We stand on the road,
Our bodies ripped apart.
Our private chambers, our walled spaces
Open to everyone.
We were built with hope:
Hope that we would stand
And serve the people who live in us
For many years.
But, instead...
Development, or the
Infringement of rules
Have brought us to ruin
And we stand, bereft, upon the road
With our demolished rooms exposed
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Is it or isn't it?

I felt that this house is NOT upright. DnA (who are right, of course) say it is.

But to me, it strongly gives the feeling of being the Leaning House (not) of Pisa!

What do you think? A great optical illusion.

Kirkland, 160624


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I was interested in the model of a horse on a heritage building in downtown Seattle. Of course, everything is on the internet!


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Most of the group


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Part of the group at the start. Many people joined later


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A condolence visit to Chennai (my cousin's wife suddenly passed away on 29th) was bittersweet. I visited my grandmother's home, my parents' home, and my own home, going back to several decades of a pleasant past life. Met some of my extended family, with whom my contact for the past decade has only been through WhatsApp. It was drizzling and ( Read more... )

When the people in a house can't agree on what colour it should be.....


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It was just sheer chance that, having enjoyed the beauty of this heritage house, popularly called "Jinke Mane" (Deer House), I clicked it out of a running car on 11 May '14:


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On our visit to the Sathymangalam area, we drove past the Seeta Kalyana Mahal, a wedding mantapa, in Gobichettypalayam, where all the big fat weddings used to take place.


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