My trusty sewing machine. Bought in Muscat in 1996, and (touch wood) still going strong.


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Dyeing parts of one's body has been a way of adornment for human beings since time immemorial.

Tattoos are a permanent way to do this.

Tattoos are very popular these days, here is "Maa" (Mother) tattooed on a forest guard's arm:


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I clicked this photo of an itinerant religious singer, with my young friend Prem, while we were watching the Baya Weavers at Bhutanahalli koLA (pond):


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We often lament about our children using tablets and X-boxes all the time...but I find, often that even our urban children are quite in touch with the traditional games of childhood.

Today, when I went to Kaikondrahalli lake, I found this pile of flat stones, with a young girl piling them up carefully.


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There are some eateries in Bangalore which have become quite renowned.

Veena Stores is one such eatery...and I'd never visited in all the years that I have lived in this city I call home.

So today, after our birding outing in

Institute of Wood Science and Technology

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Sankey Tank even though Mrs Maneesha Sharma, whose husband is a ( Read more... )

I decided to show K2 how tops work, and I wondered if I still had the old skill. The first two tries did not work, but on the 3rd attempt...

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(I had to throw the top and then pick up the camera!)

Here's K2 demonstrating the best way to enjoy a spinning top.

Here's the top:


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I enjoy visiting resorts which, apart from their purpose of hospitality, are created with any eye to detail and perfection, and which aim to use vernacular architecture with traditional touches.

I'd posted about one of the most beautiful resorts I've been to...

Wildgrass Resort, in Kaziranga So, when Georg Leuzinger, the architect who built the ( Read more... )

As we finished our birding transect and came back towards the backwaters of the Kali river, in the Virje area, I found this figure in the courtyard of a little home.


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I did not know, until now, about

Cosplay


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