A time to unwind and touch base with nature. That’s what visit to my native village in Kerala is. Always and ever. It is an unbelievable experience. I do travel light, but at the same time do not! Confused?. I travel light on clothes and other items, but pack my bag with as many different cameras and lenses as possible. By now, the customs people are familiar with my bag and its contents. In fact, this time the officer who was screening my bag even asked me, do you have anything new that we have not seen so far?!
It is really interesting to walk around and see the nature as it is and at its best. With good amount of plantation, vegetation and water sources around, there is no dearth for birds, insects and other creatures.
On one such walk, I found this bird sitting and whistling in a beautiful voice. It reminded me of the poem “The Solitary Reaper” by William Wordsworth studied during my school days.
Do not miss out on any such opportunity, if ever you get. Unwind, explore and experience.
I am on a short holiday in India. Visiting my parents in Kerala and then travelling to Bangalore. On one hand, this is an unwinding process for me. But, on the other hand, it is a visit that is looked forward by my parents. They are old and although, these days, one can get any service done, there are some special things that, as parents, they prefer to have their children do it for them. With limited connectivity and with very weak internet connection, what more you can ask for, during your holiday. This is the time, I make it a point to revisit my village, where I grew up. Luckily, there are some spots which are as original as they were and the location captured is one such. During monsoon season, this paddy field will be flooded and small country boats will be ready for children to play around.
Children these days have different types of enjoyment options, but if ever you have an option to make them experience what you enjoyed during your childhood days, do not hesitate. Let them get a feel of it, at least.
I love photography and I believe
Every photo clicked is a history. One will never be able to re-create that precious moment.
TalentShare is a simple online initiative started on 6th October 2008 to promote creative activities of children and adults through www.team1talentshare.blogspot.com.
The initiative is progressed with the key belief
“A talent or knowledge within you is to be shared”.
As silent or as aloud, through this blog, various initiatives were made all the year along and I am proud to say that till this date, we have witnessed consistent contribution from many talented artists of different age. Several schools from various parts of the world including UAE and reaching as far as Doha, Kuwait, and various parts of India participated with interest in showcasing their creativity throughwww.team1talentshare.blogspot.com .
Periodically, all the participating children were complemented with gifts and certificates.
What is the benefit of a knowledge or a talent if it remains within us?.
Imagine how it spread from one person to another to many, if it is shared. The beauty, the enjoyment and the thrill of sharing, it has to be enjoyed.
Like a child who keeps the chocolate in his pocket without sharing it with his friends on a hot sunny day, your knowledge or talent, hidden and kept aside for your own enjoyment will melt down finally without benefiting you even.
TalentShare is a serious and sincere effort and so far being undertaken solely.
A period of slow activities for it now has to end and I am relaunching it now and take this opportunity to invite more participation from those interested in arts, crafts, music, science, technology or any other field to volunteer in sharing their valuable talent to come forward and be a part of Talent Share activities.
I invite those who are interested to undertake the following responsible roles are welcome to contact me:
– to like the Facebook page and bookmark the blog of Talent Share
– to promote its activities
– to connect me with new talent in any form so that together we can promote them
– encourage the participants
– give guidance to the participants.
– participate in various admin roles.
God bless all those creative talents who contributed silently and please pray for their continued interest in participating and promoting creativity which has no special forms in this world of excellence.
Every photo clicked is a history. One will never be able to re-create that precious moment.
The above photograph and the photos in my Flickr page are from the Al Ain Air Championship 2015, which was held at Al Ain on 19th December 2015. It was amazing to see the skills of the pilots who flew solo and in combination. All the teams made sure to pass on the message of peace. That’s the most essential thing that is required now.
Let these photos and quotes make your day inspiring.
“If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.” – Mother Teresa
I love photography and I believe
Every photo clicked is a history. One will never be able to re-create that precious moment.
The above photo is created from a series of clicks from the Al Ain Air Championship 2015, which was held at Al Ain on 19th December 2015. It was amazing to see the skills of the pilots who flew solo and in combination. All the teams made sure to pass on the message of peace. That’s the most essential thing that is required now.
Let these photos and quotes make your day inspiring.
Accidents happen in many ways. Many times, it takes a lot from our life in not time. The photographs in this post is from a worksite accident that happened to one of my friend. In no time, his business was gutted.
What surprised me from the photos he sent me of that incident was a book which remained partially burned. Titled in Malayalam “Engane Naam Marakkum” meaning “How can we forget?”. This book was on his table as he was working on it for updating his collection of websites.
Strange was the fact that the author of the book Ravi Menon happened to be also an email contact of mine.
I consider this physical remains as a pointer to some of the principle values I carry on in life.
One of them is sharing our knowledge.
Whatever happens to us, end of the day or end of our life, what remains immortal is what knowledge we had with us and what we shared with our daily contacts. All other things are mortal according to me.
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