Category: Places

road trip

THE ROAD TRIP

I didn’t intend to carry the heavy camera gear for the short one-day trip for a meeting. But there is a bargain here. I’m familiar with the place I’m visiting, known for its green...

yosemite

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK (CALIFORNIA)

‘You can’t stop and pull out your camera wherever you find a photo worthy location,’ my Doctor friend driving a hundred lakh expensive Mercedes Benz, worriedly cautioned me. It isn’t India; they are rules...

caves

THE MOGALRAJPURAM CAVES

I watched the caves since my childhood; they stood as though rising from the earth like a huge rock mushroom, haphazardly fenced by the archaeological department. The whole city grew the high-rise structures jamming...

srisailam

WORK, WORSHIP AND TRUSTING GOD

A week before, I visited Srisailam, a five-hour journey on the road. Early in the morning, I hit the rain-washed highway and raced along as the tyres hissing softly on the well-maintained road. Srisailam...

birds

DANCE OF BIRDS

It’s raining without a break transforming everything to appear fresh and soft. After an angry summer, the sweet drops of water has created magic, giving a healthy greenness to bushes and trees on either...

rome

STREETS OF ROME

They cautioned me enough. I have to walk a great deal across the vibrant streets and squares of Rome when I visited Italy. The city opened before me as If I’m in a gigantic...

museum

THE LOUVRE MUSEUM, PARIS, FRANCE

For the past one year the proposal to go on a Europe trip has been skirting between three of us the school buddies. The calendar days seemed too defiant for my doctor friend in...

bridges

BEWITCHING BRIDGES OF VIJAYAWADA

The bridges on the river Krishna are the pride of our city Vijayawada. Whenever I walked across the river bed I’m captivated by their charming dignity; the bridges draped themselves like well-behaved models. As...

HOME

THE HOME

The buildings stood together as if merging with the gush of the noisy river running alongside. They stood modestly on the long bank of the river Krishna, which itself is a spectacular ambiance seemed...

boat

BOAT BEAUTIFUL

I looked at the boats docked, flapping in rhythm, multi-colored, seemed like straight out a child’s picture book. They are the fleet of fishing boats lying idle waiting for the right time to set...