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Photo Feature: Critters of Odisha

All photos by Sheila Kumar. All images are subject to copyright. A collage of creatures seen across Odisha during our recent trip therein Outside the Lingaraja temple complex in Bhubaneshwar.   Making light of history at the Rajarani temple in Bhubaneshwar.   Two comrades outside the Khandagiri Caves outside Bhubaneshwar.         Calmly appropriating…

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Photo Feature: Sylvan Sri Lanka

All photos by Sheila Kumar and subject to copyright.   The sea at Negombo     On the road to Sigiriya     At the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage     The magnificent ruins of Pollonoruwa       The Buddha`s  feet in one the caves at Dambulla     The pathway that leads to the…

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Photo Feature: Views from a Bangalore Window

This appeared in The Hindu Metro Plus HASHTAG THIS column on 25 September 2018. All photos by Sheila Kumar and subject to copyright. And here are the snaps separately…. All photos by Sheila Kumar. All images are subject to copyright.                 Links to my other Photo Features: Photo Feature:…

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Photo Feature: Kiwiland Calling!

All photographs by Sheila Kumar. Images are subject to copyright.   The Southern Alps, freshly dusted with snow after Cyclone Gita.   A symphony of colours.     Big sky country.     The Pacific Ocean in all its shimmering glory       Lake Benmore at Omarama.   The NZ troika: cows… .   …bales…

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Photo Feature: An Eden with a serpent in Konni, Kerala

  From lush greenery to pristine rivers, the stunning beauty of Kerala’s Konni Even given Kerala’s propensity for verdant vegetation, one could well believe that this is some part of the Amazon rainforest! All photos by Sheila Kumar and subject to copyright. Sheila Kumar / September 27, 2017  Konni is a hill town in Pathanamthitta district,…

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Photo Feature: Himachal Heights

All photos by Sheila Kumar. All images are subject to copyright. Blue skies, crowded hill towns…..       A glimpse of Solan between trees.     The Shimla Hills, shrouded in gauzy blues.         The original cottage in Jutogh cantonment near Shimla where Bishop Cotton started his school.       St…

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Photo Feature: A photo essay on friendship

A short note on the making of this post. April 1, 2017 Blog: whyaretheystillmyfriends Sheila Kumar writes about the making of a photo essay about friends Before you start Googling for a Bergman or Fellini film that bears the title of Falling, let me hasten to clarify: Falling is the name of a photo essay…

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Photo Feature: Jaipur`s jharokas and more!

All photographs by Sheila Kumar. Images are subject to copyright.           Links to my other Photo Features: Photo Feature: Picture Postcards Photo Feature: Critters of Odisha Photo Feature: Eden and its serpent! Photo Feature: Eating Chinese food in China Photo Feature: Paths in the Kumaon foothills Photo Feature: China chronicles Photo Feature:…

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Photo Feature: Scotland

The Highlands All photos by Sheila Kumar. All images are subject to copyright.                                            Scotland`s national flower, the thistle.        `Braveheart` William Wallace, and no, he looks like nothing like a certain Mel Gibson….

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Photo Feature: The Lake District

The Lake District   All photos by Sheila Kumar. All images are subject to copyright.                                                         The view from the train window.            A Turner…

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