Lotus pond
Walking through a forest we came to the remains of an old hunting blind facing a pond, presumably a place where an old-time Rajah decimated flocks … Continue reading Lotus pond
Category: Landscape
November means a holiday
The holiday season means travel for us. The season of festivals in India begins with the end of the monsoon in September and goes on till … Continue reading November means a holiday
Middle Earth
We drove out of Mumbai on a weekend, looking for the authenticity of villages, and beyond that to empty roads through the mountains. A hundred kilometers … Continue reading Middle Earth
A looking-glass world
The country side is not a mirror of the city. Its mundane concerns are invisible to us. Continue reading A looking-glass world
From the elephant’s head
You come to a paved road and walk up until you are at a nice flat meadow overlooking a valley full of tea plantations. You can … Continue reading From the elephant’s head
A banyan tree
In Indian folklore ghosts tend to hang out around banyan trees. The spreading foliage is just the perfect hiding place for scores of ghosts; the drooping … Continue reading A banyan tree
Lake and meadow
Having just posted three nearly monochrome shots taken in the Himalayas, I have to post one more to correct a wrong impression. The Himalayas are not … Continue reading Lake and meadow
