Steve Jobs
The monk: Who came to India driven by a need to explore his spiritual self and met Neem Karoli Baba. He adopted Buddhism and even shaved his head and wore monk clothes even when he came back. Buddhist monk Kobun Chino Otogawa presided over his marriage in 1991.
The drug addict: His experiments with
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The woods are lovely dark and deep
Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, had, towards his later years, kept a book close to him. It was even there at his bedside table as he lay dying. The book was of Robert Frost, and on on one page featuring the poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
Man lighting a candle
Many years ago I had gone to Mumbai along with a friend. We were there for a 2 day visit. On our path of exploration of the city was Haji Ali mosque. The day we decided to head forward was an auspicious Muslim day, I don’t remember the occasion though. As we started at one end of the road which leads to the mosque, we saw a huge container of sharbat (sweet drink made of flower petals). They were being handed out to everyone. Beggars lined up on the right of the narrow road we
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Shell and beach
This was when I spent the entire evening on the 1st floor of Curlies shack at Anjuna, Goa. Good food and drinks, and alternative arrangements of mattress and long table laid down on the floor so that you can sit cross legged or lie down. The view
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Tree of knowledge of good and evil
Adam and Eve are happy but they do have their moments…
Eve: Adam darling, do you love me …
Adam busy fishing, “eh? yeah..”
Eve: Look at me.
Adam trying to ignore
Eve: You don’t love me anymore?
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Dim light photography using canon 50mm - Anuja Chauhan
If you have bought yourself a canon SLR camera sporting the default 18-55mm lens, and are now wondering which should be the next lens you pick up, I seriously suggest the cheap 50mm f/1.8 lens from canon. The reasons are simple
1. Sharpness
The Canon 50mm f/1.8 is one of the sharpest lens Canon has to offer, some say even sharper than the expensive 24-70mm lens (which is known for sharpness). However I have noticed that at f/2.8 and
Road at Parra Goa
Valerian almost seems to be saying “Praise the Lord.. for Goa is beautiful!”.. Yeah indeed Goa is spectacular, because even the simple small narrow roads like at Parra give you the sense of being alive and one cannot help but pause for few mins to
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Vagator beach Goa 180 panorama
Panorama images are fascinating. And with little ease you can create your own. Click here to download the original full size image at 72 DPI and 70% quality size 20756×3039.
1. The first step is to find a location which will be
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Mandovi bridge Panaji Goa
The Mandovi river and bridge in the monsoon season. I would have ideally cut off the dirty rubble I see at the right end of the snap, but the lamp would have been cut off too and it adds so much value to the snap. Morning photograph on my way to work, when it was really gloomy with clouds all around.
18mm, f/22, ISO 100, 1/100 sec
I have a dream - lady in a boat
On August 28, 1963, An African American in a black suit, stood on the steps on Lincoln Memorial. In front of him was a crowd of 2,00,000. The next 17 mins were history as he unveiled to the world his “I have a Dream” speech. Below is a text version of his speech which even today sends a chill through the spine to do something against an unjust world.
I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.
Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous
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