Monthly Archives: August 2009

Ganesh Chathurthi Memories

This year the festival of Ganesh Chathurthi falls on August 23. The weight-challenged Mr. G is much loved and admired all over the country. In Goa, the celebration has traditionally symbolized a return to the roots with Goan Hindus repairing to their native villages across the state. Fun, fireworks and lots of...

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Monsoon Glory – 5

The spirit of rural Goa is instantiated on this ethereal monsoon morning in Canacona in south Goa.
 
 
Forbidding dark clouds loom over the ‘duckbill spillway’ at the Selaulim dam in Sanguem taluka.

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Death Valley Colours

Early morning view from Zabriskie Point:
 
 
Ubehebe Crater, late afternoon:
 

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