The bird at dawn

The bird at dawn
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Grass is beautiful

Grass is beautiful
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The lush green rice fields of South India

The lush green rice fields of South India
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The magnificent buttercup tree

The magnificent buttercup tree
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The tree is popularly called a buttercup tree because its leaves resemble a buttercup.It is a magnificent tree that takes roots like the banyan all around the base of the tree.

The returning cows photographed at Vedangal

The returning cows photographed at Vedangal
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"The days were red-hot and the evenings weary
Thick green leaves glistened in the sun
Tunneling tiny translucent sky-spaces
I thought of you, again, in my daydreams.
When the brown cows returned with sun-patches
The dusty haze of their hoofs hid the orange sun
I had thought of you, briefly, in my cluttered mind
Before I moved on to my worldly business"

Sunrise in black-and-white

Sunrise in black-and-white
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Photgraphed in Lalbaug in Bangalore

The lone flower plant pitted against the sky

The lone flower plant pitted against the sky
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Playing with the sea

Playing with the sea
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Pretty serious , eh ?

Pretty serious , eh ?
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A little girl from the pages of history .This is a photograph of a full-size black-and-white photo which should perhaps be dating back to 1940's

A flower in the dust

A flower in the dust
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Flower in the dust : a pretty girl from a poor villager's family in a remote Tamilnadu village

The sun rises over the pond in Lalbaug in Bangalor

The sun rises over the pond in Lalbaug in Bangalor
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The rising sun

The rising sun
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The rising sun seen from my hotel room in an overcast Bangalore sky barely lighting up the windows of a high-rise building .

Sunrise over Hyderabad

Sunrise over Hyderabad
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Sunrise as seen from my apartment in Hyderabad : the intriguing thing is that this is the first time I could capture the fascinating golden yellow colour of the sky .In all other pictures it has either been ochre or silver-grey . The texture of the sky is fascinating .The only disappointment is the appearance of a dim outline of the clothesline in the foreground which has entirely spoilt the beauty of the picture .

The rising sun reflected in the waters of the lake in the Lalbaug in Bangalore  

The pretty lady bird perched on a leaf 

A shaft of morning sunlight through a tunnel formed by bamboo bushes - in the Lalbaug park in Bangalore 

A beautiful wooden chariot with exquisite carvings used by the royals and noblemen of yesteryears . Please observe the intricately carved figures on the soft wood. 

A traditional oil press powered by bullocks. used in Indian villages  

Birds Nesting in the Ranganathitta ( Bird Sanctuary ) 

A monkey photographed on a tree on the banks of the Kaveri river at the confluence of the Kaveri and Arkavaty rivers 

Bush

The brown parched land
Ran to Sahyadri mountains
Starting from a lonely shrub.

A narrow gorge that holds almost still water in Mekedatu has smooth polished boulders that look like exquisite sculptures made by a seasoned artist.Before the dams came the flow of the water would have been swift enough to cause such fine sculpting of the boulders ! 

"In the mountains there you feel free"-The distant mountains swathed in smoke caused by man-made fires. 

A giant boulder at Mekedatu which has some of the finest Nature's sculpting on display ! 

The sun sets over the coconut trees on the highway 30 kms from Bangalore 

Flowers again from Lalbaug 

The sun rising in an overcast Bangalore sky barely lighting up the windows of a high-rise building  

Flowers in Lalbaug 

The warm glow of the setting sun bathes Hussain sagar lake and buildings nearby.One can see the Birla Mandir on top of the hillock in the background. 

A tree in Lalbaug against the winter sky 

The aerial show of the Indian Air Force planes 

A fighter plane about to take off