#Mumbaimerijaan contest by The Zillion Gallery

There was a contest organized by The Zillion Gallery last month.  The contest was to capture the wala's and wali's of Mumbai. In short the people, or as I would like to call, the spirit of Mumbai. The attached images are the entries submitted by me for this contest. Came to know that such a contest to capture the buildings and infrastructure  was held @ January'15. 

This contest gave me an oppaortunity to pick up my camera and click some shots. Every-time I work with the camera it reminds me, how noob I am with the camera. You know how the saying goes - 'known is a drop, unknown is an ocean'. If any of the image gets selected it will be a huge motivation for me to be involved and explore my passion - photography even more.

I love to become a photographer like my brother - Abhay. His vision and perspective and the way he can capture them into a frame always inspires me. As a photographer I wish I could capture beauty and emotions like he does :o)

Coming back to the contest: this contest will be judged by Atul Kasbekar. Atul Kasbekar also co-produced the new Sonam Kapoor's staring movie - Neeraj.

website: http://mumbaimerijaan.info/ 

Facebook page : www.facebook.com/KanakiaMumbaiMeriJaan/info/?tab=page_info

Love :)

Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired - Mark Twain

February, a beautiful month, when the young at heart around the world carry a ‘single long stem’ rose in their hand and multitude of emotions in their hearts and express their feelings to their loved ones. Seems too fairytalish and unattainable from where she stood. 

Many a times she wondered - is it she who was unaware of loves existence or was it love that was unaware of her loneliness. Mostly content with her family and career she never had the need to look out for love. However, there was a kind of emptiness in her heart which she felt sharply during this month of love, especially on Valentine’s Day.

From the day she qualified to be an adult, all her efforts and energy was put to being a stronger and independent person. However, as soon as she started realizing her independence the need to share it with someone special grew stronger. The want for a companion to share her life with started to flicker and each passing Valentine’s Day seemed heavier than the previous one. Ignoring it, by stating “Valentine’s Day is just another day publicized purely for commercial reasons”, no longer made sense to her. 

This valentine’s Day, once again she is single and not sure of what life has in store for her. She awaits eagerly the arrival of her knight in shining armor, believing, when the love of her life finds her, it will be so worth the wait.

Happy Valentine’s Day everybody!

Today, I am no Rebel

To be yourself in this world means to fight the hardest battle you have ever fought and to keep fighting.

Today I understood the real meaning hidden in this sentence. The way of the world is a set path which has to be followed by everybody, no exception. Anybody who tries to deviate or mold this is either pulled back in the name of culture, tradition etc. or given a name. To be an exception, you have to be detached from all the societal & emotional ties. Which is not an easy task because we humans are social being and we need these ties as our support system and the fear of losing these ties keeps us glued to this set path. The one who detaches from these ties and walks his own ways is a Rebel.