He has vision!
Clicked at Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Monday, December 30, 2024
Ruined Stories
Once upon a time! I'm trying to understand the stories from stones.
Clicked at Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Sunday, December 29, 2024
Carefully carrying!
Carefully carrying!
Clicked at Kaas Plateau, Valley of Flowers, Maharashtra, India.
Saturday, December 28, 2024
Friday, December 27, 2024
Thursday, December 26, 2024
The Tunnel of Time
The Tunnel of Time is an autobiography of a common man. Traveling in buses, struggling for employment, visiting hospitals, repaying loans, and getting deceived by politicians after every election are common phenomena in the life of a common man. R. K. Laxman, a renowned Indian political cartoonist, depicted the common man in uncommon ways through his cartoons. He tries to find a light at the end of the tunnel through his cartoons.
His artwork was a careful and thoughtful observation of the common man and their agonies, comprehended through cartoons. He hailed from a small town in Karnataka called Mysore and dwelled in the city of Mumbai. Honored with numerous national and international awards, his legendary life remained simple throughout. I'm happy to have read the autobiography of a common man. Highly recommended.
Faith
Amol Nakve
Black and white
"Nothing is black or white.” - Nelson Mandela
Clicked somewhere in Maharashtra, India.
Wednesday, December 25, 2024
Tuesday, December 24, 2024
Monday, December 23, 2024
Sunday, December 22, 2024
Scintillating flower of Sunday
Good morning, Scintillating Sunday.
Clicked somewhere in Maharashtra, India.
Saturday, December 21, 2024
It does not die: Romance
I took up threads of my earlier read of Mircea Eliade's 'Bengal Nights', written in 1933. 'It Does Not Die: Romance' is written by Maitreyi Devi in response to Eliade's fantasies. 'Bengal Nights' ends with the excruciating pain of separation of a surreptitious teenage romance between a Romanian boy (Mircea Eliade) and an Indian girl (Maitreyi Devi). In contrast, 'It Does Not Die' ends with the reunion of the separated teenagers of the 1930s in the 1970s. Written 42 years later, it sounds even more real. Maitreyi's narrative offers a woman's perspective, while Mircea's 'Bengal Nights' offers a man's perspective.
Both novels are incomplete without each other. I had decided to finish reading them before the last day of December, but the narration was so compelling that I finished them 10 days ahead of schedule.
In colloquial language, it sounds like they are two parts or volumes of the same book. However, in reality, both books are unique in their own ways – complete with each other and incomplete without each other. This is a symmetrical dichotomy. Mircea's novel is about the trauma left after separation, while Maitreyi's novel is the aftermath of that trauma. These two books are a must-read in a lifetime. Highly recommended.
— Faith
Amol
Friday, December 20, 2024
Thursday, December 19, 2024
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
National Museum of India Cinema
It reminds me of my visit to Dadasaheb Falke Smarak at Nasik. It was an exhibition about his contribution to Indian Cinema. National Museum of India Cinema is a place where you can glimpse the history of Indian cinema. The exhibition started from the silent cinema to 3 D movies. We can easily feel the evolution of Indian cinema, not only in terms of color, audio, and technology but also in audiences' choices. It will take you an entire day to visit the exhibition and learn the intricacies of cinema. The entry fees for Indian citizens are INR 75. It opens at 11 am.
The premises maintained very well. The only pain point was that photography fron DSLR is prohibited. I like the section on cinematography situated on the 4th floor of the building.
Highly recommended to visit if you are a true movie lover.
Keeping traveling keeps rediscovering.
Faith
Amol
Ohhh hunter
"The best hunters are those who think like their prey." - Unknown
Clicked at Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Monday, December 16, 2024
Sunday, December 15, 2024
Saturday, December 14, 2024
Friday, December 13, 2024
Thursday, December 12, 2024
Bengal Nights
I am in huge bewilderment whether "Bengal Nights" is a semi-autobiographical novel or a fictionalized account of the romantic saga of author Mircea Eliade and Maitreyi Devi. Whatever it is, this novel will keep you intriguing on each and every page. Written originally in Romanian and in the colonial era, a love story of Romanian fellow Alain who was working in India and Maitreyi Devi, daughter of an engineer who runs the company where Alain employed. Narendra Sen is an engineer who invited Alain to stay in his own house. Guess falls in love with host daughter (Maitreyi Devi). Their surreptitious and forbidden love grows gradually. This intimacy ends abruptly and results in endless suffering. On got banished and other isolated . It's a beautiful narration of cross-cultural romance. The novel has been translated into many languages. However, it was not translated in English, to fulfill the promise made by Eliade to Maitreyi Devi that his novel will not publish in her lifetime.
In 1972, Maitreyi Devi learned about Eliade had written novel Bengal Nights at her age of fifty eight and fourth two years after the fact of their involvement. She had met Eliade during her lectures at the University of Chicago on Rabindrana Togor. She has published a novel in Bengali, Na Hanyate, It Does Not Die: A Romance in 1974. This novel won the Sahitya Aakademi Award in 1976.
Bengal Nights is cosine for readers looking forward a reading of Maitreyi Devi,s version as well as Hugh Grant and Supriya Pathaks performance. Bengal Nights is a movie in 1988 cinematic adoption of Bengal Nights. Hugh Grant played the role of Alain in 1988 cinematic adoption of Bengal Nights.
Keep reading!
Faith
Amol
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Laundry time
Everyone knows the best time to do laundry is later. - Emily Hampshire
Clicked at Dhobi Ghat, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
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