Cassia Fistula or golden shower flower buds captured on the way to Pune from Mangaluru, near Hubballi. My dream to capture ‘Konde’ or Cassia Fistula flowers got fulfilled on 20th April 2014. We were traveling from Mangaluru to Pune. I got my first clicks of Golden Shower tree near Udupi. I…
Yugadi is here! It is Chandramana Yugadi. And it brings along a lot of memories… Nature’s fresh colours and fragrances… Celebrations with family… And, for us, it’s Desi Abhivyakti’s blogoversary/blogiversary! For five years, you have been showering love upon ‘The Arts & Me’ that is now ‘DeSi Abhivyakti’. From July…
This piece of write up is about the nature who is celebrating her freedom with we Bharatiyas along with her tricolour parade of the flowers like East Himalayan Mussaenda, White Rain Lily and Gold Spot Ginger Lily. Everyone has individuality. Everyone has a unique expression. Every living being loves to…
A photo travel to Goa to get pampered by nature with sea, sand, sun and sky around. Traveling is healing. Traveling is refreshing both of mind and body. Traveling is spiritual, connecting with our true self. As our little wonder is yet too small to plan for an actual holiday…
Witnessing the drizzles of Shraavana maasa is a delightful sight. Every leaf and every flower smile bathing in the love of Shraavana raindrops. Mother earth peacefully takes in every drop of rain. I enjoyed watching such Shraavana rain in my native on 27th of August. Sharing two of the beautiful…
That rainy day, my Appa spotted a slug and showed it to me. Ah! It is not that he thinks I haven’t seen a slug till then 😀 but, probably he had noticed me out in the garden with the camera looking to capture some interesting happenings in the nature.…
That morning, when the earth quaked, the world shook. People from around the world prayed, directly or indirectly extended helping hands for the sufferers of earthquake in Nepal, India, Bangladesh and Tibet. What else can we do instead of praying, ‘Mother Earth, please take turns in such a way that…
Beautiful dew drops… Suddenly appear and disappear… But, glow like gems in between. If we think they exist, they do! If we don’t, they won’t! Dear Ajja, You are our inspiration And You will always be in our hearts… Dedicating this post to my Ajja (maternal grandfather), who completed his…
These little Durva (Bermudagrass or Cynodon dactylon), Tulasi (Holy Basil or Ocimum tenuiflorum), Veelya (Betel or Piper betle) and Hulichikka (Creeping Wood Sorrel or Oxalis corniculata) plants are found smiling in my new balcony(?) garden yesterday i.e., on 8th January 2015. Enjoy few photographs of them. Ah! Two months have…
It is still difficult to digest that this was the last sunrise we witnessed in the first innings at Pune. Yes, my dear friend, now we are not in Pune. That day, our sweet home for 23 months in Pune was turning out to be a foreign place when the…