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Silent Spectators...
It was the eve of Dussehra, and I went to the field where they burnt down Ravan they built a day before. This was after long when I got the chance to see it, only the memories of us as kids, sitting by the field and gazing at the rockets going up high. This time my view point changed, from a naive to a very critical one. Looked at the birds flying frantically once every cracker burst near by, the trees steaming out with smoke and the huge crowd gathered up to see how good prevails over evil. Was confused between the beauty of both, the colourful crackers and our silent spectators just looking at what happens, never uttering a word. This co-existence, perhaps false, is more or less the result of the dilemma I was in, where there is a child with all the excitement and one who just grew up a little.
Wed Nov 07, 2012 12:42 pm
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Commentby Sriharsha Ganjam on Wed Nov 07, 2012 3:57 pm

My My! How do you keep coming up with such new meanings to life? Its truly amazing! The images and the thoughts are enough to keep your mind engaged for ages.
"When did I grow up?" is such a poignant mystery to explore! I guess by the time you are old enough to ask this question, you are already too old and lost your childhood. And all we are left with is the old sweet memories. Places we cannot go to anymore and moments which we cannot re-live. Only solace is perhaps the presence of images which can satiate our nostalgia for the past. Treasure these memories my friend!

In the words of Bill Waterson "Childhood is short and Maturity is forever"
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Commentby Nevil Zaveri on Thu Nov 08, 2012 10:34 am

love the way you made them bloom, nirvair. you always come up with so fresh insight. wish you happy dipavali.

tfs. regards.

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Commentby AratiRao on Fri Nov 09, 2012 7:27 am

Your images have a very dualistic quality to them. They portray what is seemingly at odds or contrary to our pristine notions of "harmony." Juxtaposing very urban, man made and sometimes downright noxious :) with the simplicity and beauty of nature. But you know what? You do it in a way that makes even the noxious elements seem beautiful and they jell. They jell really well to tell these stories of coexistence - why false? They are there. In so many ways - wildlife and wilderness is doggedly, unabashedly coexisting with our egregiousness.

this, to me, like the previous one you made in Dhaka, is simply beautiful.
I love what you bring to your images - there is an honesty, a fearlessness, a braveheartedness in them. And one other person makes such images on this forum too. He also makes honest and thought-provoking critiques which floor me each time, sending me under a rock to contemplate. A certain Nirlep :)

Thanks again, Nirvair.
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Commentby Vijay Mohan Raj on Wed Nov 14, 2012 4:11 pm

My friend you tread where master photographers fear. Your placing of seemingly disjointed elements together is stunning. If one delves deep these elements are not disjointed but intertwined with the way nature exists in our country. Bringing in the harmonies of the two different elements creates an aura of wild imagination here. Fantastic seeing and execution here.

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