Showing posts with label City. Show all posts
Showing posts with label City. Show all posts
Photo of the Week 3 : City of Lakes and Udaipur
Photo of the week 2 : Wrath of Zeus's thunderbolt
I sit, with the blinds and windows wide open to the elements.
Everything inside is turned off, no distractions.
I feel mist from the rain rushing in to caress me.
The world looks fuzzy though all the droplets parading to earth.
Like a celestial firework, the sky lights up, exposing it's details for a stray minute.
The deep rumble penetrates through my entire being.
I've tuned out everything else, enjoying nature's fierceness.
I remain aware that I'm not truly safe from it, as it can turn on you in a moment.
But only slightly, as I see the thunderbolt through the air.
The crash a moment later rattles everything, but I hardly notice.
For a short period, I am totally relaxed by the fury.
I shall soon continue my life, my routine. But for a moment.
A moment of awe and beauty, from the chaos of the elements.
Everything inside is turned off, no distractions.
I feel mist from the rain rushing in to caress me.
The world looks fuzzy though all the droplets parading to earth.
Like a celestial firework, the sky lights up, exposing it's details for a stray minute.
The deep rumble penetrates through my entire being.
I've tuned out everything else, enjoying nature's fierceness.
I remain aware that I'm not truly safe from it, as it can turn on you in a moment.
But only slightly, as I see the thunderbolt through the air.
The crash a moment later rattles everything, but I hardly notice.
For a short period, I am totally relaxed by the fury.
I shall soon continue my life, my routine. But for a moment.
A moment of awe and beauty, from the chaos of the elements.
Source : By Saige
A Dulcet Evening in Udaipur
We went for a stroll around the city of lakes and were struck by some melodious tunes of Rajasthani music. We thought just to enjoy it while waking by. Suddenly we saw some lights at the end of the lake and we were mesmerized by what we saw.
It was a Rajasthani cultural dance event happening at the famous Gangaur Ghat of Udaipur. Music and surreal view along lake side of udaipur made a velvety evening for us.
A thumri was performed by some of the artist as a part of a cultural event. Being curious we enjoyed the evening like royals enjoying an ancient dialect performed in the form of dance.
Thumri :
Thumri is a common genre of semi-classical Indian music.The text is romantic or devotional in nature, and usually revolves around a girl's love for Krishna. The lyrics are usually in Uttar Pradesh dialects of Hindi called Awadhi and Brij Bhasha. Thumri is characterized by its sensuality, and by a greater flexibility with the raga.
Thumri is one of the most important forms of North Indian music after
khayal. Its exact origins are not very clear, given that there are no
historical references to such a form until the 15th century.
Thumri expresses the countless hues of shringar by combining melody and words.A thumri singer goes straight to the emotional core of a composition and
evokes each yarn of amorous feeling, each strand of sensuous sentiment,
with great discretion.
I took the liberty to take some shots to see how the artists uses facial and body movements to express the tone of the dialect.
Photo of the week 1: Udaipur
Architectural beauty of India
Monastery in Leh, Jammu |
The Blue City Jodhpur |
India is a land of architectural geniuses. There are lot of examples of its creativity proven in earlier years. From Taj Mahal to Qutub Minar. One can fall in love with India, with its legendary palaces, temples and forts.
The amazing Buddhist monasteries built at highest of altitudes in the Himalayan Ranges offer peace to the chaotic souls of humans.Cities built with same colored stones offers the sense of unity amongst the people like in Jodhpur blue city or the sun city of India.
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I’m Nitin Bothra, a Digital Entrepreneur at Accetrix-Digital Marketing Company in Ahmedabad, India and travel blogger by passion and lover of world cultures, languages, souls, oceans, wild spaces and urban places by nature.
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