Stardom

Stardom, originally uploaded by baejaar.

Quote: The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team."
Author: John Wooden
Photographer: Gokila

One of the memorable snaps straight from Pondichery.

- Dheepak Ra

Calories

Calories, originally uploaded by baejaar.

Quote: The best way to lose weight is to eat all you want of everything you don't like
Author: Anonymous
Photographer: Dheepak Ra

This was shot while I was waiting to catch up with my friends in front of Shakes & Creams in Chennai.

- Dheepak Ra

Patriotism

Patriotism, originally uploaded by baejaar.

Quote: Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism
Author: George Washington
Photographer: Dheepak Ra

Shouldnt it be imposters rather than impostures? I guess you folks can enlighten me better.

Anyway I dont mind as long as the poor chap earns some money in the lead up to the independence day.

This was shot in Chennai - during my brief sojourn there.

I am sorry I didnt post on 26th. But then I am sure you will forgive me for not working during the night of my birthday.

- Dheepak RA

Palace

Palace, originally uploaded by baejaar.

Quote: Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail
Author: John Donne
Photographer: Shripriya Raghunathan

One among the first few snaps taken by Shripriya after she bought her new cam.

- Dheepak Ra

Patterns

Patterns, originally uploaded by baejaar.

Quote: To understand is to perceive patterns.
Author: Isaiah Berlin
Photographer: Dheepak Ra

Dear Readers,

My apologies for the unscheduled downtime of this blog. After all I am an ordinary mortal and sometimes I too lose interest. Thanks to all for your encouraging emails, I think its time I pulled up my socks. So after 7 missed posts, here is a snap from the famous "Spencer Plaza" in Chennai.

- Dheepak Ra

Significance

Quote: What you do may seem insignificant, but its important that you do it.
Author: M.K.Gandhi
Photographer: Dheepak Ra

This is from Ambala - the old city which seems to revolve only around an Airforce base and the DAV college. I think I was the only tourist in that town last month but then those mundane places have a charm of their own ;-)

- Dheepak Ra

Change

Quote: Some people change their ways when they see the light;
others when they feel the heat
Author: Caroline Schoeder
Photographer: Vijayalakshmi

Another snap from Vijayalakshmi and its one of the best snaps, I have ever seen in a long time. I liked this snaps so much that I have posted two snaps from Vijayalakshmi in succession which I have never done before.

- Dheepak Ra

Trust thy purpose

Quote: God brings men into deep waters not to drown them, but to cleanse them.
Author: John H. Aughey
Suggested by: Deepika Gangiti
Photographer: Dheepak Ra

Another snap from the recent trip to Pondichery.

This blog has never failed to surprise me - it has got me in touch with my junior in college, reunited my lecturer with classmate, met my cousin's classmate, my college mate via school mate. I am wondering as to what's next.........

- Dheepak Ra

Perspective

Quote: We now know a thousand ways not to build a light bulb
Author: Thomas Alva Edison
Photographer: Vijayalakshmi

Thankfully my manager too understands this. Those days of fiddling around with OGSA-DAI and DQP are pretty fresh in my mind and I am sure in my colleagues too ;-)

- Dheepak Ra

Sunset

Quote: The setting sun, and music at the close,
As the last taste of sweets, is sweetest last,
Writ in remembrance more than things long past.
Author: Shakespeare
Photographer: Dheepak Ra

This was one of my favorite snaps of the recent Pondichery trip. After all I had to sacrifice sleep and wake up at 5am!!!

And no thats neither me nor my friend. It was some unfortunate guy whom I decided to capture - yeah without his knowledge.

- Dheepak Ra

Poetry

Quote: Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted
Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley
Photographer: Friend of Charlie Zhang

My poetry is just the silence.

- Dheepak Ra

Release

Quote: Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it.
Author: Harry Emerson Fosdick
Photographer: Dheepak Ra

Some pleasures are sometimes unmatched ;-)

Anyway this was shot in Chandigarh in July.

Sorry about the delayed post. Just recuperating from illness, so cant keep up the timings.

Now let me rush, my friend has been calling me for a photo session for quite sometime. Need to complete it before we pack up for the day.

- Dheepak Ra

Elephant

Quote: When two elephants fight, it is the grass that gets trampled.
Author: African Proverb
Photographer: Ramya Balaji

This is from the Bannerghata National Park in Bangalore.

- Dheepak Ra