Happy Holi Skies .... Dol Purnima

The Kolkata skies put up quite a show this holi. 

 The kolkata skies at sun set this evening and then the full moon (dol purnima)!

Kinne maari pichkari .... Happy Holi!

Wishing that the holis this year is as colourful as the colours and the pichkaris on display. Around Behala Chowrasta, Diamond Harbour Road, Kolkata, this afternoon.

Retro chic!

What's we call in Bengal - a poro bari ... derelict mansion (along with all the tacit implications ... haunted ... sad story, lurking atmas et al). Only its not poro bari at all. Standing nearing the crossing of Lansdowne Road and Palit Street. March 23, 2013 around mid day.

PS- what they say ... Dupur bela. Jokhon Bhoote mare thela!

Mid March Morning in Kolkata

This is what I woke up to this mid-march morning .... Skies that particularly familiar early morning smoggy shade of blue, mynah bird bobbing,  palm nodding in the gentle breeze .... the hustle and bustle of Kolkata yet to begin ...

Sigh!

The shedding storm

Jadavpur, 2:30 pm Sunday.A sudden dust storm swooped down from nowhere and stripped the trees bare of yellow old leaves so that the new and the green can emerge!

Kolkata skyline

There is a curious sense of 'waiting' in the air. Waiting for the tremendous heat of summer, waiting for the Kalbaishakhis.

Redolent spring time!

The day was filled with the heady scent of a bowl full of gandharaj [cape jamine] and bel phool!

Memories of March?!

The impossible happiness of a sublime and mild spring in Kolkata ... which even as I write will soon give way to the dreaded heat of the endless summer ...

Spring comes marching in ...

... with a view that fills my heart with delight! The leaves on the mango tree can scant be see so full of manjari  it is!