(Btw a simply brilliant observation from a forwarded email long ago:We can see RAM in Ramzan, and ALI in Diwali). So wishing everyone a happy Ramzan as well! 🙂 An underlying theme on Deepawali is the second line of the Vedic hymn… Om Asatoma Sadhgamaya Tamasoma Jyotirgamaya Mrityoma Amritamgamaya that says “Lead us from…
yoga: baddha koNaasana (butterfly pose) Originally uploaded by common man. It was inspiring to see so many people doing yoga in Lalbagh, esp a really really old man who was hardly able to walk, still doing sit-ups holding on too a rail… (what spirit!!) …and taking a long walk (we kept bumping into him again…
feathered conference Originally uploaded by common man. Of course its not really possible to see them with this image resolution, or without a binoculars if you were actually at that place… but just take a guess… The following image has a closeup that makes it easier to count 8)
pelican-facetoface Originally uploaded by common man. [placeholder post]
PA140030 Originally uploaded by common man. This phenomenal event where a huge ball of fire rises across the horizon occurs at around 6 every morning… 😉
centipede Originally uploaded by common man. I had always thought this fellow was a centipede until I looked up wiki and found that centipedes are actually venomous and look totally different and I don’t remember ever seeing one in my life. So all the ‘centipedes’ I’ve ever seen have actually been millipedes… but well, what’s…
bottoms-up! Originally uploaded by common man. A duck diving underwater gave a lot of entertainment to a group of excited scout and guide kids watching it from on top (in Lalbagh this morning)!
more water-snake pictures… Originally uploaded by common man. That’s what this fish seemed to be telling the snake. I don’t know what they spoke but the very next moment the snake quickly darted away and the fish dived underwater.
a morning in lalbagh Originally uploaded by common man. The beginnings of the lotus are in the slime of the depths. Its development and blossoming are in response to the light of the sun. The lotus symbolizes the divine possibilities of human nature. – The Dhammapada (edited by S. Radhakrishnan)
Got this in a forwarded email… an interesting programme over the weekend…
