Brick Lane
Brick Lane
Of the literal (and not literary) variety. Taken at Cambridge. I did something to the “redness” of the bricks where I took them close to pink but stopped a shade short (literally).
Happiness Is…
Happiness Is…
…running into a bunch of bright, yellow flowers by the roadside on a cloudy, English, summer day. Yes, yes, I realize that “cloudy days” are rarely associated with happiness in north-western part of the globe. But for someone who grew up in a city where average summer temperature is routinely around 40 degrees celsius, clouds (and indeed rains) are inseparably linked to unbridled glee!
That said, the plants and trees in Cambridge seemed to be making the most of the short English summer. The variety of flowers (most of them wild, and not tended for) I saw while walking a short stretch was - if not unbelievable - quite pleasantly surprising.
A Slice Of Cambridge
A Slice Of Cambridge
Part abstract, part architecture, part memoir.
A Crow
A Crow
Crows might not be the stateliest of birds, but they can be adorable in their own peculiar way. Seeing a crow reminds me of two fables:
a.) The relatively common one involving a hot summer day, a wise cow, a half-filled pitcher of water and a few pebbles.
b.) A somewhat rarer one (set in the Raj days) about a British civil servant, who, having been unable to communicate to his peon to keep the office door closed, seeks counsel from his fellow colleagues. They tell him to use the phrase “There was a band banned crow” as it sounds somewhat like “दरवाज़ा बंद करो”. Apparently, it worked! (Read in Reader’s Digest some months ago).
Man And Mannequin
Mand And Mannequin
The man was selling candy-floss or something like that. The mannequin was a prop to attract children and aid sales. The net effect of these two would have probably scared me as a child!
That Purplish Shade Of Pink
That Purplish Shade Of Pink
That Purplish Shade Of Pink
Taken at Regent’s Park, London over two years ago. These flowers seemed to flourish (flowerish?) in spite of the heat (which was unusual for English summers).