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Lens and Sensibility: Bits of my home that I love
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A meander up and down the lanes and bylanes that map my world. May 15, 2015. Bits of my home that I love. I took these pictures during the summer of 2015. Perhaps this is a nostalgia trip. Perhaps it is to share these views with those who love Ratnakara - our childhood home - as much as I do. Please view the photos full screen. You'll really feel you are there! Ratnakara has three varieties of mangoes - cheruku rasalu, suvarnarekha (seen here) and pickle mangoes. We have plenty of dazzling bougainvilleas.
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Lens and Sensibility: November 2014
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A meander up and down the lanes and bylanes that map my world. November 27, 2014. The duck pond comes back to life! Today, I went to Sanjeevaiah Park today on a whim. The winter cold has set in - 11 degrees in Hyderabad, and it was tempting to walk in the sun, along the Hussainsagar, the route that I used to take earlier, but don't take any more ever since the Duck Pond was destroyed. Well, today, I was in for a surprise. The duck pond had been like this when I saw it destroyed in September 2014:. A deli...
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Lens and Sensibility: BluePencil's new book: "HydandSeek: A visual tribute to Hyderabad"
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A meander up and down the lanes and bylanes that map my world. January 27, 2015. BluePencil's new book: "HydandSeek: A visual tribute to Hyderabad". The launch is done. Unfortunately it was not a perfect event. But the time and place were more than perfect. Day 1, the festival book store told us we were the best sellers that day! Smiles and high fives! People said good things. It seemed like everyone was talking about this book. There is a feeling of elation after the launch. View my complete profile.
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Lens and Sensibility: July 2015
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A meander up and down the lanes and bylanes that map my world. July 29, 2015. And so Malini has joined college! Symbiosis University once again - and our love affair with Pune continues! I am handling it better this time since several of the earlier anxieties are behind us, with regard to the hostel and the college. She joined the Symbiosis School of Liberal Arts. The course sounds exciting! Of course there were and are moments of worry and frustration. In Montessori, much as she liked to sing, she refus...
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Lens and Sensibility: Thank you, Paruchuri Hanumantha Rao garu
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A meander up and down the lanes and bylanes that map my world. March 03, 2015. Thank you, Paruchuri Hanumantha Rao garu. Hyderabad and the world of printing owes a lot to Paruchuri Hanumantha Rao garu, who passed away yesterday evening. He was the person who started Pragati Offset in Lakdikapul more than 50 years back. The printing press grew from strength to strength over the years, and is now one of the best in the world. We will miss you, Hanumantha Rao garu. Thank you for Pragati. A charming book of ...
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Lens and Sensibility: Our speeches at the launch of HydandSeek
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A meander up and down the lanes and bylanes that map my world. February 15, 2015. Our speeches at the launch of HydandSeek. Sadhana Ramchander's address at the book launch. Good afternoon, and welcome to the launch of HydandSeek, a book about Hyderabad through Lakshmi Prabhala’s photographs. I do like them very much! Then one day in April last year, sitting in 13 Dhabha and eating a rather sinful gobi paratha, “It would be nice to do this book” changed to “Let’s do this book! Today, at the end of what se...
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Lens and Sensibility: Weather watch: Monsoon 2015
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A meander up and down the lanes and bylanes that map my world. July 05, 2015. Weather watch: Monsoon 2015. Photo of a beautifully lit up Saidanuma's Tomb. Taken from the car during the big rain. There were rains in the first week of March and April. Summer wasn't really very hot until May. End May, it became very intense.on 28 May, I wrote on FB: " Bahar nikle toh dhoop thappadaan maarri baap! Not my words.borrowed from Twitter). And then it rained on 4 June, when I wrote,. It had better rain in August.
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Lens and Sensibility: January 2015
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A meander up and down the lanes and bylanes that map my world. January 27, 2015. BluePencil's new book: "HydandSeek: A visual tribute to Hyderabad". The launch is done. Unfortunately it was not a perfect event. But the time and place were more than perfect. Day 1, the festival book store told us we were the best sellers that day! Smiles and high fives! People said good things. It seemed like everyone was talking about this book. There is a feeling of elation after the launch. January 17, 2015. The MLA ca...
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Lens and Sensibility: A salute to men
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A meander up and down the lanes and bylanes that map my world. March 10, 2015. A salute to men. It is my belief that there are good people and bad people everywhere in the world. There are kind people, there are cruel people; there are geniuses, there are murderers; there are intelligent people, there are dumb people; there are compassionate people and there are rapists. Just shuffle them all up, sprinkle them on the Earth, and draw continents and countries. And then another friend and I, along with my d...
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Lens and Sensibility: Kutch nahi dekha toh kuch nahin dekha!
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A meander up and down the lanes and bylanes that map my world. March 25, 2015. Kutch nahi dekha toh kuch nahin dekha! As we drive towards the Great Rann of Kutch, we see miles and miles of flat land, light brown, with either no plants or with a few acacia plants. The colours are essentially brown, dull green and the grey of the road, interrupted by mirages. Sitting here at the edge of the Rann, I am amazed at yet another wonder of nature. Vast and blazing white, it gives me an other-planetary feeling.
