Deepa's Jottings
Kite in the evening sky….
We were participating the Bangalore Bird Race, and had gone to Madivala Lake right at the end to see what water birds we could spot; but a "kite" (not a Black or Brahminy Kite!) caught »
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A Gem in the Bustle….
Right in the middle of the rush and hustle of St Mark’s Road, I spotted it…a "gem of purest ray serene"…but not in the "unfathom’d caves of ocean", but right in the centre of this »
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Ragigudda Temple Hanumath Jayanthi…mini mela
The Ragigudda Temple, Jayanagar 9th Block, is celebrating the Hanumath Jayanthi (birthday of Hanuman or Anjaneya) from the 3rd of December. The area around the temple has been cordonned off to traffic and several stalls »
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Art in Unlikely Places
I was walking down Jayanagar 9th block when I saw this really beautiful work of art. Its function is to keep people from bumping into the glass, but the artist in the person entrusted with »
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The Shankar Mahadevan concert
After a long time, I went to attend a concert in the centre of town. Shankar Mahadevan, Sivamani, Zakir Hussain and Selvaganesh were playing/singing, and it would be interesting, I thought. I did, also, get »
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A young demonstrator
Amongst the many images and impressions at that I saw and experienced at the "Namma Raste, Namma Ooru" walk on Sunday, 9th November 2008, was the picture of this tiny tot; She didn’t seem to »
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Why I am participating in the Namma Raste, Namma Ooru Walk
With regard to the tree-felling and road-widening that is happening now…..we are against *indiscriminate* use of this facility, that’s all. The point is, that cutting down trees is irreversible, so what we are saying is, »
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Our State was born today….
Today is Rajyothsava Day (click on the link for the Wiki information)…. Have a happy weekend, everyone! ⊕
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Ganesha Chaturthi
Here’s the image of Ganesha which was installed and worshipped in our apartment building today: As I photographed the homa being conducted, I fancied that I could see the image of Ganesha in the flames: »
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Sell ’em early, Ranga Shankara!
Ranga Shankara has a very laudable project called "Other Voices" where smaller, more intimate plays are sought to be staged to a much smaller audience. One example of this was "1, Madhav Baug", enacted by »