Black saturday

An innocent girl,
Who lost her life,
All because of a few men,
Men who believed themselves to be superior.
They robbed her of her soul,
Her hope, her fight,
Woke a nation,
A sleeping land,
Candles,not weapons, were held in hands,
Justice was what was asked,
A feeling of despair, desperation, hit them all,
Where is our Country?
Is it the same place,
where the ashes of those who fought long for its freedom,
Are buried ?
How long will it take till we're safe?
How long till we see better days ?
This night seems too long,
But now it's time to rise up,
To enlighten ourselves and others,
We can't sit back anymore,
It's time to wake those,
Who hold the law in their hands,
Justice, knocking at their doors.

In the dark

The dark forest enveloped her,
The light disappeared,
She had said she was lost,
But where?
The darkness was growing in her eyes,
Demons rising in the dark,
The beady eyes of a raven, that dark raven,
Watched her closely.
She heard a noise,
The noise of footsteps,
The dark woods creaking,
She paced in the dark looking for a way, someplace to go,
Somewhere to hide,
Yet the light didn't get through to her.
The noise of footsteps echoed loudly,
Her life hung by a string,
Held tightly by those who claimed to own her,
It was the end.
There he was with his silver blade,
The blade that glistened in the dark,
His hood covered his dark face,
'Come my child, the time has come'.
The end, so soon? Was she really getting what she wanted?
Just when she took a step,
To embrace death in her arms,
The forest tis melted,
Her tears fell like the rain.
She had hoped her world,
That terrible place was coming to an end,
But she had hoped to soon.

The festival of lights

Diwali- a festival of lights celebrated with great fervor in  India, it really is like Christmas for us. There are gifts, lights, fireworks, everything ! Sweets are also a big highlight of this festival. It really is celebrated to give importance to the return of Lord Ram. The festival is celebrated, with lights and fireworks and of course the distribution of sweets. The festival really is enjoyable and is a photographers delight, because of the amazing ideas and opportunities for night photography.

Goodies

Afloat

Firework

Hope

Lights

Touch the sky

I want to fly high,

swim against the mighty tide,

make my own place,

I want to spread my wings,

To bring the winds of change,

and muster courage,

bring light to darkness,

I want to touch the skies.

A walk to remember

Recently, I went for a photo walk, courtesy my school, to Kashmiri Gate. We also visited st. James church along with Nicolas cemetery.  The cemetery was the first place we visited, it was brimming with history. The cemetery  had graves of many people who had expired during the British rule in India and after. Some graves were recent, some were old. What was sad to see was the fact that most people died at very young ages. Most between the ages of 20-30. Many graves were very well carved and had beautiful motifs on them.

Young blossom

Guardian

Next we went to the Kashmiri Gate,  on  our way, we observed a mosque that was literally built on the roof of a shop. The architecture was Islamic but it was very beautiful . Before we went to the Kashmiri Gate, we visited this garden, where we observed many monuments, that were built by a previous ruler at the time. There was also a house, that really looked like a gate away cottage. 

Mosque

Then, we visited the kashmiri gate, though it had been reconstructed it still looked like a beautiful archway. 

Doorway

Our last stop was St James  church. A beautiful yellow church built by Sir Skinner and  his family. The mosaic on the glass windows of the church were beautiful beyond doubt. Truly the visit was an excited and captivating experience. 

May God be with you

Silent haven

Beauty in nature

As everyone may have noticed, I have caught the photography bug, and nature of course is my biggest inspiration. There is a lot to learn from nature, complex shapes, flawless mechanisms and just calm and peace. Nature makes for a very interesting and friendly subject.

Two's company

Plumeria

Decoration

Photo walk

 I recently participated in a photo walk and here are my favorite pictures from the walk. Enjoy !

Cleanse

Offerings

Hopes
The diya or lamp is actually like a hope for many people, it is also like a prayer offered to God.

Vintage
One of my favorite photos, as I love the way the colors have come out and it really gives a soothing yet, dark and vintage appeal.

Walking along
This picture, brings sad thoughts. As, on one hand people enjoy a happy life and complain about things we don't have. But on the other hand, there are people who have to struggle for just one meal, it really is heart wrenching.

For grim days

Taken at a place, where an umbrella was least expected. The title really speaks for itself, signifying hope for even the grimmest of days .

Week # 7

This week I am posting my nature, photographs, I hope you enjoy them :)

Bright yellow

Old life

Soft pastel 

Faint water drops

Golden showers

Rose

Lavender

Week 6

I am two weeks late, but I was out of town, so I will be uploading the pictures for this and week 7.

I shall be continuing to post more photographs after project seven and of course poems too.

Chanel 5
Seeing this old bottle of Chanel 5, I wrote a poem called Perfume, which should upload tomorrow with a few edits. The perfume makes for a  vintage and old, yet bold photograph.

Angled
This photo is of a pink flower in my garden, the reason for its title is that the way the flower has grown is really strange, almost at a tilted angle. From the photo it can be seen that the shoot has grown like a curve.

On fire
This is a picture of a flower, from a flame tree, at my grandfather's house. The reason for its title is that although, the tree itself is called the flame tree, the angle at which I took the photo gives a slight of intense heat, coming from the side of the flower.

On a Rainy day
I could have kept the title of this photo as mug or something plain, but the blue background, gives the feeling of it being dark and cloudy outside. Hence, the title talk about a thing that I would enjoy doing on a rainy day, which here, is to treat myself to a hot beverage.

Bright white
As it can be observed from the photograph, the flower, is completely, sparkling white. The reason for the title is that, the brightness and plainness of the flower is really what the viewer sees first.

Week 5

Photos for this week:

India gate

Slurp

Simple beauty 

Opening

Bear 

Pondering