tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77146610839961175902024-02-20T14:07:44.524-08:00put the lime in the coconut(and shake it all about)Billo Ranihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00615781401261237717noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714661083996117590.post-68618002334534531142011-07-13T00:37:00.000-07:002011-07-13T00:40:32.371-07:00Dolma Ling Nunnery<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">While in Rakkar i spent most of time at Dolma Ling. Even when i got there i had no idea what pictures i was going there to take. So i figured i'd just spend all the time i could at the nunnery and hopefully find some stories to tell. I don't think this is what happened in the end though, because i didn't have enough direction to get close enough to the nuns in time. Instead i focused on doing portraits of them, some of which i've put up. By the time i had to leave to come back to Bangalore some of the nuns had really warmed up to me and it was very hard to leave just when i saw i was starting to make headway. But i guess it was an important lesson for me. To dive right into people and not waste any time being an outsider. Maybe soon if i'm lucky, i can go back and pick up where i left off.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">The nunnery was about a fifteen minute walk across the river, through fields with the Dhauladar range towering over. I did this walk sometimes at 4.30 am, sometimes in the rain and sometimes after 10 at night without a torch.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Both the nuns and i were initially a little wary of each other, they had no idea who i was and i didn't want to disturb them. This soon turned to a curiosity about the other. By the end of my first week they had all pretty much gotten used to my hanging around with my camera and i stared making friends :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">They taught me how to make butter lamps and i helped them practice their English. I spent an afternoon making 10 kilos of soya with some of them. Watched 200 of them debate, which was ELECTRIC. A few of us snuck into a classroom one day and ate lunch while we were supposed to be cleaning the prayer hall. Climbed over fences and went for a picnic. Watched the news. Discussed the bane of wearing bras. Shared histories and cups of tea. Tried to understand each others worlds. And in the end exchanged mobile numbers, addresses and secret grins at all the things we'd gotten up to.</div><br />
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</div></div></div></div></div>Billo Ranihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00615781401261237717noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714661083996117590.post-56873684657830687252011-06-16T00:29:00.000-07:002011-06-17T10:00:46.971-07:00Lal Kothi<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Kasmiri Pundits have a strong tradition of family Gurus. In every extended family there is one such Guru who is their spiritual pillar. At the time of my great grandfather, this person was Janki Nath Aga. Lal Kothi was built by my great grandfather, Jagan Nath Ganju and gifted to Janki Nath. Following this, his sons turned the house into a lodge for the local traders who spent half the year in Pahalgam, selling their wares to visiting tourists. These traders moved back down to their homes in the winter when Pahalgam got too cold.</div><div style="text-align: left;">So it was, that the Red House became Pahalgam's first hotel with about 30 rooms. But after some years Janki Nath's family moved away and left the house to it's seasonal tenants.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Now, some 40 years later, the bottom floor has been taken over by dhobi's who run a laundry service out of the house for the local hotels and restaurants.</div><div style="text-align: left;">The second floor is still home to summer sales men, a plumber and a truck driver.</div><div style="text-align: left;">The third floor belongs to the resident cat in the house, who i met but unfortunately could not photograph.</div><div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618916277806316818" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5kgQ9bsy6hqqypViQVjwaAnvHEfykEVYfZUIshmWX0Tp81GOGYnI0ugXaiVDepWs5xgd-ze8BAUkeMxET0jljlXFMVw7zTjv2kW1m7VyKq5VDEq7xh9ywU88FNxp6Lc1VBEzU3EZyCiQ/s400/1-76.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; height: 400px; width: 268px;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Pia with her father who sells sweaters and trinkets. She was visiting him on a school break with her mother and grandmother. Originally from Srinagar, their 12 by 12 room was crammed with a stove, pots, pans and suitcases full of things he sells. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618890721101271362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQg2g0u_MjxosWpaZxG-QD7ddXcILHGRb_91g62oycxW2gg95-yQ03yD6LlvbdwirENOpfdAN0-OgIk_xsQS8lUjlrXDs8Qpx4uzwiJ8GELbEib_MGWpwA-PqvdPPXqY3DFXWsOUsdKBI/s400/1-80.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; height: 400px; width: 268px;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Although i don't know the language i could understand that Pia's mother and grandmum were discussing in bewildered hushed tones what on earth i could possibly be interested in, in their cramped make-shift home. Despite this of course they called me their daughter, made me sheer chai (salty Kashmiri tea) and fed me :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_d_oeeN5LdqJDfNZ35Dk4toQmOsw7WHgChSUqFjRCqsJ5nYrRNGyLJhcItLkNaH6MyR5fBmKDXXaqZD5f0axCms_82Dluuw8Tk7ZR80ULOwYGjsTS-A-gHVf4xWACw0fArth8hXCuhdI/s1600/1-151.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;"></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_d_oeeN5LdqJDfNZ35Dk4toQmOsw7WHgChSUqFjRCqsJ5nYrRNGyLJhcItLkNaH6MyR5fBmKDXXaqZD5f0axCms_82Dluuw8Tk7ZR80ULOwYGjsTS-A-gHVf4xWACw0fArth8hXCuhdI/s1600/1-151.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618890713055480578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_d_oeeN5LdqJDfNZ35Dk4toQmOsw7WHgChSUqFjRCqsJ5nYrRNGyLJhcItLkNaH6MyR5fBmKDXXaqZD5f0axCms_82Dluuw8Tk7ZR80ULOwYGjsTS-A-gHVf4xWACw0fArth8hXCuhdI/s400/1-151.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; height: 267px; width: 400px;" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The rear end of the Kothi, now used as the main entrance.</div></div></div></div>Billo Ranihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00615781401261237717noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714661083996117590.post-19026611390857301652011-06-15T09:41:00.000-07:002011-06-16T11:56:16.968-07:00HomecomingMy dad's side of the family is Kashmiri (hence the funny surname). We eat lots of the food at home and drink plenty Kehwa but i've been told that our family left the Valley a few hundred years ago. Much before any unrest.<br /><div>Since then we moved down to the plains, forgot the language and grew into city people. And me, in Bangalore. Very far and disconnected from where i originally belonged. Now i don't mean to sound all angsty and lost. Truth is i've always been most content with a Banglorean identity.<br /><div>But on a visit to Pahalgam last year i discovered this ramshackled property that belonged to my great grandfather. It was the last piece of property in Kashmir that my family owned. It was gifted to our family Guru by my great grandfather because no body lived there.</div><div>It consists of two buildings. The first, Lal Kothi (Red House) is the main structure, part of which was once swept away in a flood and then rebuilt. Some years later the top floor was burnt in a fire. And for the past four decades the house has been taken over by squatters.</div><div>The other building was originally the outhouse, which has now been converted into a funny little hotel called Krishna Cottage, by it's current owners.</div><div>This year i went back to Pahalgam and spent some time at Lal Kothi and Krishna Cottage. Apart from being my last claim to Kashmiri citizenship, this place had so many stories to tell. </div><div>I met the ancient care-taker at Krishna cottage who said he remembered meeting my great grandfather as a child. Uncovered some of the history of Lal Kothi from Salim, a young dhobi who grew up in the house after it was abandoned by my family. And got to know these people who treated me like their home was also my home, literally.</div><div><br /></div><div> </div></div>Billo Ranihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00615781401261237717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714661083996117590.post-41173309036233197082011-06-11T01:44:00.000-07:002011-06-11T09:56:48.858-07:00Maximum City<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk6IAl95aKGr2tdAZh_9NAnqshXSxJvCY8XliZ_crdESOWWW7q1GubIaFByIYcT5GIrac4aWqm-Juc5_iOSmhwFhumcWOCnuHXWgx8aIhd6kfkFmG3_NRu3cdD5hcKhH9j35efm8UbNbA/s1600/26.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk6IAl95aKGr2tdAZh_9NAnqshXSxJvCY8XliZ_crdESOWWW7q1GubIaFByIYcT5GIrac4aWqm-Juc5_iOSmhwFhumcWOCnuHXWgx8aIhd6kfkFmG3_NRu3cdD5hcKhH9j35efm8UbNbA/s400/26.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617007059560307378" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1e7TN_EPjzsHZxZRPKhtKav_Mjn2UIJnZwNYA-lL4PiB0QN_ocE-vlYhIujnQJ1fZwW0lztPJ8awf9llK_q_Iv66YBPVLCriIdYHi5zkZ0-QxW1Yz5zRx7cCASAfUm63l1CrMkQUMmsA/s1600/30.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiInwVohiaBepPiUiYw8j7K1yRl6O015YmZ-1m2pvGLhoJ9epBICeoPhAlhCB7ZfdQ5BpNuKkVzvBDx0o0LlBqtQKhpsQCsJIImDuT9AXj6aZrq8PekZ1B2qrzjXkJu-PDLYstRLMiyeDA/s400/03.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617005780938600178" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>I spent a month, earlier this year working as the in-house photographer at the blue Frog, Bombay. Needles to say that i had the time of my life. Single girl, in the city that never sleeps, working the night shift at the coolest club in town :) Also because the whole city smelled like fish and there were cats everywhere.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size:13px;"> </span></span><div><div>So i got a night of free gigs for a month, some not so hot, one metal O_o and most of the rest AMAZING. Made friends with the bouncers, a bar tender Santosh and Champa bai, the lady who's job it is to sit all night in the loo and help drunk women. Additionally i got the occasional free drink. Wee.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Billo Ranihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00615781401261237717noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714661083996117590.post-22577162202801889162011-06-11T01:42:00.000-07:002011-06-11T01:44:26.865-07:00Alive and ready for posting!Billo Ranihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00615781401261237717noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714661083996117590.post-51316907435517839662011-02-02T06:06:00.000-08:002011-02-02T06:13:12.212-08:00Always moving on.<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV-VcDN_4uerVspnr6pZbwIREoAk4wyaZNUvA4BLhWwQvIUPy0x2P9BZDGyVNHCwvHZxS7oKhRuoiw_vOmNPX8gc4hqcKqCuE70DQXsHe6xRRHqhad3c0EtOpJzCC2r9mwGtcKFflzAo4/s400/kids.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569094474147903250" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPJvgFrSVauZB2FtvUSF1-IUMxY1FCvjlXQpptUGSysRx1WGsRogkUpSltJhqB1kSPrUptEa2CxZQ8rljDrGz7ebaKjdmTcUq5TemEXJL_DXwwA7HeGvh_Nsvi4eDS5__m00D9LY6kGkU/s1600/with.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxmymv8eFV66corEBm3b4QGA_SKdRHrPzLaeYZsdD_RKJy7Q1sUOcvG9ogi1HdSzwiSENHGugcxuDLJ6HoHg5a78n_t3szYiqaPw0uoa44k_ydNFep4YqiiejLuaJzL2ncUpOhQQvs3PU/s400/guns.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569094495559448242" /></div>Billo Ranihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00615781401261237717noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714661083996117590.post-39745574114302188402010-11-30T00:37:00.000-08:002010-11-30T00:39:18.617-08:00Blood on the dancefloor<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilp2skttqmjxR_iLsdxUy2P6GXZuVhS8HG98Hyu1-Xkvfphc91LFTZ7wzfmpmwaOF_uxupD9525yoAa33RTb72lBHMRFlI_Ss4HuCY6yVNo4n8KMctS9iorXIQzIkXbMmNLVVaBDwesrY/s1600/IMG_9568.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilp2skttqmjxR_iLsdxUy2P6GXZuVhS8HG98Hyu1-Xkvfphc91LFTZ7wzfmpmwaOF_uxupD9525yoAa33RTb72lBHMRFlI_Ss4HuCY6yVNo4n8KMctS9iorXIQzIkXbMmNLVVaBDwesrY/s400/IMG_9568.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545259458426914066" /></a>Billo Ranihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00615781401261237717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714661083996117590.post-75754576156630952012010-11-29T05:56:00.001-08:002010-11-29T08:51:13.450-08:00In transit<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; ">This is an attempt to resurrect my blog :l</div><div style="text-align: center; ">I've spent the past couple of months traveling like a madman.</div><div style="text-align: center; ">Delhi-around Orissa-Jodhpur-Delhi-Hydrabad-Aurangabad-Bombay-Goa.</div><div style="text-align: center; ">And i've done close to nothing about organizing the images and thoughts i've gathered.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But i'm going to start posting anyway (fingers crossed) the above will sort itself out!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIUtopK4rl5ZAqggKdS_c7GX2peEVdXHz9j7maa8btTebucUMPpNCFHiGmfeZMFACdq67qbjz_cOaC0gW1yHGu9DXfmMrR4YCUF0ne2oQCI_bU2Rd-GkBUVIueyKFIF6hTSmaGMQr6RIw/s1600/IMG_7714.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIUtopK4rl5ZAqggKdS_c7GX2peEVdXHz9j7maa8btTebucUMPpNCFHiGmfeZMFACdq67qbjz_cOaC0gW1yHGu9DXfmMrR4YCUF0ne2oQCI_bU2Rd-GkBUVIueyKFIF6hTSmaGMQr6RIw/s400/IMG_7714.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544970330359466130" /></a><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_kh2nfmcTJhMGw4l5Gn9wDckjMqUGUG6c-tNXGqus78yuOjGoRfBTG7PPmFutwBk_janYOruugHetB2g3CRr1OsTAgbIKsrBjSgp5a7koyiratZmo6wqfQC3xQFruNCQkrxwxWRJjjP8/s400/IMG_9447.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 244px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545013656689395202" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqchnPL9P9fz-McJWdOeCMDiomVFv-qXHaN3hE-mAOYjHIQfgUe7OMNBb8xkrzy0zsbCA-TSGfFLq59MYyHp2R5jVNwi9SrON4iCVKd7whjBYYUi69yPo6uAsOB0uMmKw8dLbGCq4CLqo/s400/IMG_9442.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 370px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545012487786130882" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIUtopK4rl5ZAqggKdS_c7GX2peEVdXHz9j7maa8btTebucUMPpNCFHiGmfeZMFACdq67qbjz_cOaC0gW1yHGu9DXfmMrR4YCUF0ne2oQCI_bU2Rd-GkBUVIueyKFIF6hTSmaGMQr6RIw/s1600/IMG_7714.JPG"></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIUtopK4rl5ZAqggKdS_c7GX2peEVdXHz9j7maa8btTebucUMPpNCFHiGmfeZMFACdq67qbjz_cOaC0gW1yHGu9DXfmMrR4YCUF0ne2oQCI_bU2Rd-GkBUVIueyKFIF6hTSmaGMQr6RIw/s1600/IMG_7714.JPG"></a><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhYj2FqueQA3aGiOoQGg2ArCzPRHVlTYCt3orAxzvE6xLLpS5CbevZCKFm7ipX4FzFWWvHFeFExs2qy9PWXHZGZIAldLeV4sxRP2Tk-I-KKiYhG9_gsTI16bYJ_N5h9yJA90B3ZHuIpks/s400/IMG_9287.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545012480259526690" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div>Billo Ranihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00615781401261237717noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714661083996117590.post-4557413441295508572010-08-22T07:38:00.000-07:002010-08-22T07:47:18.757-07:00Make some noise for the digital boys :D<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTSWc2_TLVmeqidyXfPhD7YaDe7cDb-bZ5CFLsZ0R2dVjh_ap7sz9E9d_-GRryR1713LzGT1ditgVN2VbnUbTmbnF-Vr8YqfPlWslltgr6PnvgqnlQpQBoPhnQYUOJlp11zR6AAKmlmfY/s1600/ad.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 326px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTSWc2_TLVmeqidyXfPhD7YaDe7cDb-bZ5CFLsZ0R2dVjh_ap7sz9E9d_-GRryR1713LzGT1ditgVN2VbnUbTmbnF-Vr8YqfPlWslltgr6PnvgqnlQpQBoPhnQYUOJlp11zR6AAKmlmfY/s400/ad.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508245157647500050" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYy1biZm-n92t9Thqe7Fbhw1BtIdUdeo4Anp-udihjVGJFaz_Z7aUYCVMAUDUPyBIi65gEp1CNYlNE7xO2oT6UDwz2eJuILGKCveK9_Hye70zg6zMhSdPnpzYgw93iboyQI1lWWF6VwhQ/s1600/bm.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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Silently for me.<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv-PsmD_zYryICWwMgnHWqHrYa8bypCmgMU3XGMGlKt3nB_F4a6IVFGJarnPBz0-ydXHfBXqNc0jQdybwZZJqJ7SEhMDGZHWE9ifRvvZa0u0078OvkocFMm_pnhWYlwBUc5Rd1YFzdDLM/s1600/Picture+071.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv-PsmD_zYryICWwMgnHWqHrYa8bypCmgMU3XGMGlKt3nB_F4a6IVFGJarnPBz0-ydXHfBXqNc0jQdybwZZJqJ7SEhMDGZHWE9ifRvvZa0u0078OvkocFMm_pnhWYlwBUc5Rd1YFzdDLM/s400/Picture+071.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501131282305379474" /></a></div>Billo Ranihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00615781401261237717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714661083996117590.post-29252019470075329272010-07-26T05:38:00.000-07:002010-07-26T06:26:20.868-07:00Misses and Kisses :)<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">It rained. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">We took a boat to Half-moon beach.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "> There were honey lemon pancakes. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">And strong black rocks that made silent places for leaning. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">It rained. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">We swam.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "> And dreamed in the sand. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Pineapple juice ran down to our elbows.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "> We crossed fields.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "> It rained (through the roof even). </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">There were friends new and again. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">We sang. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">And climbed red red hills.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "> Two were lost. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Then found. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">It rained.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Rained.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Rained.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">All was love. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Is.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNQIwTh8YRH0FVMjCH4AHKe3h3VJI93yWd31aF_PHIF8iG3k9dlsDWNl57PVua5u0gLd1UihosTm7LmtZj4MeWhLbLjyn_74r98jrBHVlbOf9Fg6ofGsK78V-Iz2sAvlJhyeZINBF-3E0/s1600/lobsters+160.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNQIwTh8YRH0FVMjCH4AHKe3h3VJI93yWd31aF_PHIF8iG3k9dlsDWNl57PVua5u0gLd1UihosTm7LmtZj4MeWhLbLjyn_74r98jrBHVlbOf9Fg6ofGsK78V-Iz2sAvlJhyeZINBF-3E0/s400/lobsters+160.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498194664978838690" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7h2OtOVuHegq4s1iixu1GVvwKBq-y-Os9NfolPNbzSBYKCR-rK3GjaZrVoECTktXOq-Htyh4TDa1Ydc7N3BFcCnJau1LoXvohCzj2GP7Gh1cjNEUOvPafKGMtoL1568ZZNdxdhY4VYpo/s1600/lobsters+165.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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Friends old and new. We traveled to the desert in search of sound and we found we found we found.<br /></div>In this vast, barren land the words of mystic poets are woven into song. Sung by the most fertile hearts.<br />Together we discovered different forms and tongues that all expressed that one universal structure. With searing devotion they spoke one language. That of love.<br />Days turned to nights and skies to stars.<br />We listened to these voices, some hypnotic some bursting. 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width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS_t_KAmR7TeEhSHFAyPthrbmL22IJ8XgYjKfns_yfFTmamKLKw3-uRmMzwOjeh-lEEe-dezRhjM6FTAQtl00325GK3FuBIVUOaxYbcNi-tTg8KKBdCgfNrKGFnqNRYC4xiurHA_8wMbs/s400/IMG_3033.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485879040819099074" border="0" /></a></div>Billo Ranihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00615781401261237717noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714661083996117590.post-75353969587512939142010-06-17T08:03:00.000-07:002010-06-17T08:49:01.511-07:00Jannat<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbc27mwes8XFDvDMWm-5v8-P7I7zjYi2LhZ2wtVkHwJY_CJBpNGUImKhMuHZ-iRRXaiZiKqIWN1uHZE_0FWJMrOqOfVfhzkGfsShhkDpVvCg1P0Nu-i8Jk_I6g5d-wC4ul8aDdDuE8Sio/s1600/IMG_1072.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbc27mwes8XFDvDMWm-5v8-P7I7zjYi2LhZ2wtVkHwJY_CJBpNGUImKhMuHZ-iRRXaiZiKqIWN1uHZE_0FWJMrOqOfVfhzkGfsShhkDpVvCg1P0Nu-i8Jk_I6g5d-wC4ul8aDdDuE8Sio/s400/IMG_1072.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483763327317882482" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> At the Hazratbal Mosque in Srinagar it is tradition to feed pigeons. And around feeding time there are so many birds on the buildings around the mosque one would think that they're going to fly away with them. Almost out of a Monty Python film.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlPhR8Vba8T3ftVoH-e60t5QMmzFycWHyAC6tPRF_DXszY5CDIP-Qxo5JE66M5RIoLjoGFzA2Px0ig3ar1Zds8oubLAAlMlmpCLbsFsrZ7UPMjpalsKWYd_mGZzVRxZ_BVPFDHwWDKxhQ/s1600/IMG_1067.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlPhR8Vba8T3ftVoH-e60t5QMmzFycWHyAC6tPRF_DXszY5CDIP-Qxo5JE66M5RIoLjoGFzA2Px0ig3ar1Zds8oubLAAlMlmpCLbsFsrZ7UPMjpalsKWYd_mGZzVRxZ_BVPFDHwWDKxhQ/s400/IMG_1067.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483769609464384722" border="0" /></a><br /><br />When the storm came, there was hail, we were under it and all was ice!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLXW8u1kfAtByBSEvtX5UFLpsC5lX01vKwPOEAUHipP80RLxiXL0rnP3-2XyiTfG0PRAXpU68qITGPBZ4SBEy1qyUTy2Np0pS9r3SEQCkhwVYEb3Heckb6qEyoQ7bVBlIPRFp_aLyZ9ZM/s1600/IMG_1963.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikifIdvk_Ttsy2x7kUBnuZeAULpxX5wcv-qCbNeLz1KXGXjK9Zrnvo8U2tU9gvflDMFGw1TJUu64gTt0OQoViv8lM69n0zxQnKaW8kaDA5svmv1try2pKlxS0snkQRhYZGPbkdZJXUMRY/s400/Kashmir+084.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483763300999618322" border="0" /></a><br /><br />"If there is a paradise, it is here, it is here, it is here."<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiSJ79Pi-1ij2Zt2hdHWZdEexH8V5ssNvkLI3RaZfCAPgJod67yE64LQEE18J7iwYabNqRJtm2HG-ret71JJmrN-JqiQdBwyTMhrpg2bTAYMNdcdA3Z7yheztT27dDWtxd5vWO55aFGzA/s1600/IMG_1108.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiSJ79Pi-1ij2Zt2hdHWZdEexH8V5ssNvkLI3RaZfCAPgJod67yE64LQEE18J7iwYabNqRJtm2HG-ret71JJmrN-JqiQdBwyTMhrpg2bTAYMNdcdA3Z7yheztT27dDWtxd5vWO55aFGzA/s400/IMG_1108.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483763295182001490" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><br /></div>Billo Ranihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00615781401261237717noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7714661083996117590.post-54686526786610690312010-06-15T08:21:00.000-07:002010-06-15T10:06:58.448-07:00Phools<div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijdiFnktZbZMCHXqOuJ7BOu4uedoJJbZ0mU_QEeTbtipntuotJiJdHIBbLQm8Le2d5D6iRYUJj4A0m1KuAJa-pviGu-tOnpEInU4K7zdaTV2-S1NNPXPkayMcT-NyjOmzgri4nCi3Hez4/s1600/Copy+of+Kashmir+143.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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This time we were joined by a friend and the walk took us four hours till we stopped. When we did, we were at one of the worlds centers. Here the white snow softened into white clouds and there was no telling where one began and the other ended.<br />We huddled together and the boys lit themselves a spliff. We sat in complete awe. The kind that's demanded when you are in a place that is sacred. Then suddenly a strong wind picked up and the secret universe that we'd found turned darker, as though it was moving across a chess board. The clouds whirled and grew black. And then it began to snow.<br />Now i've only heard that it gets silent when it snows. That's just the beginning. It goes from silence to quiet and everything happens in slow motion, even breathing. To watch snow fall is otherworldly. We were blessed.<br />Then tearing ourselves away from this magical space we walked back as fast as we could. Because the elements are to be respected. We walked over ice and by the time we turned the corner the slow snow had become hard rain, we were no longer in the sky but on the ground and the white giants suddenly seemed like a dream. 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We couldn't believe how close t</span><span style="font-size:100%;">o the sky we were. So for every day that we were there, we went for long walks. Kartikae, to see h</span><span style="font-size:100%;">ow far he could go. And i to find a spot in the forest where i could sit down and d</span><span style="font-size:100%;">issolv</span><span style="font-size:100%;">e</span><span style="font-size:100%;">.<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">On the first of these walks we chose a path that </span><span style="font-size:100%;">lead us over the meadows, into the trees and around, towards the next valley. We set out silently, reached the snow and squ</span><span style="font-size:100%;">ealed and squelched, then settled back into a meditative rhythm. </span><span style="font-size:100%;">There </span><span style="font-size:100%;">was no need for any talking. 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