Picturesquer

Seen a shooting star tonight

2011-03-31T23:40:00.000+05:30

Seen a shooting star tonight
Slip away
Tomorrow will be another day
Guess it’s too late to say the things to you
That you needed to hear me say
Seen a shooting star tonight
Slip away

Solomon's Temple, Kidron Valley

2010-08-18T12:43:00.003+05:30

I have heard about this temple so much yet did not see it till last week.

It's magnificent! Bit by bit they build the temple all with polished marble!!
Location: Chawlhhmun, Aizawl.

The far blue mountain

2010-07-29T23:20:00.002+05:30

Since childhood it has been my dreamed fantasy to be able to fly to that mountain peak. Picture taken on 27/7/10.

Spacious

2010-07-23T00:22:00.003+05:30

Place: Reiek tlang
Date: 17/4/2002

A cartload of jackfruits

2010-07-15T00:00:00.008+05:30

I was pillion riding when I shot this picture. The rider answers nature's call. I bought one big jackfruit on the way home.
(Place: Neihbawih)

Crunch Munch

2010-07-05T21:56:00.002+05:30

My kind of ride

2009-04-20T01:13:00.000+05:30

Care for a ride anybody?

Man vs Man

2009-04-14T14:02:00.003+05:30

It was just another day at the court.

Strength or Weakness

2009-04-05T15:28:00.004+05:30

I'm not a storyteller but hear me out. I don't have nice pictures to add to it too. Maybe later...

This is the story of a 10-year-old boy who decided to learn judo despite the fact that he has lost his left arm in a devastating car accident. The boy began lessons with an old Japanese master. The boy was doing well, so he couldn't understand why, after three months of training, the master had taught him only one move. "Sensei," the boy finally said, "Shouldn't I be learning more moves?"

"This is the only move you know, but this is the only move you will ever need to know," the sensei replied. Not quite understanding, but believing in his teacher, the boy kept training. Several months later, the sensei took the boy to his first tournament. Surprising himself, the boy easily won his first two matches. The third match proved to be more difficult, but after sometime, his opponent became impatient and charged; the boy deftly used his one move to win the match. Still amazed by his success, the boy was now in the finals. This time his opponent was bigger, stronger and more experienced. For a while, the boy appeared to be overmatched. Concerned that the boy might get hurt, the refree called a time-out. He was about to stop the match when the sensei intervened. "No," the sensei insisted, "Let him continue."

Soon after the match resomed, his opponent made a critical mistake: he dropped his guard. Instantly the boy used his move to pin him. The boy had won the match and the tournament. He was the champion. On the way home, the boy and sensei reviewed every move in each and every match. Then the boy summoned the courage to ask what was really on his mind. "Sensei, how did I win the tournament with only one move?"

"You won for two reasons," the sensei answered. "First, you've almost mastered one of the most difficult throws in all of judo. Second, the only known defence for that move is for your opponent to grab your left arm."

A good smoke

2009-03-29T10:38:00.002+05:30

Wild horses

2009-02-08T13:06:00.005+05:30

(picture from the net)

The best cutting horses are the ones hardest to break... - Louis L'Amour

Kolkata Airport at night

2008-08-14T03:10:00.000+05:30

Lengpui Airport

2008-08-14T03:02:00.001+05:30

Air Deccan

2008-08-14T02:58:00.000+05:30

A cloudy day to fly...

OMG!!!

2008-08-14T02:52:00.003+05:30

My faithful student hihi

IC 211

2008-08-14T01:18:00.004+05:30

I've been taking my camera to the skies since it has been allowed.

AFC Challenge Cup, 2008, India vs Tajikistan

2008-08-14T01:09:00.001+05:30

I don't play football but it's so nice to cheer for your team.

Golkonda Fort 3

2008-07-07T01:54:00.002+05:30

Old is gold! Golkonda Fort is 10 km west of Hyderabad city. This fort was meant for defence hence one will find not much of the finespun intricate architecture like the northern Indian forts. Golkonda Fort was one of the reasons of the downfall of Aurangzeb. I ain't a history scholar, you can always google its history for further reference hehe

Golkonda Fort 2

2008-07-06T18:27:00.002+05:30

Qutub Shahi nobles used to use this place for photo sessions 600 years ago (: And today the models are LP and CL...

Golkonda Fort 1

2008-07-06T17:32:00.005+05:30

Golkonda Fort is built on a 400-ft. high hill, its highest point occupied by a double-storeyed structure, originally called Tana Shahi ki Gaddi. It is now known as Bala Hisar, which is the inner area marked for palaces. One of the most magnificent fort complexes in the country, Golkonda, meaning shepherd hill, was built consecutively by three dynasties, the Kakatiyas, the Bahmanis and the Qutub Shahis, the major contribution coming from the latter. It betrays the confluence of Hindu and Muslim architectural perceptions of the times. It was the capital of the Bahmani kings first and the Qutub Shahis later for sometime, before they shifted the capital to what is now the old city of Hyderabad. Legend has it that Golkonda was the centre of a flourishing trade in diamonds and that the world-famous Kohinoor diamond came from this market.

Barking Deer

2008-06-07T00:48:00.005+05:30

Taramani Guest House, IIT Chennai. Barking deers(sazuk in Mizo) are found aplenty in IIT Chennai campus.

Chennai

2008-06-07T00:42:00.003+05:30

From atop St. Thomas Mount, Chennai.

Mango

2008-06-07T00:37:00.000+05:30

Mango Mango everywhere

Centre for Modeling Simulation and Design, University of Hyderabad

2008-06-07T00:30:00.002+05:30

The Way

2008-06-07T00:22:00.003+05:30

F/2.7, Exposure time 1/200 sec.

Please don't pluck

2008-03-17T18:36:00.002+05:30

Spring is come so does the fruit.

Tree

2008-03-17T18:24:00.001+05:30

An inspiration from calliopes-canticles

Macro 2

2008-03-17T18:14:00.003+05:30

I don't know what they are called but they are just beautiful. The red one is a bunch of tiny flowers (for scale, the bunch is about the size of a match box)

My hostel in University of Hyderabad

2008-03-12T02:28:00.006+05:30

It's a scenic place surrounded by gigantic ashoka trees. There are nine hostels for men (another one under construction) of which the four oldest hostels are identical in design and capacity, mine being one of those four. There are chandeliers and the loos and baths are English in design. I guess it's another British hangover we just have to live with.

Macro shots

2008-03-11T00:19:00.006+05:30

Focal length 6mm, F-stop f/2.7

Clockwise spin!

Club 8

2008-03-09T02:55:00.002+05:30

The picture says it all hehe

Wine

2008-03-09T02:28:00.002+05:30

I like the wine-kuhva hring contrast (:

Nzamiah Observatory

2008-03-09T02:06:00.005+05:30

I visited the Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad and got a chance to photograph the Nizamiah Observatory which played an important part in the first ever international project for collaboratively photographing and mapping the skies - the Carte du Ciel. The observatory, which was the first to have catalogued and mapped both the Northern and Southern skies, now stands desolate and in ruins.

In 1887, at the meeting of the International Congress which established the Astrographic Catalogue, the zone from -17 to -23 degrees was assigned to the Observatory of Santiago. By 1900, the work was still not progressing, so a proposal to establish an observatory in Montevideo, the capital city of Uruguay, was made. This, too, did not progress so the Observatory of Santiago was asked to re-undertake the project. At the same time, the Nizamiah Observatory offered to work on this zone as well. So, in 1909 there were two observatories offering to work on the -17 to -23 zone. A resolution passed by the Congress in 1909 assigned the -17 to -20 zone to the Nizamiah Observatory. After completing the photographing and measuring of these four bands in 1920, the International Astronomical Union recommended that the Nizamiah Observatory continue photographing down to -23 degrees declination. This work was completed in 1928. This zone between -17 and -23 degrees is known as the Hyderabad South zone. It also observed a section of the sky in the Northern hemisphere that Potsdam, a city in Germany, was originally assigned. This zone, between +36 and +39 degrees, is known as the Hyderabad North zone.

The Nizamiah Observatory, which still houses the 15" telescope, is located at the Centre for Economic and Social Studies campus in Hyderabad.

Knockout Road

2008-01-08T03:11:00.001+05:30

One mistake you're chicken!!

Welcome to Aizawl

2008-01-08T02:17:00.001+05:30

Fighting liquor has become more authoritative than fighting drug abuse...it's sad but true.

Christmas Time

2008-01-08T01:06:00.000+05:30

Oh! How I wish everyday could be like Christmas.

Pristine Beauty

2008-01-08T00:44:00.000+05:30

It's inaccessible most of the time of the year. A resident said that this is potable.

River Tlawng

2008-01-08T00:21:00.000+05:30

Deforestation, pollution, encroachment, silting, etc. have taken a big toll. But no doubt it is a grand beauty in its own peculiar way still.

The Biggest Church In Town

2008-01-07T23:52:00.000+05:30

As viewed from my house. Khatla Presbyterian Church is the biggest church in Mizoram.

Almost full moon

2007-12-06T14:37:00.000+05:30

Different techniques of getting in

2007-12-06T04:25:00.000+05:30

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Nature Closeup

2007-10-03T16:14:00.000+05:30

I find shooting in the macro mode very interesting.

Wild Flowers

2007-09-29T17:00:00.002+05:30

I love wild flowers

Bingo!

2007-09-29T16:46:00.001+05:30

Being a good photographer or taking a good photograph is to click at the right moment with a perfect combination of shutter speed and aperture value ;-)

Fishing

2007-09-29T16:34:00.002+05:30

I love fishing!! I hate fish!! These are the fish we caught at Fishing Lake using net and hook.

Fishing Lake, University of Hyderabad

2007-09-29T16:06:00.001+05:30