Mondy's Mario

Cafe Mondegar, a very popular cafe near Gateway, Mumbai is also famous for the wall murals done by Mario Miranda - the legendary cartoonist with the inimitable style.

The Lady's Store

This small store is the old lady's house and store - with the rooster as a friend. it sells small items and is open for everyone who walks past the Taj Mahal hotel and Gateway of India..

morning flutters

Gateway of India, Mumbai in the morning is a calm place. There are the morning people, but there is bustle as compared to the evenings and nights. The serenity is strangely coupled with a regular burst of fluttering wings..

sparkles in shade

This was at Magic Italy restaurant, Palolem, Goa. We were sitting with the sun nearly about to set, and it was creating these amazing light and shade patterns.. sparkles of light off glass bodies, red tinted shadows...

White&Blue

Sea Gulls -- one of the graceful swooping birds.. dotted the Arossim Beach, Goa in the morning... Their white matched gracefully with the blue waters..

Suntinted 'lamps'

Sunkissed glasses, upturned.. appeared like lighted lamps from far off..

Raireshwar

Raireshwar is a great trek trail in Maharashtra. This picture is from my 2007 trek. You can see the entire expanse of the valley down, and that day the view was even more cool and breathtaking because of the descending clouds. It was hot and very very humid when we were climbing, but during our descent, we ran into torrential downpour. We pushed on the path and after some time, the rain stopped - revealing this site!
Info- Raireswar is in the Bhor region, near the Walki river. The same river is seen in this picture. There is a Shiva temple and the region takes its name after the Lord - Raireshwar also means Shiva