random musings
Relief of a cross on the walls of the ruined Vaipikkotta Portuguese Seminary, in Kottayil Kovilakam. The seminary was built by the Portuguese in the 1700s. #history #ruins #archaeology #india #incredibleindia #kerala #chendamangalam #kottayilkovilakam #amateurphotography #amateurphotographer #photography #photographer #nikon #nikond3000 #nikonphotography
Life uh… finds a way… Granite floor of the Vaipikkotta Portuguese Seminary ruins in Chendamangalam. The seminary was destroyed by Tipu Sultan. #incredibleindia #india #kerala #chendamangalam #vaipikkottaseminary #kottayilkovilakam #nikon #nikond3000 #nikonphotography #amateurphotography #amateurphotographer #photography #photographer #ruins #archaeology #history
Athirappilly Falls, Thrissur. Also shot this on my Sony DSC-P200. #athirappillyfalls #thrissur #kerala #india #incredibleindia #amateurphotography #amateurphotographer #scenery #landscape #landscapes #nature #naturephotography #waterfalls #photography #photographer
At Vazhani Dam. Shot in 2009 on my old Sony DSC-P200 point and shoot. I know this is not very original 😁 but I’ve always wanted to take one like this. #vazhanidam #incredibleindia #india #kerala #thrissur #landscape #landscapes #lakes #amateurphotography #amateurphotographer #photography #photographer
#sunset at #pookodelake. Took this picture in 2007 on my Sony point and shoot. #photography #photographer #amateurphotography #amateurphotographer #scenery #landscapes #landscape #landscapephotography #naturephotography #nature #sunsets #kerala #india #incredibleindia #godsowncountry #travel #travelphotography
Some of these pictures are from an album titled “Album of South Indian Views”. The pictures were taken by the Government photographer Zacharias D’Cruz. For some of these pictures, the photographer is unknown. Most of these pictures were taken in the late 1800’s and 1900’s. I originally got these pictures from Manu Prasad Revindran’s Facebook…
…within the span of a few minutes, Beck implied that there are no quality medical schools in India; implied that medical care in India is a shoddy imitation of real health care; implied that the entire nation is an undeveloped backwater without even so much as indoor plumbing; and compared the Ganges River, a holy…
I was reading the BBC on Thursday and was surprised to find that India is going to create a new southern state out of the existing state of Andra Pradesh. I knew that at least one new state had been created in the last decade (the actual number is 3: Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, and Jharkhand). I…
Arranged marriages are common among Indians. I’m not going to go into the merits and demerits of it; that’s not what this post is about. What I want to address is the problem with sites like shaadi.com that supposedly make it easier for Indian people to arrange these marriages. Now don’t get me wrong. There…
Sorry about not writing for so long. I was slowly getting back to “normal life” and I felt kinda apathetic about writing. Then when I actually felt like writing, my internet connection went down. It’s a long story, and I’ll talk about it later, but basically I have no more static IP’s. But I’m so…