Traditions

Rows of lamps left out to dry at Pottery Town. The lamps are just waiting to be lit.    

I was on the 25th Chennai Photo Walk and we were walking past the Annamalai Mandram, in front of which is the statue of the famous banker/philanthropist, Rajah Sir Annamalai Chettiar photographed here with an

With cameras we shot Things ‘cool’ and hot And stories we got Of what was but is not… Pasha’s chai ‘Lock’ed with paan Mosque view Ulsoor Market Timekeepers for generations Smile please… Pandian, Ijaz and

The Bengalee Association held Durga puja celebrations at the RBANMS grounds in Ulsoor. It was my first Dussehra, Bengali style! The idol of Goddess Durga at the decorated pandal   Bangalore’s Bengalis turned up in

Max Mueller Bhavan, along with two heritage architects, Kripa and Pankaj, had organized a heritage walk in Malleswaram this time, so off we went last Saturday. It was on the way there that my S3

For the past few years, Chitra Kala Parishath (CKP) has been organizing an annual art event, Chitra Santhe (Art Fair) in and around the CKP campus and its environs. It has become a fairly important

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:

Though Independence Day is only on August 15th, the preparations for one of the two annual flower shows that this City has, has already begun. I went to Lalbagh early this morning, and the Glass

Every classical music artiste faces, I think, the same dilemma after having finished the "AlApanai" of the rAgam. Will the audience be in a mood to listen carefully to the structure and lyrics of a