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The richness of the colour of peacock feathers have always fascinated me.         I know they were a common bird in many parts of india until urbanization decimated them and drove them to the rural and forested areas. Bred in urban jungles, I always associated Peacock as a gentle creature.   Until that day at Kew gardens.  In the lush 368 acres of Royal botanical gardens at Kew in London, I was walking along the thames admiring and photographing the various species of koniferous trees planted from the world over and the occasional peacocks.  A cold february winter day does not qualify as the mating season and so none of the male were in their flirtatious best with their feathers spread out.    Picked up a few peanuts from my bag to feed them so I can have an up and close view of the feathers to photograph them.     As I got clicking them away I found one taking me head on and walking towards me… d...

  Singular plural - Does anybody care     Notice at the entrance of STAPLES - Marathalli     Thodi si PIZZA puja - Dominos inaugurates an outlet at Pa rk square mall  Munna, Munni, Mama, Papa and their Sunday lunch !!! Click on the photograph for a better view :)

UNBRIDLED PASSION - seldom comes without a price tag.   This is an imposing 8 foot tall carved wood work at Cauvery emporium that stands at the display near the entrance. I have been there atleast a dozen times taking visitors for shopping in the last three years. At a price tag of 16 lakhs it is not surpirsing that this wonderful piece of art has not yet found a buyer. Radha and Krishna's passionate embrace is so wonderfully captured by the artist. Photography is prohibited at Cauvery. However this time I simply could not resist breaking the rules because the profound tagline for this photograph was already conceived in my mind.   (Captured on my i-phone when the security was looking the other way round.)