This guy was sitting there, silhouetted against the sky and the Drive itself, looking at this bird gliding past. I don't know if he wanted to be that bird, but I did think he was staring at it mighty wistfully, pensively... wishfully perhaps?
This one I'd like to be a little corny and call it "Strangers in the Sunset." Neither one has the faintest awareness of the other. Incredible, isn't it?
Bombay's beautiful, no?
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Hmm, well, I dont like saying this but... You ARE good with camera. Good work.
muah!!
Nice photos.... With this speed I think the photographer in you will coming out very soon... Keep posting more photos... :)
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm incredible! isolated unison. united isolation. coupled with beauty that each experiences on his own. cool!
papparazzi! :D
Good shots. Do some more.
Exsssssellent. We misssesss Bombay, Precioussss, indeed we doesss....:(
You know, Extempore, if you start putting lovely photos like this on your blog you ought to change the title to "extemporanea"....what say?
Thanks, both Anonymous-es!
@Sprechen: Glad you liked them! A quite a serendipitous thing really. Was in cab, came across the scene and didn't so much as get out of the cab! :)
@Peppered Soul: Papparazzi indeed! :P But thanks! Am glad you think so!
Thanks Lakesidey! We try. Wait till the N75 next month - and I know I can't! :)
Thanx a lot for such generous comments on my blog. I always try to post. But life in software profession is tough. So much so that I have to atleast put in 80 hrs. a week! It gets really tiring to o any creative writing after so much of work.
Yeah, that poem along with the photo was written by me. I thought the photo was too blan. So I somehow wrote a poem fitting the picture.
btw, this picture of your's is well thought out. You got the position, timing right but you should have used a flash. I'm not preaching, just sharing my experiences...
I made some spelling mistakes in the previous comment. So one more to make amends...
Yeah, that poem along with the photo was written by me. I thought the photo was too bland. So I somehow wrote a poem fitting the picture. Was it that bad??
Srikar!! I told you on your blog, it was good! I disagree that the photo was banal but that's only my opinion. I did try using a flash and the results weren't to good. The lighting, as I see it, is more a part of the alone-ness of the guy sitting there. Or at least that's the way I saw it! :)
Hey kid how are you? Tried to call you but couldn't get through....hope you're not all quenched by the rain?
What's the rainfall scene in bbay now?
I like your view of the world :)
@Peppered Soul and Lakesidey: All ok... slowly limping back to normal.
@singingcrayon: Thanks! Am glad someone thinks so. And come by again.
You can do better, i think. I think the photos are absolutely horrendous.
or maybe it's just Mumbai!!
Thanks for understanding. You have just the right mix of kind of music, books, melancholia and mumbai that I always feel drawn towards. So, ofcourse I will visit again.
./w
@Conman: Thanks for opinion. And am glad you liked the first post. Apart from the obvious sentimental reason (that it is my first post), I thought it was well writen too! :))
@Wanderer: Thanks! Went back and read some more of your poems! Utterly and absolutely wonderful. Should have spent some time with you at the Coffee Shack, one thinks! :)
You are too kind. I have more or less stopped writing. 2004 was over productive and poetry left me a year after. How do you know of the Shack?
./w
Wanderer: You and I have met! Lakesidey didn't tell you about me, though you must have got the link from his blog. I now live in the fear of not having made a good impression the first time and risking whatever you now think! :))
Am wondering if I should keep you guessing... oh the devilry of it all! As I am sure you can tell, I am quite pleased with myself. :))
And I wouldn't be too sure about "more or less stopped writing." I started this after more than two years of not putting pen to paper. I like to think I am doing a decent job. And as Lakesidey hasten to assure you, kind is not a word one can use to describe me! :)
Well, then we can start guessing. Is it a boy or a girl?
./w
ROFL!!! Whaddya think? :)) And yes, there is a right answer!
If you think there ever is a right answer, you must be a girl. Well, that still does not tell me much because lakeside used to be seen with a different girl every day.
He paid me to say that.
./w
Well, is this Sush then? I guess she's the only lady I met via Lakesidey as far as I remember.
./w
No no! Not Sush. And the right answer one was supposed to let you know which general direction to go in. :)! And given you boys at the Insti, I am not surprised he did indeed pay you!! :))
Umm, no idea. I give up easy when it comes to guessing. :)
./w
Please don't hate me for this but ask Lakesidey. He'll tell you. :))
No way! Either you tell me, or we stay strangers.
./w
There is a reason I have a posting name no? I'd tell you, just not here! Christ, I feel the proverbial tease! :))
Have you two *quite* finished maligning my name yet?
Wanderer, just for that, I shall _not_ tell you who extempore is.
And I have indeed started earning (just) but that still doesn't mean I would pay you to say stuff like that. The truth should be free!
....though in my current location, I would settle for even one girl to roam with ;) I am yet to spot one of remotely near my age within several miles (literally!!)
@extempore:
Oh God, this banter between you and wanderer is hilarious! I'm laughing my head off. Ideally, this is how a romance should develop, yeah?
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