#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!

Baby or Barbie

Question: Why do you want a baby Girl?  

Answer: “There are so many cute things you can buy for a baby girl”.

I might be wrong, but it seems, what some Mom's need is a ‘Barbie’ not a ‘Baby’.

If you are a girl and disagree to this, answer this simple question; Are you paranoid or irritated with your mother’s need to be involved in each and every decision of yours, including small things like, the way you dress, eat, sit, walk etc.? If your answer is ‘yes’ …………YOU’RE YOUR MOTHER’S BARBIE!

Nothing's Permanent

The head says nothing’s permanent; the hearts smiles and asks, “What about these?”

Mother’s love, for her child;

shades of green, in the wild.

Hope - that springs you up when you’re down;

Love - the shiniest diamond on the crown.

Justice and Freedom, 
when we stand up for it;

Almighty God’s Kingdom, 
when we believe in it.

???

                                                    - Gifta Raja

Aimless Wandering: Valentine's & Children's Day

Is it a mere coincidence that Children's day falls exactly 9 months after Valentine's day or was Nehru Mama [whose birthday - 14th November, is celebrated as Children's day in India] a product of - one hot valentine's day love? ;)

btw

Happy Children's Day !

I, Me & Myself

• If I could, our national emblem would state - 'Make Love; Not War'

• I think John Abraham is sinfully good-looking & he can't act, even if his life depended on it (sorry John!)

• It will be a cold day in hell before i agree to go see a Rajinikanth's Movie.

• I would rather jump in front of a train, than go for a dental check up.

• I prefer both........vanilla & chocolate :)

• I am not into girly stuff, but, if one day i wake up and find that everything in the world is in shades of pink and purple - its ok :p

Aimless Wandering: Is it better or worse?

 My good friend once told me: "its better to have loved and lost, than to have not loved at all". BUT: What if we love, take the leap, and win. Then, we are stuck with 1 person for the rest of our life - Is it worth the risk???

An Amateurs New Year

New responsibilities and roles
new are the friends and foes

New ways new pace
new are the problems
which we are gonna face

New love new luck
My new be our
yellow rubber duck

New rush new blush
new is the guy
whose heart i am gonna crush ;)