A new *member*

When I went back home, I was greeted by a new *member* in the family!

Much to the surprise of everyone this new member, which I would ordinarily call a cat, lacks any feline like characteristics.
It simply refuses to even sit on the floor, requires a bed and a pillow to sleep, and retorts to scare you when you shove it away.

Innocence Personified

There has to be something about childhood...the vision sees the colours brighter...the morning fresher...the air softer & more fragrant than ever.Days of nothingness mean everything...ignorance is sheer bliss...times of no work and all play being the only known way!
The vision is slowly blurred.The things seen before,you see no more.
Those days fade away into nothingness..into places unknown...into time fleeting.

Who says life is not a bed of roses?

For me it was...on that delightful day!

Location: Mainau Island ,Germany

Of all flowers as the king
you have been acknowledged for ages,
giving every imagination a wing
to pen down never ending pages!

Your fiery red for love - the cause of many a unity,
Your chaste white for innocence and purity,
Your pink for happiness,the yellow for friendship & gaiety!

To me it is just marvelling at Nature's complex simplicity,
taking me back to fairy-like childhood days
of 'the Beast and the Beauty'!

Of Contrasts

Black against the pure white marble.
Reminiscent of life?

It is the chaste,clear & pure white which has given the evil, dark & deep black its rightful place. 

Traffic Signals Jammed

When I was at a place where not only are the Traffic Signals jammed but whole life permanently boils down to 'Red Lights'


Location: De Wallen, the largest and best-known red-light district in Amsterdam, a major tourist attraction!

Description: Narrow streets,thousands of people of all ages, all kinds of groups - children,old people, couples,groups of girls and ofcourse men, hundreds of sex shops, theatres, coffee shops perhaps selling marijuana and more, by far the most crowded and stuffed place witnessed in Europe ( I bet if everyone was to be queued up here the glorious 'Eiffel' would be put to shame), and the rather naive 20 year old totally totally amazed and bewildered by the tourism, business and hype created...thoughts and more thoughts...and only the sense of pity and hope for a scarlet cord to their rescue some day or some night...

The Solitary Tripper

"If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities"
-Maya Angelou

Definitely so when you have found the most companionable companions in a Sansa E250 mp3 player and a Sony DSC - S40 camera...and panoramic views like these outside...your all time favourite music ringing in your ears...almost perfect!

(An ICE at Munich Station)

(On way to Innsbruck from Salzburg)

(On way to wondrous Kristallwelten...)

Spiritual joy in the Music...Marvel in the Green...Awe in the Blue...Bliss...Solitary bliss...and Wordworth's words from The Solitary Reaper :

...
The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more.

In Love...

Well,if the title suggested some "masala" here I am sorry but nothing melodramatic or of a soap opera quality but nonetheless one of the most amazing experiences ever, to get back to the blog almost a year later!

So I shall reveal the name of the love here and it is none other than the cliched 'most romantic city in the world' -Paris!





“If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a movable feast.” ~ Ernest Hemingway

(Nonetheless I stayed only for a day but I am sure it will stay with me always ;) )


I fell for it...So here is cheers to the magnificent building of the Musee d'Orsay,the marvel of architecture at Notre Dame de Paris,the sheer size of the Louvre - the world's most visited art museum ( not to forget the 5 hours taken just to find THE "Monalisa" and the sortie back),the queues at THE Eiffel,the night view from top of Eiffel rightly justifying its most famous nickname "The City of Light" (La Ville-lumière) , the wonderful architecture at Arc de Triomphe,the view from Champs-Élysées, the 14 metro lines,the Indian Restaurant at Ecole Militaire metro station,the walk along the river Seine and in the Luxembourg Garden...the fond memories...the sense of resentment as to how a single city can seem to have all the world's best architecture?....but only the feeling of awe,thrill and amazement remains and hundreds of photos and a blog entry :)