Saturday, June 30, 2012
Friday, June 29, 2012
Skywatch friday
The Mumbai sky last morning.
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Thursday, June 28, 2012
Thursday Challenge - WOODEN (Furniture, Buildings, Crafts, Trees,...)
Spot the coppersmith barbets in the Wooden hangout. How many can you spot?
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Wednesday, June 27, 2012
ABC Wednesday - X
Xtreme artists on the wall at Dadar!
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Monday, June 25, 2012
Monochrome mania
Queued up to buy kerosene in Bandra East.
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Sunday, June 24, 2012
Camera critters
A crow and cattle egrets near a garbage dump in Bandra West.
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Saturday, June 23, 2012
Friday, June 22, 2012
Skywatch friday
The Mumbai sky last morning.
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Thursday, June 21, 2012
Thursday Challenge - Hot
Hot oil for frying chips on Bazaar road, Bandra West.
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012
ABC Wednesday - W
Worms on the Wall on Chapel Road, Bandra West.
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Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Our World - Lavani
Lavani is a combination of traditional song and dance in
Maharashtra, which is performed to the beats of
Dholak and Tabla. It is noted
for its powerful rhythm and erotic sentiment and has contributed substantially
to the development of Marathi folk theatre.
Traditionally, the word Lavani is derived from the word
lavanya which means beauty and is performed by
women wearing nine-yard long
saris and adorned with jewelery.
This genre of folk dance deals with different subject
matters like religion, politics and romance. The songs in
'Lavani' are mostly
erotic and the dialogues tend to be risque in socio-political satire.
Originally, it was used as a form of entertainment and
morale booster to the tired soldiers. Although the origins of Lavani can be
traced back to 1560s, it came into prominence during the later days of Peshwa
rule.
Honaji Bala introduced tabla in place of the traditional
dholki and developed the baithakichi
Lavani, a sub-genre, which is presented by the singer in the seated
position.
Mohanabai Mahalangrekar, daughter of a nomadic harmonium
player grew up performing the suggestive
songs and dance moves of lavani in
villages across Maharashtra. She never went to school, and the traditional
Maharashtrian folk dance has been her bread and butter for 40 years now.
Mumbai-based Akanksha Kadam, on the other hand, was
introduced to lavani 12 years ago and the 27-
year-old is now popular for the
fast-paced, Bollywood-style lavani that she performs in stage shows.
Both of them have their own bands of dancers and musicians
and perform this wonderful form of dance in various places throughout the
country and sincerely hope that it is not looked down upon but given a stamp of
respectability and honour that it deserves as a dance form.
The dance form had acquired such a bad reputation that there was a time when there no women ready to get into it and males had to dress as women and perform. There are 2 real good male performers even today. They are
Anand Satam
and Anil Hankare.
Do check out the slide show below of Lavani - the dance and the dancers! Click on it to see it enlarged in a new window.
The dance form had acquired such a bad reputation that there was a time when there no women ready to get into it and males had to dress as women and perform. There are 2 real good male performers even today. They are
Anand Satam
and Anil Hankare.
Do check out the slide show below of Lavani - the dance and the dancers! Click on it to see it enlarged in a new window.
All these pictures were taken at a show in Mumbai presented by Bhushan Korgaonkar.
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Monday, June 18, 2012
Monochrome mania
The cross on Bazaar road, Bandra West in existence since 1698AD.
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Sunday, June 17, 2012
Camera critters
House sparrow.
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Saturday, June 16, 2012
Friday, June 15, 2012
Skywatch Friday
Against a cloudy sky of Mumbai, shine the Buddha and the Golden Pagoda in Gorai.
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Thursday, June 14, 2012
Thursday Challenge - Big
Big truck entering a small lane in Dharavi, Mumbai.
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Wednesday, June 13, 2012
ABC Wednesday - V
Virgin Mary at Lands End in Bandra West.
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Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Monday, June 11, 2012
Monochrome mania
Sunni Jama Masjid in Bandra West.
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Sunday, June 10, 2012
Camera critters
A large egret in the Sewri backwaters.
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Saturday, June 9, 2012
Friday, June 8, 2012
Skywatch friday
The sky last morning captured with a Nokia Lumia 800
A short video showing the 1st rains in Bandra, Mumbai, captured with a Nokia Lumia 800
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Thursday Challenge - Container
Waste plastic being sorted out (size, thickness) in different containers in Dharavi, Mumbai for recycling.
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Wednesday, June 6, 2012
ABC Wednesday - U
Up the lift to pluck 'Jambul' from the tree in Bandra East.
Ref Wiki : Jambul or Jamun or Jamblang (Syzgium cumini), Nava Pazham (Tamil) is an evergreen tropical tree in the flowering plant family Myrtaceae, native to India and Indonesia. The various names for this fruit are (inJava) plum, jambul, jamun, jaman, black plum, faux pistachier, Indian blackberry, jambol, doowet, jambolan and jambolão. Scientific synonyms include Syzygium jambolanum, Eugenia cumini and Eugenia jambolana.
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Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Our world
On Bazaar road, Bandra west. The barefoot enigma in the centre of the photograph is the famous photoblogger from Bandra - Firoze Shakir
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Monday, June 4, 2012
Monochrome mania
On Bazaar road, Bandra West :)
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Sunday, June 3, 2012
Camera critters
On Bazaar road in Bandra (west), Mumbai.
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Saturday, June 2, 2012
Friday, June 1, 2012
Friday skywatch and CDP theme Tranquility
The silhouette of the pigeon against the summer sky of Mumbai is a picture of Tranquility.
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