shadow castings

leh palace

rafting down the zanskar! fun fun!

khardung la

hemis monastery

lunch

choskit's frilly dress

stanzin guesthouse, upper karzoo

independence day, in leh

donkey sanctuary

donkey sanctuary, leh

this donkey

this donkey has come from heaven. via the moon. via the sky. she has been smelling_in the mist and gobbling all the stardust. the journey has been long. its was hard to keep your eyes closed for so long. now fatigue has finally taken it's toll. a whole new form of jet_lag. now you lay. eyes in your hand. heart in your mouth. only maa will do. its cool, i understand.

gallop.

one day old donkey at the donkey sanctuary, leh

leh lady leh

hey big spender

hemis monastery, the richest [but not prettiest] monastery in ladakh. some locals are pissed with the fact that they too have to be tickets to get in to worship. tsk tsk.

you still live here.

they came last night. to paint in your space. thinking it will help. maybe it did. maybe they see more than i do. whatever it is, atleast you helped them paint one more. and the new man (sweet yet not so) came in. he wanted to buy that wall. the one you drew on. he likes you. he's collected everything you've done till now. sweet i think. i said no.

last of pangong [i promise]

creases

pangong

monk red

thiksey monsatery

thiksey

the urbane records

designed the invite for the viewing room's new exhibit called 'the urbane records' based on artists perception of their urban surroundings. it opens today till the end of november...

pitstop omelette

dharcha, ladakh

science and technology week

consumer research shows that people find polishing their shoes; a chore. its right there at the bottom with ironing.

you and i both know that we've tried everything to make robots iron our clothes : we've added zing and fun and even some punch. we've tried changing the shape, offering warmer colourtones, got them smelling of jasmine. but nothing seemed to work.

ex-bluegrass singer now science entusiast; lloyd, put two and two together the other night. he put bright and cheery smilies on his ironing board. i know i know i know its strange, i guess you are all thinking 'what an arse that lloyd!' but believe it or not, the next morning lloyd woke up to find all his clothes (bandanas also) in a neat ironed pile. and all his household appliances all sitting crosslegged around the ironing board with pursed lips.

since then sales of bright and cheery smilies has soared. people are done with questioning its sources. child labour or not people just don't care anymore. if all goes well, ironing your clothes will soon be a thing of the past. ironing boards, the new toasters.

golden temple.

fierce fierce people them sikhs are. built like warriors. and just as parental and caring when you get closer.

confluencee

choglamsar, ladakh

news.

four days ago, three tmes a day; i was happy-go-lucky.