Of People and Places

Sunrise at Manuabhan Tekri, Bhopal,Watercolor sketch  It's a beautiful view of Bhopal from Manuabhan Tekri. I sketch the sunrise and the electricity wires look like the strings of a guitar :) Have you ever been here? 

Watercolor sketchbook My grandmother has moved to a new locality in Belgaum which is a little away from the city - from the top of her house there's an amazing bird's eye view of monsoon greenery (Much of the surrounding area is defence land - therefore, unexploited...so far, that is) This little shed with the blue roof caught my eye - it looked beautiful close to two silver oaks, glistening with raindrops. It was still cloudy and thunderstorms were expected. A lovely little memory captured with watercolors. And just in time, because it did start raining again - cats and dogs!   Here are some delightful birds I met during my stay there -  Birds in Belgaum  Whitebreasted Waterhen

  A page from my sketchbook - Pigeons flying in the morning sky, Udaipur A morning walk in Udaipole,Udaipur just after a harrowing train ride from New Delhi. On the main road, children on push carts full of kites smiled at me. Later, they would sell them to the tourists gearing up for Makar Sankranti. Kite flying is looked forward to during the festival here. The sun was up and there was not a speck in the sky, until the roosting pigeons on the electricity poles and shop signs above, shook themselves up, cooed to each other and flew away.  All my blogposts of this visit to Rajasthan -  A folk musician in Udaipur The Kite Runners of Jaipur Inside Ajmer Dargah