head lights galore....

It was drizzling...there were droplets in the wind-shield....and I was inside the car...

Petty shops....Festival spl !!

on duty!

just like that....

before and after work!

Work in progress....

After completion...in working condition...

a slice of daily life.....

Everyone has a reason to pray!!

This image was made in the first week of may, when I was in my native village for a function there - The Chithirai Ther Thiruvizha! ('Chittirai' being a Tamil month and 'Ther' means Chariot - will write about the whole festival soon!).

Guess, I have fallen in love with people images and I find them very real and interesting. Should I say - a common man is the best model and that too shot without him knowing he is being captured!

Back after a break!

aaahhhh I am back here and it feels very good to be back!

Yes....I have tons to write....but first I wanted to get going......so what else other than photographs! To be frank I started to write quite a few times but did not manage to finish and post! Was pretty distracted....I should say! So decided to post a few images first...yes, I know, you would have seen them already, if you had visited my flickr page...but no harm in seeing them again - what say?!

So now that there is something fresh in this space...look for more.....I am in the mood to write......but not now...maybe tommorow or the day after....oh...yes its the week-end...so probably in the week-end, I would be able to articulate my point-of-view on a few topics here......so do drop in....!!!

Okay.....enough of this now....have a GREAT day!!!

Tasting his own tea!!

:)

The face of India!

The real face of India!

I guess, we need to work hard, as a nation, to make these kids go to school and get proper basic education! This is the need of the hour.....and I am sure, they aren't aware of the Reservation issue!!!

Disclaimer: I am NOT 'for' or 'against' reservation! But the way it is implemented here, doesn't seem to help the people it really has to - This is purely my opinion, you have the right to differ, Thanks!

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light from the monitor.....

Life goes on.....

When the going gets tough, the tough gets going....

after a long time here....

yeah...my love for light & shadows never fades :)

Photos in flickr!!

This post is just to inform you that I've created a Flickr account and have put up my photographs there. Guess it is quite organized there and do drop in and take a look at the photos. Comments / Critiques / Suggestions welcome.

Here is the Link: www.flickr.com/photos/saminathan

Thanks.

Sami
@02.56 PM, 29.04.2006

Not in mood to name the post!

Sometimes we get engrossed in our day-today lives and forget the motive of this life - happiness! I tend to repeat this statement time and again, nowadays! I am feeling low right now and I am able to recognize the same. The reason for me to feel low is funds related and is an integral part of the business I am currently involved in, but still I am not able to keep myself off from feeling low!

I understand, feeling low is not going to help me in any way, but still I am not able to get over it! Writing this blog, I think, is helping my mind relax a bit, making it think a bit logically and yeah, I've found another reason to blog!!

Okay - I dont think going into my problem is going to help me in any way now! I have done my part as far as the issue in hand is concerned and it is not in my hands right now....but when we face with troubles our mind tends to pick up the bad decisions that we made, however irrelevent it is to the issue and relate it to the current situation. I dont know how many of you have had this feeling, but I have had this quite a few times. For example, when you check your exam result and if your score is less, for some reason, your mind tends to pick up a movie that u watched in the beginning of the semester bunking classes! Yes, bunking a class is bad, but was that the only reason for you scoring low marks??? And that is what is happening to me, I guess - more vague than this example!! Right now, I have put all the effort that I can, but the job is not over yet. But my mind currently tends to relate to the previous moments where I was a bit lazy, a bit casual and is relating it to the current situation......and that is making the situation still worse!

I badly needed this session - this session of blogging, so that I can keep this problem a bit away and analyze it in a broader perspective. Guess I am a bit okay now - called up a friend of mine - going to take bath and go to the beach!! Hope things will fall in shape soon!

What has happened has happened for good - what is happening is happening for the good and what is going to happen is going to happen for the good - so why worry!!!

Sami.

@6.51PM, 26.04.2006.

morning walk..

yet again - a lovely morning !!

Shadow!

Thats the shadow of my hand with my cam over the floor mat!

(source of light - a 60W bulb)

:-)

You people do whatever you want to - I'll do what interests me!!!

The sun, the clouds, the beach and me!!!

The setting...

The pond (& the surrounding) - just before these guys came in for the bath!

continued from last post.....

Was just a bit skeptical if it would be repetative to post the above snaps here.....but never mind.....hope you will enjoy these snaps too! I just loved these guys there...they had real fun! And yeah - all the images are candid ones - they did not know I was there and I had to stretch my camera to its maximum zoom capabilities!!!

Now this is what I call REAL enjoyment!!!!!

Welcome to India!!!

A closer look at the sea shore!

no words....

Zoom in and read the content...

:-))

A day at work :-)

Face....that can never been seen on a normal day - this close!

Its morning and its beach ;-))