Why is it difficult to change yourself?
I believe there is at least one thing in ourselves that we all want to change. For example, the way we react in a recurring situation or a habit etc. Often we behave the same way as we have done many...
View ArticleLesson learnt in photography
I used to think that editing photos was not important. The thought came from laziness to learn Photoshop software. When I first started using Gimp a free photo editing software very similar to Adobe...
View ArticleHome is where the heart belongs
More than six years ago, I came to USA for a master’s degree. Ever since, life has been a train of events. There would always be some cause of worry on my mind. Be it campus & full-time jobs,...
View ArticleWinter to windy city: Here I come…
After getting back from India to a Chicago with no snow, I thought I had missed winter (which I actually enjoy). But looks like many people prayed for snow and finally we got the winter Chicago...
View ArticleA friend in a sibling
My mother once told me how much I missed her when my brother was born. I was 2 and a half years old and would throw tantrums on every visit to the hospital. Later, I was the one who named my baby...
View ArticlePriorities
We had a Bollywood movie being filmed in Chicago downtown last year. The film was scheduled to shoot for 3-4 months in summer within 5 miles of my apartment. Every day I would think of going to watch...
View ArticleFrozen Fire – An Art
My mother made us go to drawing classes while we were in school. She thought we should give it a try and was delighted to hear that bro and I both loved it. We would wait for Saturday to arrive and...
View ArticleVintage
A nostalgic feeling creeps in on watching old movies, looking at old photos or reading novels set in the past. I wonder how people used to feel back then when there were no cellphones, no internet and...
View Article100th Post: Dedicated to Creativity
Finally, I reached a century in something . I had hoped of reaching this magic number sooner and already had a post in mind for it. But now that the day has finally arrived, the idea is totally...
View ArticlePapaya Ice cream
A thought of making real fruit ice cream was on my mind from quite sometime. Lots of different fruits were consumed without turning into an ice cream. So, when we bought Papaya during grocery shopping...
View ArticleHobbies
I have varied interests and it’s hard to immerse into one thing for a long time. One week I am photographing, another cooking new recipes and then writing, blogging, reading etc..If I had more time,...
View ArticleFun in miniature size
It’s been a while since I have held my SLR. To tell the truth, I have become lazy to carry it on my regular evening walks or while traveling. You see I like to travel light and on my evening walks I...
View ArticleSimple things and memories
It’s interesting how simple things remind us of memories from past. We don’t remember them often as they were usual mundane acts we used to carry on without much thought. But one day when we are so...
View ArticleWinter to windy city: Here I come…
After getting back from India to a Chicago with no snow, I thought I had missed winter (which I actually enjoy). But looks like many people prayed for snow and finally we got the winter Chicago...
View ArticleA friend in a sibling
My mother once told me how much I missed her when my brother was born. I was 2 and a half years old and would throw tantrums on every visit to the hospital. Later, I was the one who named my baby...
View ArticlePriorities
We had a Bollywood movie being filmed in Chicago downtown last year. The film was scheduled to shoot for 3-4 months in summer within 5 miles of my apartment. Every day I would think of going to watch...
View ArticleHobbies
I have varied interests and it’s hard to immerse into one thing for a long time. One week I am photographing, another cooking new recipes and then writing, blogging, reading etc..If I had more time,...
View ArticleCreepy
When I saw this week’s photo challenge “Creepy”, I felt dumbfounded. I wasn’t sure what and how I would capture it. The idea itselfs seemed scary. I thought of taking a picture of darkness in my house...
View ArticleToday was a good day
When I saw last week’s photo challenge on daily post, it sounded interesting. But I kept thinking what constitutes a good day for me. Just a week before the photo challenge I had the opportunity to...
View ArticleConnected
A creative mind never sleeps. Every moment, it keeps thinking of ways to capture, create and innovate. A photographer’s mind wants to capture all that their eyes see transforming it into pictures that...
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