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An Evening of Music, Stillness, and an Uneasy Thought

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 An Evening of Music, Stillness, and an Uneasy Thought Last night, at Sufi Music Night at Safdarjung Tomb in Delhi, I experienced the simple pleasure of sitting still and listening. The lead artist, sitarist Megha Raut, brought together Sufi music and the sound of the sitar. The blend softened the trance-like intensity I associate with Sufi music into something gentle and contemplative. The notes seemed to invite the mind to slow down. Around me, the audience listened quietly. That shared attentiveness became part of the beauty of the evening. So many people, each carrying their own thoughts and concerns, had settled into the same sound. For a while, simply being there felt enough. The historic setting added to that feeling. There was something deeply moving about hearing the sitar in a place that has stood through generations of human life. The music, the architecture, and the quiet attention of the audience made it an evening I wanted to hold on to. But one observation left me un...
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The Bridge Between Who I Was and Who I Became

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  There are some places we remember not because anything extraordinary happened there, but because, for a few quiet moments, life seemed to slow down enough for us to notice it. Hastings was one of those places for me. It was late in the evening, and the town had already surrendered itself to the night. The sky was almost completely black, the kind of darkness that makes every artificial light seem brighter than it really is. Ahead, the great arch of the bridge stretched across the river, illuminated against the darkness. From a distance it looked less like a structure of steel and more like a doorway, connecting not merely two banks of a river, but two moments in time. I remember walking through the park, surrounded by trees, grass, silent pathways and the occasional pool of light from a lamp. During the day, perhaps, it would have been an ordinary public space. Children might have run across the lawns, cyclists might have passed, people might have sat talking by the river. But at...
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Location: Hastings, MN 55033, USA
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Where Silence Learns to Breathe

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  A quiet valley unfolds below Thiksey Monastery, where barren mountains and fragile life coexist in perfect balance, Ladakh. I took this photograph standing at the top of Thiksey Monastery , but what I really captured was a feeling that refused to stay quiet. From up there, Ladakh does not shout. It does not try to impress. It simply exists , vast and indifferent, yet deeply intimate. In the frame, you see two worlds meeting without conflict. On one side, the mountains, raw, ancient, and almost indifferent to time. They look the way they must have looked centuries ago, before roads, before monasteries, before we learned to name places. These mountains do not care who you are. They have seen empires rise and vanish like dust. And then there is the green. A sudden, almost shocking ribbon of life cutting through a barren land. Fields that are alive, trees that lean into each other as if for support, a quiet village breathing gently in the valley below. It feels fragile, almost improb...
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A Quiet Evening in Srirangapatna

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Evening skies over Srirangapatna, where time feels slower and gentler.   22 December 2024, 17:52 • Mandya, Karnataka There are moments on a journey when the world suddenly slows down, as if inviting you to breathe a little deeper. This photograph was taken during one such pause, somewhere near Srirangapatna in Mandya district of India.  The sky that evening looked like a soft negotiation between day and night. Layers of clouds stretched across the horizon, some gentle, some brooding, all painted with the fading warmth of the sun. You could tell the light was slipping away, but it wasn’t gone yet. It lingered, almost shyly, behind the cloud curtain, sending out faint strokes of pink and orange, as if signing its name before leaving. Below, rows of coconut trees formed a dark, steady silhouette, guardians of the quiet fields that stretched into the distance. A few electric poles and wires cut across the frame, but instead of disturbing the view, they grounded it. They reminded m...
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A Banana Leaf, A Full Heart: Remembering Our Office Onam Sadhya

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  Onam in the office, 2010 - where work paused and togetherness began. Onam Sadhya in Our Office – A Memory from 2010 That Still Warms My Heart There are some photographs that blur with time, and then there are some that become gentle anchors, pulling us back to a moment filled with warmth, people, and belonging. This picture from 2010 is one of those for me.
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The Silent Story of Stone: A Moment with the Legends of Mahabalipuram

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  Stone relief at Mahabalipuram, capturing the ancient Pallava storytelling tradition through myth, movement, and devotion carved into living rock. There are places where history speaks softly, and then there are places where it stands before you, carved into living rock, telling its story without a single word. My visit to Mahabalipuram brought me face to face with one such masterpiece, and I stood there longer than I expected, simply absorbing the weight of time. The stone relief you see above is part of the great sculptural wonder often associated with two overlapping legends, Arjuna’s Penance and The Descent of the Ganga . What struck me most was not just the mythic scale of the story but the way the ancient Pallava artisans brought it to life with emotion, movement, and unbelievable skill.
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A Glimpse of Serenity: My Kumbalangi Trip

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Throwing it back to 2010 and the timeless beauty of Kumbalangi. The way those reflections hit the water is everything. I can almost feel the sun and the breeze. 😌 #Throwback #KumbalangiTrip #Nostalgia #KeralaVibes #LandscapePhotography #TravelMemories A Glimpse of Serenity: My Kumbalangi Trip Just stumbled upon this gem from my archives and it instantly transported me back to the tranquil backwaters of Kumbalangi. This shot was taken on a sunny Saturday, November 20, 2010, at around 12:38 PM. Can you believe it's been that long? Good old SAMSUNG GT-S8500 did a pretty decent job capturing the moment, even if it was "only" 1.9 MP! This picture perfectly encapsulates the peaceful vibe of Kumbalangi. The row of vibrant green and golden palm trees standing tall along the water's edge, their reflections mirroring perfectly in the calm backwater, is just breathtaking. There's something so calming about the clear blue sky overhead, offering a beautiful contrast to the lu...
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