Sri Lanka - a soulful journey

Street Talk

Savitri was Brahma's desolate wife, whose temple is perched atop the Ratnagiri hill in a small rustic town of Rajathan. Here at Pushkar, the goddess is believed to have rested on the hill upon her arrival and refused to join her husband who had married a local girl Gayatri. Her temple overlooks the famous Brahma temple and is believed to serve as a lookout for the goddess for her erring husband...

My camera wanders its gaze and settles itself upon these women sharing some un-spoken pain in a guttural rural accent...I do not understand the dialect but the feeling is familiar...

...the Camera further wanders and rests upon these old women in the streets of New Delhi amongst posh luxury clothes brands and high end restaurants...these two old women sharing their everyday concerns with each other captivate the camera to sit still and listen to their streetwise talk....

..my inner eye connects the two through a time tunnel...life comes full circle and rests at certain cross junctions...the age difference notwithstanding..the tales continue to be familiarly haunting...

The Pedestrian Traveller

The inertia is setting in...as is its nature..slowly creeping onto my entire being..I am consumed by a desire to not think another thought..or lift a finger..nothing but just to lie low/hibernate...I was always the one to be quick on the uptake but move gradually towards a disgruntled, dispassionate being as the world moves on around me...

Oh its all so familiar..the insipid reactions..the devil may scoot attitude..all calling for that dive into the serenity...longing is gnawing at the pores now...time to hit the road again..!