Tag Archives: Monsoon

Monsoon Bliss in Chorão

This is a continuation of the Monsoon in Goa – 2010 Edition theme. These photographs were shot over two consecutive rain-soaked days in the idyll that is the island of Chorão, also known as Chodna or Chodan. My forbears came from this part of Goa, and were impelled to move out after the sacking of...

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Monsoon in Goa, 2010 Edition

Those of us who grew up in and around Panjim took the pleasures wrought by the monsoon for granted. All I had to do was look out of the window and luxuriate in the luscious sight of waterlogged fields and foliage. That Panjim no longer exists, swiftly wrecked by indiscriminate construction. With developers aggressively on...

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Storm Clouds over Zuari

Thick monsoon clouds loom over the Zuari river in Goa. This was an unplanned shot. I was returning to Panjim one evening in Sept 2007 after a long day out. As we approached the bridge the atmospherics suddenly assumed an irresistible mien. I had the Canon TS-E 90mm lens on me and put it to...

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