black buck

this is from the photo which i clicked in 2009 at 'rehukeri black buck sanctuary', around 150km from where i live.





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lady in red

sketched from the photo which i clicked at thillai nataraja temple, chidambaram in tamil nadu.





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once upon a time there was a 5 yr old boy who was fond of apples

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HOUSE CROW - Remembering Laxman

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Quick one - Sketched by using Wacom tablet few years ago.

Few tings comes to my mind when i think of these HOUSE CROWS



Once
my wife said ’ there are no crows in jabalpur (where she lived for many
years). i said WHAT?.  I’m still not totally convinced. I always had
the impression that these House Crows are as common as trees in India.



These birds are believed to be a messenger of spirit of ancestors.



I guess the most basic fact is that they originally come from India and south-east Asia. Yes, they eat rubbish (lots of it too).



They say, This clever bird is part of a group that is considered to be amongst the most intelligent animals in the world.



R
K Laxman’s and his fascination for crows is well known, he painted
hundreds of crows, singly and in groups, from  near and far, and in many
moods, often appeared in a corner of his cartoons.



I remember
this beautiful line from a great Tamil poet  Subramanya Bharathi in his
‘Paapa Paatu’ collections… ஏந்தித் திருடுமந்த காக்காய் - அதற்க்கு
இர்ரகப் படவேண்டும் பாப்பா …

little one

My Friend's son Saad. 

paul mccartney

Take a sad song and make it better.

Remember to let her into your heart,

Then you can start to make it better.

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before you know it you’ll blink and they’ll be all grown up.....

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