Photo Speaks
A Passionate Photographers Friday Morning
Friday morning for most of the expats are time to sleep long and wake up late. However, for some of us, it is another morning to use efficiently and effectively for community service and passion.
Early morning food preparation for participating in the food distribution project and then off to distribute it. This morning, I thought, why not combine it with one of my favorite activities, i.e cycling.
No second thoughts. Off without any delay on my cycle. How can I go anywhere, without my camera. Obviously, it was with me when I started to ride.
Abu Dhabi, on a Friday morning is really quite and beautiful to capture. There is an air of silence and serenity everywhere.
I had experienced it many times as I find the early morning hours are the best to go for a solo photography ride.
It is the start of summer and the palm trees are getting ready to ripen! A closer look and I good witness the reminiscence of a Premier League that might have happened yesterday evening!. Have a closer look and many of you might recollect and remember your childhood days when you played cricket with the leaf base of coconut tree!.
Clicking along, I continued my ride. Another weekend, another opportunity to continue my passion not missing an opportunity to serve the community.
Classical Dance performance by Prateeksha Kashi
Happy to see the amazing classical performance of Prateeksha Kashi for Soorya Festival 2016 held at India Social and Cultural Centre Abu Dhabi. The event was organised by UAE Exchange. Well done. I couldn’t resist clicking some photos of her talented and graceful presentation. A full fledged review on it is under preparation. Wait to read it.
Passionate Photographs of INDIA – photography competition
Passionate Photographs of INDIA
Exclusive photography competition to showcase Beautiful INDIA
On the occasion of ISC-IPEF Travel & Tourism Expo 2016 being held on 20th & 21st May 2016 at ISC Abu Dhabi
For all Passionate photographers of any age with an attitude of participating in a community event which may lead to a winning moment in their life!
Send us photos and videos (maximum 2 minute length) that you have captured during your visit to India. Photos taken using Mobile and professional cameras accepted. Awesome prizes to win!
Email your entries to: talentshare2016@gmail.com
Include the following details : Name, Age, Address, email, phone and a few words about the location and camera or phone you used to click.
Simultaneously post the photos and videos to Passionate Photographers group on Facebook with hashtags
#passionatephotographers and #ISC-IPEF-TravelTourismExpo2016
Brought to you by: Passionate Photographers & Team 1 TalentShare
Entries close: 19th May 2016
- All entries will be showcased at the venue during ISC-IPEF Travel Tourism Expo 2016
- Photographs from every Indian State welcomed and there will be State wise special prizes for best submissions.
- Participants are requested to submit photographs that are un-manipulated and real, and that capture their special moments in India.
حصرياً مسابقة التصوير الفوتوغرافي لمشاهدة جمال الهند
بمناسبة انعقاد معرض اكسبو في 20 / 21 مايو 2016 أبوظبي , تتشرف ISC-IPEF للسفر و السياحة بطرح مسابقة للتصوير الفوتوغرافي.
و في هذه المناسبة تعطى الفرصة لجميع المصورين المبدعين من جميع الأعمار للمشاركة في هذا الحدث المجتمعي لإعطاء فرصة لحظة الفوز في حياتهم!
الشروط:
ارسال صور أو مقطع فيديو تم التقاطها عن طريق هاتفك المتحرك (الموبايل) أو عدسة كاميراتك الشخصية خلال زيارتك للهند بشرط أن لا تطول مدة الفيديو اكثر من دقيقتين.
جوائز عديدة في انتظاركم.
أرسل المشاركة الخاصة بك الى العنوان التالي: talentshare2016@gmail.com
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نشر الصور أو الفيديو في موقع التواصل الاجتماعي (الفيسبوك) و إضافتها إلى رابطة الهاشتاق التالية: (#passionatephotographers)
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ينتهي التسجيل في 19 مايو 2016
- تستغل هذه الفرصة لعرض جميع المشاركات و الصور من جميع انحاء الهند في معرض ISC-IPEF للسفر و السياحة
- مرحب بجميع المصورين, كما أنه وقد خصصت جوائز خاصة لأفضل عرض او صوره تحكي عن اللحظات الخاصة في الهند.
- يرجى من المشاركين تقديم الصور أوالفيديو من دون أي تغيير أو إستخدام برامج كالفوتوشوب, لذا على الصور أن تكون طبيعية و حقيقية من خلال الوقت المميز الذي تم إمضائه في الهند.
Avis aux photographes passionnés par l’Inde.
Concours exclusif de photographie pour mettre en avant la beauté de l’Inde
A l’occasion de l’exposition 2016 “ISC-IPEF Travel & Tourism“ qui se tiendra les 20 et 21 Mai 2016 au Centre Social et Culturel Indien d’Abou Dhabi.
Le concours est accessible a tous les photographes passionnes (de tout âge) et peut vous permettre de gagner de nombreux prix.
Vous pouvez nous envoyer vos photographies ou vidéos (durée maximale de la vidéo 2 minutes) que vous avez pris durant vos différents séjours en Inde. Les photos prises avec un Smartphone ou un appareil professionnel sont acceptées.
Envoyez nous vos clichés à l’adresse mail suivante : talentshare2016@gmail.com
Ajoutez dans votre mail les informations suivantes :
Nom Prénom, Age, Adresse, Email, numéro de téléphone.
Rajoutez également quelques mots sur la localisation de la photographie et l’appareil utilisé.
Vous pouvez aussi poster vos photos sur le groupe Facebook Passionate Photographers en utilisant le #passionatephotographers ou #ISC-IPEF-TravelTourismExpo2016
Ce concours est organisé par : Passionate Photographers & Team 1 TalentShare
Vous avez jusqu’au 19 Mai 2016 pour déposer vos photos
- Toutes les photographies seront présentées lors de l’exposition “ ISC-IPEF Travel Tourism Expo 2016“
- Les photographies peuvent provenir de n’importe quel état Indien. Des prix spéciaux sont à gagner pour les plus beaux clichés.
- Les photographes doivent déposer des photographies réelles et sans retouche capturant des moments spéciaux de leur séjour en Inde.
Mind Speaks – Common Man’s Pride!
TVS 50 is common man’s pride!. You will agree with me, if you visit any of the markets or towns in Tamilnadu. It was not a surprise for me to see several local retailers coming to the wholesale vegetable market at Coimbatore and returning with goods stacked neatly everywhere possible, and the rider balancing it through heavy city traffic!.
In 1980 TVS 50, TVS Motor Company is the third largest two-wheeler manufacturer in India and one among the top ten in the world , rolled out India’s first two-seater moped from the factory at Hosur in Tamil Nadu, Southern India.
I call this a pulse presentation to the mass! TVS knew what the common man wanted to handle their day to day chores. Especially, those in the villages and small towns. If not altogether correct in an entire Indian perspective, at least and fully true in the Southern States of Tamilnadu, Karnataka and Andra Pradesh.
Some of the mopeds are really old, but maintained and kept in excellent condition, as is the tradition in Tamilnadu. They love their vehicles more than anything!.
Bajaj M80 is another example, although it is visible lesser and lesser.
Automobile companies have to come out with economically viable products for the common man. It will keep the market alive and industry prosper and the profitability is shared to the grass root level.
Foot note: I am happy to see and highly impressed to note that the normally illiterate farmers or retail business people are happy to abide by and oblige the helmet rule, whereas the highly educated youth do not follow them and end up in orthopaedic wards of hospitals or in many cases even die an untimely death!.
Point to ponder.
Mind Speaks: Make it lively & LIVE LONG!
In the next few days, the world will stand still for some hours!. True, at least some part of the world will definitely will. It will include the India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Middle East, England, Australia and the U.S.
It is not a myth. Certainly, many, not excluding me are die-hard cricket fans and the World T-20 final stages are being played. How can you stay away from the venue or from the TV screen live telecasts!.
True and but! Have you imagined the amount of man-hours being lost because of being a cricket fan!. I was thinking of it during the last few matches. How can I make it productive. Not an easy solution, but not a difficult one too.
After reading about various incidents that took place in some of the cities that killed a youth, or created various online and offline interactions that caused permanent damage, I felt I should write this note.
Enjoy cricket but, enjoy it with the thought that we have to “Live Long” and not end our life being a mad fan of it.
End of the day, cricket players in India and elsewhere are privileged along with sportsmen and sportswomen playing golf and tennis who get paid for a lifelong earning during their playing years!. All others have to opt for other livelihood methods to carry on with their daily living.
Here is my thought for how to utilize our time promisingly and progressively watching the forthcoming cricket matches to make you LIVE LONG and remain a cricket fan forever:
- List – prepare a list of items to throw away, donate and return which are at home and which you feel you do not need any more!
- Imagine and Inspire yourself as a talented musician. Comfortably position yourself in front of the TV and play along the musical instrument of your choice or sing along the song of your choice. Visualise yourself as the best of the best, I am sure you will become one!
- Veggie: why not?! – try to become a veggie for the first time, if you are not one!. Buy fresh vegetables, try and impress your wife and children with your skills to clean them, cut them and present them in the most beautiful way. Let it be a motivation and experience for them to try out what it is to be a vegetarian!
- Expire the expired: Utilise the time and check all of the items in your bathroom and kitchen that have expiration dates. Dump the expired along with anything else that you aren’t using.
- Locate: all old and useless receipts, unless they have a warranty on them and discard them for good.
- Old: Newspapers and Magazines and Out of date medicine – take them out and dispose them safely. May be donate the old newspapers to the news boy as he can make some money out of it!. Donate the unwanted medicines, if they can be used to some charity as it may be of use for someone else who cannot afford it.
- Nerd: That’s not me!. Have you ever been overawed by the intelligence of your colleague or friend!. Think and come out with something new that can be innovative to the society. Or try some time with Sudoku. I am sure, if you try it and you will enjoy doing it again and again and the end result, you will improve your language skills.
- God – In god finally we find solace!. We have seen it several times, especially through the lenses of the high-tech videographers of cricket matches. Those who never pray in their life come and cry out in front of the cameras in the stadium. Why not you also? – It is a nice opportunity to finish one set of your favorite prayers when the the match is in progress. I am sure, you will do it without any hesitation and prompting.
If you feel you miss any prime moment of the match, do not worry, there is a replay within seconds. So, do not focus too hard on the match!. It may save your life!.
If none of the above suites you, plan a travel so that you are away from the temptation of the TV screen and mobile updates during the time of the matches. (I am planning to do it!).
Try it out and let me know. Next few days will not be easy for die-hard cricket fans of those countries who are playing the semi-finals of the World T20 matches. Let there be no animosity or hatred between each other. We have plenty other problems to tackle. Let no life perish!
Wish they were cricketers! India Seniors Volleyball team at Abu Dhabi airport :- Campaign PASS – Promote All Sports Simultaneously
Campaign PASS or Campaign – Promote All Sports Simultaneously is intended to encourage all sports activities and personnel simultaneously for their growth and excellence in respective field.
It could be termed as a deliberate attempt to generate more corporate attention and support towards all Track and Field sporting events other than Cricket, which obviously gets the best for the game and players.
The thought evolved during the 2010 Common Wealth Games, I was looking for opportunities to promote how it could be done. The first of the series came automatically with the news report of Indian Football team’s schedule to train in Dubai.
It is my special appeal to all Indian Social organisations and interested Corporate and Business units to show more support and encouragement to all sports equally.
Let us take the first step and let it begin from this moment. I hope that it will be towards bigger achievement for the sport and all the athletes in common.
A Face Book group has been created to promote this initiative. Please click on the link and join this group and promote it among your contacts.
your contacts.
+ Click Campaign Pass FB group to join.
Please share the FB group and also any sports activity you wish to highlight through it.
Thank you for your support and encouragement to promote it.
Just an example #ifyouarenotacricketplayer
Wish they were cricketers! India Seniors Volleyball team at Abu Dhbi airport
This is the Indian Senior Volley Ball team on their way back to Madras after winning a prestigious tournament. I met them at Abu Dhabi Duty Free. There was no fanfare, no one even asking them who they were.
I happened to meet them, the Indian Senior Men’s Volley Ball Team members at the Abu Dhabi Duty Free on 28th August 2011. They were returning to Madras via Abu Dhabi after winning the 18TH NURSULTAN NAZARBAYEV PRESIDENT’S CUP INTERNATIONAL VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT ALMATY, KAZAKHSTAN beating Tunisia in the finals held on 27th August.
Things have improved for many sports since 2012-13. But, there is still a long way to go. We must come out together and encourage all sports which build a good and energetic and intelligent person in everyone.
I wrote this post and kept the title “Campaign PASS – Promote All Sports Simultaneously” for about 3 hours. Not many interests!. Thought, let me bring cricket into it and changed the title to “Wish they were cricketers! India Seniors Volleyball team at Abu Dhabi airport :- Campaign PASS – Promote All Sports Simultaneously”. Curiously waiting the response!.
#campaignpass #happinessandpositivity #clicksandwrites #passionatephotographers
Flowering Mango trees announces the arrival of a new season
Technology behind Red Bull Air Race Pylons – A minute with ClicksandWrites
Red Bull Air Race Abu Dhabi
Friday, 11th March 2016
@redbullairrace #airrace
Made with a special lightweight nylon, the pylons for Red Bull Air Race are designed with maximum safety and efficiency in mind. While they define the course, they are not there to get in the way; quite the opposite actually.
If a plane makes contact with a pylon, it is designed to breakaway or tear, with the air-pressurized structure falling away immediately. From there a specialized team kicks into action, and the ensuing few minutes are poetry in motion, not unlike watching a Formula 1 team perform a pit stop.
Text Source and opportunity thanks to: Red Bull Air Race Team
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