Day 31 : Cars : Thursday Challenge

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cancer, car, drive, lavasa, lavasa womens drive, photography, project 365, rally, Thursday challenge, womens issues

When last week I had seen what will be the theme for this week which is

“CARS” (New, Old, Sedans, Convertibles, Station Wagons, Sports,…)

I had planned a post like Uma’s doing somewhat of a chronicle of the cars we have owned…. But than I went to Lavasa’s Womens Drive (detailed post coming up soon) for Cancer and other women issues. It was so heartwarming to see the cars that women were driving decorated so nicely. Carrying messages for early detection of breast cancer to save the girl child to education for all to save nature to one support inclusion…

And here is a collage of few that I loved

Day 24: Thursday Challenge : Movement

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dance, jodhpur, kalbeliya, nikon d3100, photography, project 365, rajasthan, thursday photo challenge

So todays theme is

MOVEMENT (Shaking, Falling, Bouncing, Jumping, Curling, Sagging,…)

And what better to represent it than a Kalbeliya Dance

 

Some information on Kalbeliya from google

One of the most sensuous dance forms of Rajasthan, performed by the Kalbeliya snake charmers’ community, the sapera dancers wear long, black skirts embroidered with silver ribbons. As they spin in a circle, their body sways acrobatically, so that it is impossible to believe that they are made of anything other than rubber. As the beat increases in tempo, the pace increases to such a pitch that it leaves the viewer as exhausted as the dancer. Their women whirl and sway in village fairs. The pace is fast, and combined with their colourful costumes and sinuous bodies the effect is heady.

Watching the Kalbeliya women dance is an experience which is a must have in life I think. The women have a rare balance of beauty, rustiness, grace, elegance, energy and sensuality when they are dancing

A sight to watch and cherish forever

Day 17 : Thursday Challenge : Go Green

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nature, nikon d3100, photography, project 365, thursday photo challenge, trees

The theme this week is

 

TREES (Saplings, Gnarly Trees, Snow Covered, Bonsai, Dead Tree, Shade Tree,…)

I was initially thinking of clicking a picture of a lovely tree I have seeing from 3 days when I drop Ojas to school but when I saw this pic (yes from my Rajasthan pictures 😉 ) I knew I had to post this 😀

 

 

Day 3 : Remains of a Wedding

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fundas, jag mandir, picture, project 365, red, thursday photo challenge, udaipur, wedding

So today the theme for the Thursday challenge in RED and this picture I clicked in JagMandir, Udaipur, Rajasthan. Wedding are conducted there regularly and these are remains of the wedding being cleared the next day. Just takes a little time to bring down the place where a couple started a new life, what an irony isn’t it? But then life is all about the memories that one collects at places and yeah pictures too

Thursday Challenge : Windows

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home sweet home, picture, thrusday photo challenge, windows

So the theme this time is Windows and here is a picture I love… it was taken about 6 years ago in our newly constructed house… I love the way light is streaming through the windows

Thursday Challenge : Best of 2010

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2010 recap, best of 2010, photography, picture, thursday photo challenge

The Theme this week is

BEST of 2010 (Your favorite or best photo of 2010)

And I have simply decided to both  

The best picture according to me is this… I think it has featured on the blog before too but I love the balance of white and red in it and I think it has come up pretty well

and my most favourite picture of the year without a doubt is this…. Ojas with his great grandpa… with my nanu

Thursday Challenge : Lights

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diwali, diya, festivals, lights, thursday photo challenge

The theme this week is

LIGHTS (Holiday Lights, Candles, Street Lights, Fireplace, Fireworks,…)

 

Thursday Challenge : Toys

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car, Ojas, thrusday photo challenge, toys

With a child in the house, it surely is not too tough to find a picture for a challenge whose theme is

TOYS (Dolls, Games, Stuffed Animals, Athletic Equipment, Construction Toys, Art Supplies,…)

I was wondering which toy of Ojas to post here and I realised it has to be this one…

Its a race track on which the car keeps running till pulled out much like the train one, but the most intersting thing for me in this toy is that white building kind of structure one sees… its a lift… yeah a lift… So the car comes and enters from the right hand side and when the wheels of the car moving there is a wire just works as a pulley and pulls the platform on which the car is standing and once is reaches the top the car runs on the track and the platform keeps going back down and by the time the car is back at the lift entrance the platform is back at the bottom again…

Quite interesting and innovative isnt it? Ojas loves it, its a different matter all together that we both this on Diwali and the lift is already broken because he wanted to know how it works and sent the car into the lift in all possible ways 😉

For more pictures of toys go here

Thursday Photo Challenge : Food

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food, pictures, thursday photo challenge

The theme for this week’s Thursday Challenge is

FOOD (Farmers Market, Vegetables, Meat, Cooking, Restaurant,…)

Needless to say I have many option for the same 😉 but I wanted to keep it simple yet vibrant… so here is my entry….stir fry veggies for hakka noodles 😀

Thursday Challenge

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bangalore, chickmaglur, church, pictures, thrusday photo challenge

 

An old Church tucked away somewhere in the hills of chickmaglur

And this one is actually a structure in one of the Bangalore buildings, lets see who can identify this…