Clicks and writes
Passionate Photographers 2000 members and 7795 photos…Our journey continues
Passionate Photographers 2000 members and 7795 photos…Our journey continues
Dear Passionate Photographers,
2000 members and 7795 photos…
I am very happy to write to you today that we have reached 2000 members. As the name denotes, it is a small community passionate about photography. Thus, as a member, you may not get to see many communication to cheer or responses each time when you contribute out of Passion from fellow members. They may be keeping their comments within, out of sheer enjoyment or as pride possession of the value of their words.
Therefore, be inspired by yourself, be proud of your creativity and continue to click confidently and exhibit at Passionate Photographers group without inhibition. The moment it is displayed here, it will get noticed and will be enjoyed by one and all.
Like the goods train in this picture, let us all continue our journey here slow and steady. I repeat the golden words that came to my mind when I created this group. “Every photo clicked is a history. You will never be able to re-create that precious moment.”
Dedicate this group to all those who are passionate about photography. Invite them and encourage them to present their precious clicks.
Best wishes to all of you on behalf of all the Admin team members,
Ramesh Menon
04.09.2010
Invite your friends by clicking the link below:
Short Take – GULF TODAY Dt. 04.09.2010 – New Vigour
Short Take – GULF TODAY Dt. 04.09.2010 – New Vigour
New vigour
The Holy Month of Ramadan is almost getting over. Children and families have started arriving back to the UAE after their summer holidays. Many of them have had an extended stay this year due to additional holidays declared by educational ministry for children. The intensity of summer has also reduced. It is a new vigour and enthusiasm for all those who have taken this break. It should now be utilised to the year ahead.
Those memories, those beautiful scenes, interactions and travelogues should all be shared as positively as one can with friends and well wishers. Constructive methods and schemes observed should be tried to blend in to our society as far as possible. Readers should start transforming themselves from mere observers to active participants.
After all, the UAE is our home away from home, which gives us the opportunity to buy our daily bread and supplement ourselves for a future ahead. Let us be part of a contributing community that reacts to the needs of the hour as and when a necessity arises. Be active and interact with all the new energy you have gained during your summer break.
Ramesh Menon
Photo Speaks – Keep clicking
Photo Speaks – Keep clicking
I found this Forest guard at Athirappally Waterfalls a very interesting person. He was assisting a couple from Middle East to explain the scenic beauty of the area in a detailed way with his bits and pieces of English. And many times, he helped them to click photos together. Observing him, I found that, he was observing others taking photos and did not well about lighting and areas specific to get the background beauty.
Passionate Photographers – 1999 members
Passionate Photographers – 1999 members
1999 members,7787 Photos, our journey continues.
Every photo clicked is a history. You will never be able to re-create that precious moment. Dedicate this group to all those who are passionate about photography. Invite them and encourage them to present their precious clicks.
http://groups.to/passionatephotographers/
Ramesh Menon
02 Sep 2010
Short Take – GULF TODAY Dt. 28.08.2010 – Surprise gift
Short Take – GULF TODAY Dt. 28.08.2010 – A surprise gift
Surprise gift
The other day, I was having dinner with an Indonesian friend of mine. He seemed to be very happy during our meeting. Conversing with him, I realised, he had just finished scheduling a Haj visit for him and his parents the next month. They were aged, and so he will go to Indonesia and from there fly to Saudi Arabia for Umra.
His parents have had a very normal life all throughout and they took care that their children did have good school and life, even forgetting about their own hardships.
Now, the son, who is here and well employed, is comfortable and thankful to hand over a surprise gift of their life to them this year.
I could see his joy as well as theirs while he conveyed this happy move from his side.
It brought out memories for me of many such parents who work all their life for the benefit of their children.
It was not a one-off instance, but it did create an impact in all our minds about what such actions can bring out in the life of those who get to receive it.
Ramesh Menon
Campaign – Appeal to bring Metro @ Whitefield Stn (Kadugodi)
Campaign – Appeal to bring Metro @ Whitefield Stn (Kadugodi)
Background (Preamble):
Metro at Bangalore is the right step forward towards making this city truly international. This will not only reduce congestion on our overloaded road transport but will also be environment friendly. The need to cut trees for road widening or using own vehicle for commuting will be nullified to a great extent. Travel by Metro will be convenient, safe and affordable for all.
This petition is created for awareness and to bring all like minded people on single platform of having Metro at Whitefield station (Kadugodi). There are multiple reasons to do so and few have been highlighted below:
1) Whitefield station is the last railway outpost of Bangalore connecting southern lines with ample parking space for future Metro expansion.
2) Kadugodi bus stand (which is fully functional with Vajra, Vayu Vajra, Big 10 and other buses plying on this route) is the confluence where in people arriving from Hoskote and Kolar change their transport to catch appropriate city bus. It is also used by residents in and around Kadugodi/ Whitefield to commute.
3) Major existing residential/ commercial/ office projects and upcoming projects in the vicinity of Kadugodi area makes a fully functional Metro a must to avoid traffic, pollution and stress.
Petition:
We, the undersigned, appeal to bring Metro at Whitefield station, Kadugodi!!!
http://www.gopetition.com/petition/38671.html
Kindly log on to the above link and sign your support to this move.
Thanks and regards,
Ramesh Menon
Photo Speaks – Golden Blossom Memories – A spider at work
Photo Speaks – Golden Blossom Memories – A spider at work
As I walked around my apartment compound clicking the beauty around, I found this interesting site. A spider at work. I watched it for a long time, as it slowly consumed it’s prey and moved around. Unlike the normal black spider, this one was beautiful too. Indeed, there was a beauty all around it. Isn’t true that God creates every creatures in the best and most beautiful possible way?
Mind Speaks – A visitor from the past
Mind Speaks – A visitor from the past
It was a very common seen during my childhood days to see the above scene. A man carrying a wheel adapted to sharpen knife, and also selling knives in various shapes and sizes. The advent of latest equipments and the change of technologies have made redundant these age old visitor who travels from village to village and was once a common visitor to all homes. We used to have a regular person in our village who was from some distant village in Tamilnadu. It has been a very long time I have seen him, or any one who took over from him in our village. However, I did not stop my search for him. It was during my recent visit I chanced upon one such person in a village in Bangalore. I did not miss the chance and did turn my car and came back all the way to include him in my collection. From a casual talk with him, even he is going to put a full stop to this trade as no very few people uses his services. Except, for some barber shops or butcheries, even they have electronic equipment to sharpen their tools or completely electronic equipments to be used and thrown away. I wished him good luck for future and continued.
ClicksandWrites 
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