Sunset Colours

sunset over Goregaon

"Sometimes it's necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly."
~Edward Albee

The low level clouds have gone, replaced by clearer skies and glimpses of higher scattered clouds. This one is clicked from the terrace of the building.

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Sunset Colours

sunset over Goregaon


“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.”
~Rabindranath Tagore


Today was another magnificent sunset over the dindoshi depot. I got to it at the fag end.

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- next morning update!

This is another angle with more sky.

Sunset Colours

sunset over goregaon

Slowly but surely I have stopped worrying about what I am doing or what I am supposed to be doing. :) Today the sky was rampant with colour. I watched as it slowly merged with the darkness which crept in from the left and the right and above ... as if the sun took away all the colour with it when it went yonder ...

Vidyanagari Campus - mid 70's

Photo by my dad and my photography guru, the adventurous VSR.

Harihareshwar etc.

It was good to be away from the city after a long time. I was feeling quite dead. So when the trip was proposed, I was ready. My car was in the garage, so had to borrow my brother's Honda city. It was fun driving. The company was good. The places we went through were refreshing.

We decided that we will go via Diveagar to Shrivardhan. This would mean a detour on a very bad road. But having passed through these lands on our bike trip, I knew it would be worth it. It was.

We reached Harihareshwar late. The MTDC was full. But between Percy and Harsh, they acquired accommodation for us. It was pretty good. We headed for dinner of fish in the local style.

Next morning I could not get up early, but Percy and Ipshita went roaming the land. After a breakfast we headed for the beach. It was so beautifully serene. I wish I could have stayed there for a few more days. Me and Percy walked to the other end while the others enjoyed the crystal clear waters and the white sands.

Lunch with our hosts, again of fish. Then on the way back to reality.

Our lives have become such a circus. Of running about. Of doing who knows what and to what end. Of chasing a life with the hope of a nicer future. This is the time of plenty. The food and shelter is there. But everyone is still looking for something ... else. It's such a circular thing that it becomes funny. The good part of it is that such occasions as ones describe above become all the more desired and enjoyable. I think we have psyched ourselves into such an hyper-excited lifestyle that we yearn and desperately strive to live these moments to the fullest. Experience.




Harihareshwar beach. 180 deg panorama



on the road to Harihareshwar



the state highway to shriwardhan



the road from Diveagar to Shriwardhan






Annie on an isolated beach



Suru trees on the beach. They are beautiful.



seaside



At Shrivardhan for tea.



Dinner at Harihareshwar



Harihareshwar beach.



Beach view from the other end.



Annesha and Ipshita



Place where we stayed



Road to Bagmandla



On the road from Bagmandla to Shrivardhan.



harihareshwar beach


Note: All photos taken with the Kodak V705 or Panasonic GS320 cameras.

Photos by Percy (Sony W55)


on the way to Shrivardhan



post lunch at Diveagar



On the way to Shrivardhan from Diveagar



early morning



batata



the travelers



me

Past: Vidyanagari Campus

Photo by Vijay Rao

The Vidyanagari Campus of the University of Mumbai in the MID-80's. Photo taken from the water tower by my adventurous father. He had done a similar stunt sometimes in the mid 70's too.

How different was the whole world at that time. I remember the first time I had come to this place (before we actually shifted) was to see the Haley's comet. The program was held on top of the Library building. The campus seemed so huge at that time... or even later when we played chor-poolice all over the place in our summer vacations.

wonderfull lands ...

I traveled into fantastic lands ... of waterfalls, of hills shrouded in clouds, of green green nature ...

Between Prabal and Louisa

The sun parched landscape between Matheran and Prabal. May seems to draw me to Matheran ... This time too, I photographed.