IS
 Delhi Zoo

Their idea of bottoms up in their parties.....

I think either she was tending to and itchy back or taking a mud bath.

I miss rolling on the ground so much. Remember that fight that time? we pulled the other ones hair and rolled in the dusty ground fighting ferociously :P......by the time it got over....muddy hands skinned knees....dust blown hair....and the oh so familiar muddy taste in the mouth. I miss those fights so much :P

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Gods Of Gutters

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Chandni Chawk, Old Delhi

This is a typical street corner at Chandni Chawk. There were many such tiles of Hindu gods and goddesses there lined right above the open naalas and ditches. A place where people pee and spit.

Time and again you hear these religious people making such hue and cry over a remix of some Hindu Bhajan or a title like Avatar used in some Hollywood movie....

And here we are. Gods in charge of ditches and sewers.

lolz.....Its a twisted world innit?

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Dance away sister

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Surajkund Mela 09

Rajasthani Folk Dancers performing at Surajkund Mela 09

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A Dancer

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An old Self Portrait 

This picture was taken a longtime ago when I had just started with my 1st tiny 4mp cam. That time I could not even figure out how to use the timer or the flower meant Macro mode :P 

Anyway I took this in my room in candle light. This is a Hand Held shot. 

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A stalker???

Canon Powershot S3IS
Ranthambore Tiger Reserve

The name Ranthambore is derived from two hills in the area, Ran and Thanbhor. Another version says that Ranthambhore was once called Rana Stambhapura or City of the Pillars of War.

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THE SOUL that has a Guest

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Manali


THE SOUL that has a Guest,
Doth seldom go abroad,
Diviner Crowd at home
Obliterate the need,
And courtesy forbid
A Host’s departure, when
Upon Himself be visiting
The Emperor of Men!

Emily Dickinson

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Chandan aur Sindoor

Canon Powershot S3IS
Badrinath


SINDOOR
Sindoor is a red powder (Vermilion), which is traditionally applied at the beginning or completely along the parting-line of a woman’s hair (also called mang) or as a dot on the forehead. Sindoor is the mark of a married woman in Hinduism. Single women wear the dot in different colors ("bindi" in Hindi) but do not apply sindoor in their mang.

In Hindu culture, the tradition of wearing Sindoor or vermillion is said to have been prevailing through more than 5,000 years. Female figurines excavated at Mehrgarh, Baluchistan, show that sindoor was applied to the partition of women's hair even in early Harappan times.

SANDALWOOD
Sandalwood paste is integral to rituals and ceremonies, to mark religious utensils and to decorate the icons of the deities. It is also distributed thereafter to devotees, who apply it to the forehead or the neck and chest. Preparation of the paste is considered a duty fit only for the pure, and is therefore entrusted in temples and during ceremonies only to priests.

The paste is prepared by grinding pieces of the wood by hand upon granite slabs shaped for the purpose. With slow addition of water a thick paste results, which is mixed with saffron or other such pigments to make Chandan.

Sandalwood is considered in alternative medicine to bring one closer to the divine. Sandalwood essential oil, which is very expensive in its pure form, is used primarily for Ayurvedic purposes and treating anxiety.

(info taken from Wiki)

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DISTANCE is not the realm of Fox

Sariska
Canon Powershot S3IS

DISTANCE is not the realm of Fox,
Nor by relay as Bird;
Abated, Distance is until
Thyself, Beloved!

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R.I.P Billy

Billy Arjan SIngh......passed away on 1st jan.

I was planning to meet him this feb on my way to Dudhawa. But I got late. It's such a tragic loss.

Read about him here

The Picture of Billy is taken from the web and the picture of the tiger is clicked by me.

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That kid at that door

Olympus D425/C170

This was not clicked by me. This one was clicked by my 13 yr old cousin sister PUJA :) on our way to Badrinath.

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