April 03, 2008

Just because...

Yesterday I started my day by standing outside my lab without knowing the new door code and ended my day by standing outside my house without knowing the code of the recently installed security device! My brother says if we closely observe things in our live we can always observe a rhythm of similar type of events repeating in a day or in a week or over a definite period of time ! sometimes we are a silent victim of such events or sometimes we can gather some courage and try to break over this habit patten of life. But most of the time we just prefer to keep running like a mouse on the wheel without having courage to self criticize! yesterday I preferred to be a silent victim just because between these two rhythmic annoying event I had a nice laugh too! For the fist time in my life I went to Improvised comedy Theatre. Improfessionals group performed a comedy show by improvising on the random theme proposed by the audience! As written in the Paris Times "Improvisation actors have a mantra: Stay in the moment. Never look forward. Never look back." !

April 01, 2008

...And so as my life!

Well! yesterday had a chance to evaluate how I have evolved in my last three years in Paris! Thanks to Umesh birthday! Umesh is my first friend in Paris(outside my work), three years back it was on his birthday I had my first big outing and dinner in Paris! I was a very nervous person going through a seperation from the person I loved and filled with nostalgic thoughts of India! Three years later most of things repeated. Just like these two images but the photo taken yesterday is in better focus, resolution and light ...Touch wood! And so as my life!
Happy birthday Umesh!

March 30, 2008

Walking tour!

Yesterday we saw sun after a long time, so just to celebrate it we had a looong walk in the hearts and veins of Paris. This was our random route that we followed! Basically we wanted to get lost in our favorite quarters of Paris! I guess this is my longest walk I ever did in Paris, the Google map says that this random itinerary is around 18 kms! 18kms with just one break in between! Every corner of Paris have some sensual entertainment to offer and no one can ever be bored to of such walks in Paris, especially when you have nice company with good discussion and arguments on every random topic possible ! May be this spring and summer will be a good time to break my own record and explore Paris by walks!

March 20, 2008

With Adhittan experiencing Anicca ...

Adhittan and Anicca! These are my favourite words in Pali, an ancient Indian language. I like it more because I can hardly follow them. Adhittan (strong determination) and Anicca (Impermanence; transience). When we can understand and experience the transience nature of this world, we can free ourselves from craving, aversion, hatred etc... and hence help us to have Adhittan. Well! Where did i get this sudden enlightment? I thought taking an Adhittan on my eating habits, especially after returning from India with few extra pounds. Last 3 days I am on Juice fasting, the detoxification process makes me experience this transient nature the of tired evenings and very brisk and fresh mornings! Understanding Anicca without craving (food) and aversion , helping me my Adhittan. Nice to do something which I thought I can never do in my life! Before I finish, todays dose of India’ s story! This is one of my favourite photos of Micha ..sorry by Micha! I feel it is a nice representation of India, colours...unity in diversity...the mess.. and peaceful? co-existence!

March 18, 2008

God' own country with its own music!

I am catching up with some of the old stories, here are some photos from my recent trip to India, and these are taken by my friend Micha, who was travelling with me for the first time to India. Actually I was suppose to show him around, but this Mikipedia(as we fondly call him) knew everything about the place we were visiting and ended up giving directions for us. To start with here are some photos of god’s own country, Kerala. First time in India, travelling like a tourist with the camera …..taking photos in the street…. staying in holiday resorts, it was bit strange experience for me.
Well! I today I was experimenting with a movie making software, as a result here are some photos of Kerala mixed with Ravi Sankar’s ‘Chants of India’ music. Do you like my first experiment?
And here are some more photos of Kerala taken by me!