A different sort of red kolkata

 Somewhere on Middleton Row, Kolkata. Panes missing, somewhat derelict but still beautiful 

Crimson Pride!

The dominant colour this rainy month has been gray in many many many shades! The jaba - (in Bengali) and hibiscus to the rest thought otherwise!  

Ma's verandah. Soggy August afternoon in Kolkata.

The path less taken

Its only a short walk to Nandan along AJC Bose Road from Exide More.  But it had been raining on and off. I didnt feel upto the jostling crowds on the narrow stretch of a footpath which would be wet, slippery, muddy. So, I "ventured" past the Nehru Children's Museum - a passer by assured me that there was a connection right upto Nandan. I did. Just behind, was a beautifully paved walk surrounding a pond with the Saint Paul's Cathedral on the other end.

I was quite amazed. At my frog in the well view of the world. I have always had only one view of the Cathedral. I must have visited Nandan a zillion times ... or more.

But mostly at the sight of the white cathedral under a grey sky. Beautiful.

Clouded Humour!

Cirrus, cumulus and now humourous!

Clouds were in a funny mood that evening. Spread thickly all over (atleast my part of) Kolkata, they looked exactly like thick polluting smoke of a thousand chimneys. More than 50 shades of Grey (haha).

Roof with a view: Kolkata, 6:00 pm ish, 9th July 2013

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)!

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!