A little bit of the Punyanagari in Pune.

Author : Nequesta Vhora      Blog : Wondering Wanderer      Date : 4/1/2013 4:56:00 PM

'It's interesting to observe a place's timeline. It's fascinating to know what a city once was, and to live the thing it's becoming. Even as it embraces globalisation and comes of age as an 'upcoming metropolis', it's those few ancient structures that still exist, which give a threshold to the city's identity.When you visit such areas of your own city, it's amazing how the modernity drains out to almost none and confuses you to believe you've stepped in to a 'multiple-decad(...)'

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Wavering

Author : Nequesta Vhora      Blog : Wondering Wanderer      Date : 3/14/2013 12:38:00 PM

'It’s like a pendulum,Without its steadiness;It’s like waves,Without rhythm;It’s like rustling leaves Without the intuitive calm,It’s like a quiver of the beating heart,About to stop!It is, a wavering relationship.'

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The Write Constipation

Author : Nequesta Vhora      Blog : Wondering Wanderer      Date : 2/20/2013 10:45:00 AM

';;; It’s a nasty, diseased like state of mind where a person who believes in his/her ability to bead together words as a form of expression, and has previously done so is unable to churn out anything, for reasons unknown. There is no lack of thought, emotion or imagination (at times, imagination yes) and ideas, but it suddenly just does not seem to translate at all on paper. The victim may initially disregard it as a ‘passing phase’ in oblivion or might not even realize it, thanks t(...)'

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Bokeh With Naked Eyes

Author : Nequesta Vhora      Blog : Wondering Wanderer      Date : 8/19/2012 4:25:00 AM

'Hello All,Has anyone of you ever seen 'Bokeh' with naked eyes?Recently I started going for a swim everyday, early morning. On day one, I swam a few laps and stopped at one end of the pool for breath. As I waded in the pool, relaxing I happened to look at my right where a huge tree from the next compound was leaning over, at some distance.And lo! I can't believe what I saw. Through the green foliage and brown branches, came in the sun's rays to form little round perfect circles; perf(...)'

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Bro-Sis

Author : Nequesta Vhora      Blog : Wondering Wanderer      Date : 8/16/2012 12:11:00 PM

'Have you ever done that? :) Sat on the window sill with your younger sibling; watching the passers by, cracking jokes, saying silly things? I used to do this a lot with my younger brother. Finding amusement in small things, TOGETHER, is what strengthens the bond between siblings. :) Spotted this duo from the balcony of my house the other day and it reminded me of my childhood. :)'

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65th Indian Independence Day Fervour!

Author : Nequesta Vhora      Blog : Wondering Wanderer      Date : 8/15/2012 5:16:00 PM

'Fergusson Road,Pune,15th Aug 2012 (Morning)65th Independence Day Celebration.Beginning of the tri-colour bangles' meme!Urban Celebrations 1!Urban Celebration 2!The traffic policeOutside a chai stall!Natives' with the tri-colour along with their usual 'zhenda-patakas'Messi celebrates Indian Independence?The fervourSelling flags for a cause. The money collected was to be donated to an orphanage!"I am an Indian, and I'm proud of it!I'm as old as the country!A street sceneAt Fergusson C(...)'

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Waking up to Rains

Author : Nequesta Vhora      Blog : Wondering Wanderer      Date : 7/18/2012 12:39:00 PM

'This year the rains have been late beyond expectations. Every year, by 15th July I've had enough of rains, enough of the dull grey atmosphere and enough of wet days. But this year the sun shined brightly till mid July, and people awaited heavy rains with anxiety. I woke up to the pitter-patter of rain, first time this season a few days ago. The feeling was awesome! Stirring up to consciousness and realizing its raining. Then, shifting in to a comfortable position, lying under (...)'

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Sunset After Gloom

Author : Nequesta Vhora      Blog : Wondering Wanderer      Date : 7/17/2012 10:48:00 AM

'I sit by the window watching. It has been drizzling for the past one hour now; one of the first pre-monsoon showers after a bright summer. The first showers were welcomed with great joy and children ran out on the streets to enjoy the rain.I close my eyes to meditate on the noise of the rain drumming on the roof. The pitter-patter gets harder and louder and I open my eyes to see that what had been a few sparse clouds drizzling, has now become a pouring expanse of dense grey sheen ov(...)'

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Waari: Facts and Fotos

Author : Nequesta Vhora      Blog : Wondering Wanderer      Date : 7/1/2012 6:31:00 AM

'> Waari, is one of the largest and the longest on-foot pilgrimages in this entire world.> This tradition is about 700 hundred years old.> About a million people walk a 250 km route for 21 days from Dehu (carrying Sant Tukaram’s Palkhi or palanquin) or from Alandi(carrying Sant Dnyaneshwar’s Palkhi) and reach Pandharpur on Ashadi-Ekadashi, where the Vitthoba temple is situated on the banks of river Bhima.The Palkhi of Sant Tukaram with his 'Padukas' or footprints in it. (...)'

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Technoli

Author : Nequesta Vhora      Blog : Wondering Wanderer      Date : 6/22/2012 12:27:00 PM

'Year 2052:“Mumma, I’m hungry!”  Technoli calls out, as she makes a swoosh sign with her finger and her wall sized computer shuts close. She’s been virtual trekking all round the Himalayan ranges all morning, and now she’s cold and tired yet exhilarated by the whole experience.Mumma rushes in a nano second, as if she was always there besides Technoli and not in the attic, dusting and cleaning vintage things like laptops and iPads, once owned by the family ancestors. She produces(...)'

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All Things Old and Pretty

Author : Nequesta Vhora      Blog : Wondering Wanderer      Date : 6/9/2012 6:02:00 PM

'Vintage things are fascinating! Be it a tattered old book with its yellowed pages and doggy eared cover or an old Bajaj scooter the Uncle next door owns, each has a story of its own; a history; an owner. Once upon a time these things used to be revered. They used to be considered the ultimate manifestation of technology and human capability but in the present they stand at an even exalted position, for it is a matter of great status and prestige to own an antique!Personally, for me (...)'

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Leafless Not Lifeless

Author : Nikita Vhora      Blog : Wondering Wanderer      Date : 6/8/2012 5:37:00 PM

'I took this photo yesterday just after the rains. This beautiful tree stands in front of my house and I see it daily in different incarnations, as per the weather and ever changing sky colours. I've even spotted a few beautiful birds on this very tree.I recently had this epiphany moment. I love leafless trees I realized. Every time I pass by them, I look at them and stop. A sense of awe takes over me. If I am walking along with a friend and I came across one of these, I stop mid-(...)'

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Author : Nikita Vhora      Blog : Wondering Wanderer      Date : 5/25/2012 1:09:00 PM

'Pune 2012.A tear rolled down Jaya’s eye as she sat on her bed amidst a trunk full of photographs scattered around her. Most of them were old pictures from her young days. It wasn’t all the photos she was interested in looking at, it was just this one which she held in her hand and to find it she’d emptied                               (...)'

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Screw You!

Author : Nikita Vhora      Blog : Wondering Wanderer      Date : 12/27/2011 4:47:00 PM

';;;; It crawled up my left arm, all the way up to my neck sending a chill down my spine. I tried shooing it away with a brusque movement of my other hand, but it simply nagged at my skin slithering to my ear and hopped right inside it. The tickling sensation in my ear was just a trailer of what I experienced next. I couldn’t believe that this tiny miniscule bug sized creature had the cheek to enter my ear, my body! I felt it moving inside me, it had managed a hike up my brain mean(...)'

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Glimpse In Gir,

Author : Nikita Vhora      Blog : Wondering Wanderer      Date : 11/17/2011 5:13:00 PM

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I am Seven, Orphaned and Homeless

Author : Nikita Vhora      Blog : Wondering Wanderer      Date : 11/4/2011 2:30:00 AM

';;;;I am seven, orphaned and homeless but I’m not alone. I have a brother who is four. We come from a beggar who soon after my brother’s birth, fell prey to drugs. Eventually she died on a footpath and bereaved us of mother’s love forever. We don’t know who our father is. We do not have a home, we do not have relatives, but we have a family. We are each other’s family. We have many friends of our own kind. Their parents let them play with us but never invite us home, never let us(...)'

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Unfair perspective towards the 'fairer sex'!

Author : Nikita Vhora      Blog : Wondering Wanderer      Date : 10/22/2011 1:20:00 PM

';;;;;“It is not gender which is destroying our culture...it is our interpretations of culture which has destroyed gender equality.” In this Modern India, men and women are given equal rights. Our constitution says women are as superior as men. Our culture has almost as much number of goddesses as gods. Here, ‘knowledge’ and ‘money’, the two most essential things for survival are worshipped in form of Goddess Saraswati and Goddess Lakshmi respectively. We believe in the scientific (...)'

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BOOKSHELF

Author : Nequesta      Blog : Wondering Wanderer      Date : 10/13/2011 5:16:00 PM

'I love everything about books, it's texture, smell, feel and the wonderful tales in them, of course. Currently I have a small, ever expanding collection of books and one day I dream of having a complete wall as a bookshelf, my own personal library. I'm often found staring at bookshelves, be it at home or at a library or a bookstore, spell bounded and exhilarated. My parents and my friends find it amusing to see me like that, they say I am at my happiest then. Books have always been (...)'

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