Ponto de Vista

In Berlin’s river Spree, they put up soaring public art that stretches your imagination and makes you wonder. In Mumbai’s ocean, they want to put yet another Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.

Some of the coolest graffiti I’ve ever seen – in Seville, Spain. July 2012

From the Al Hambra in Granada, Spain. I thought I’d died and gone to heaven. Islamic/Arabic/Persian calligraphy equals enrapture.

Under the benign gaze of a very handsome (and lean) Shiv, this monkey saved the Ganga from pollution…she single-handedly (ok, she used both hands) pulled out two mangoes in a plastic bag that a family was chilling in the river. She saved us all from the menace of plastic and ate both mangoes herself (as the family looked on, helpless to rescue the mangoes from her avarice) 🙂

Can we blame Mamta? For our not so CILEAN trains that are rubbish when they’re running or when they’re stoppeR. This was the legend on EVERY loo door up and down our train, I kid you not.

😀 I loved this sign. Totally clear. Badly spelled. But totally clear.

I guess warmth is welcome wherever. Taken at the platform of Haridward station at 4 in the morning, when it was wet and cold outside. As I watched, this stray approached this sleeping family and then snuggled up on their temporary bed…

A pint-sized Nandi. So small, one would have to kneel and fold to whisper anything in his ear. Rishikesh.

A roadside shrine in Dehradun. I really thought Pahalwan Baba would be better built. And wearing something … somewhat different.

The followup image has a human being (my mother) cupping her hands to offer the bull a better chance at getting more water. I’m not posting that, but there are some other tourists who have pictures of her as well 🙂