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…so did my trip to India…after 4 weeks it was time to head back to Oslo. Was it perfect…not it was not…but what is? like i said in my earlier post…nothing is simple…but thats how life is…at least mine. Mom tells me thats how it has always been for my sis and me…things have never come easy to us…has always been a struggle. Strangely though i am not complaining anymore…guess i have come to accept it. Accept it and move on…and keep mind that the only constant in life is change.

Its 11:00 at night and i got a call from a friend to go out for some drinks…and for the first time since i got to norway i said NO. Dont know why…guess i am at peace and am tired of trying…maybe a bit too hard. Its a bit sad that i have given up on Oslo…but even i have my limits and i am pretty must at the end of it. Good thing is i am much relaxed now. Made some more prawns for dinner…will make some chicken tomorrow.

I have been reading Salman Rushdie’s “Midnight Childen”…initially i was really pissed of with the book but with some time now i am enjoying it…his style of writing is quite different. Not very easy but quite engaging. Must thank suri for recommending me the book.

another day another walk…we used to come here as kids…glad that some things have not changed

glad that some friends have not changed as well

this one is for suri


kunal found a boat among the mangroves

kids…carefree and careless

this is where they live

it was getting pretty dark and looked like it was about to rain…so we headed home


damn…rich kid…hey but my dad gave me my first camera, thx dad

kunal bought an engagement ring…little did he knew that things would take a turn for the worst in the next few days

taking a walk of the colony at 11:00 at night and kunal needs to take a leak

crazy flare


teaching sis how a rangefinder works

buying some chopsticks…


waiting for takeaway food at Uncles Kitchen malad


having coffee at 11:00 at night



visiting some relatives with sis


met up with kunal and met up with his girlfriend…was not the best thing to happen that night

on our way back the rickshaw broke down on the highway

stopped at gokul to have pav bhaji for dinner

and then some pan

walking home…man i miss all the walks and talks…miss it


last frame for india…

this was the most…eventful vacations ever…and just so you know i am not depressed or anything…hehe so just relax and have a awesome weekend.

Eat good food

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Film I

Previous Digital entries from the same trip

Digital I | Digital II | Digital III | Digital IV | Digital V

Lots to do at work…and now that i have a laptop…lots to do at home as well. Like playing QuakeWars…and making this blog. I also have to tags all the photos…which totals to about 15k. Not too much.

Gyan time…nothing happens easily. Everything is so complicated…but guess that how life is…my sis would agree with me. Wish things were simpler…but then its not half as exciting…innit.

Flashback

Went to the market with dad to get the daily food supply…yes i know…more food talks…i should become a chef…totally.

Anyways…had to buy some fish…but first some fresh crabs…by fresh i mean…live crabs. Over the years one finds their regular suppliers…my dad is no exceptions.

bought some crabs…we dont get good crabs anymore…

not being a big fan of fish…as a kid i would hate this part of the market as it stinks…of fish, and is all wet…

lots of fish


we always buy fish from this lady…we bought some prawns this time.

right

left

time to buy some vegies

bananas in norway are SHIT…its never ripe…dunno how people eat it

the flower market

photo studio…its always moving to see a grandparent with their grandkids

outside the market…shopping done…time to go home

why so serious DAD

view from the rickshaw

weekend went to OnToes…met up with delna…waiting for sis to join us from work

even managed to find carlsberg in a glass bottle…

sis joined us…was pretty dark…must be 1/4

all done…time to pay the bill

dinner at some fancy place…dont rem the name…loo shot

dad..

looking at the old photo he took when he was my age…

mom posing for a photo…

and then she gets all cuddly…sis took this one…

sis being strange…as usual

next day mom, sis and me went to meet moms bros in mira-road…buying train tickets

final leg of the journey in a rickshaw

first the elder bro…

the younger bro…with his kids


both me and sis can chit chat with him for hours…

sunday…kunals bday…akshit helped in preparing the food…not surprising as he is a chef


still stuck to his mobile…speaking to his girl all day…

lali joined us later…had good food…good times…

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Previous Digital entries from the same trip

Digital I
Digital II
Digital III
Digital IV
Digital V

This summer i was in Bombay for vacation. 1 month of awesomeness…this was planned so that i could be there for my childhood friend, kunals bday.

Booked my tickets, Finnair.

Packed a few cloths in a backpack…me likes to travel light.

Sat next to a latvian lady who was going to Bangalore…goto Helsinki…only to find out that the plane has been delayed by 5 hours…5 hours later 7 hours later goto Bombay.

It feels like i never left bay…its all so familiar…the sights…the smell…the people.

Took a rick…got home.

Home sweet home…

Tmax 400 @ 800 + OM1 + 28/2.8 + 50/1.8

waiting for 5 hours can get awfully boring

it can get lonely at an airport

pretty legs

bombay…went for a walk with kunal

we have a LOT of dogs here in bay

1/4

it was nice to meet kunals grandmother after years…

for suri

street

my crib

snacks…A LOT OF SNACKS

kunal in deep meditation…

my dad hates to be photographed…

mom does not…she likes all the attention…she is serving dinner…SHE IS THE BEST COOK ON EARTH…

sis got a new phone…this time in white…

me slept on the floor for 1 month…i surprised myself…

next day kunal got a haircut from a friend of mine who opened his own hair cutting saloon…

weekend with sis and delna…this must be OnToes

mom gazing out the window…

mom preparing lunch…

shot of the kitchen window

mom preparing some more food…I LOVE FOOD

dad and me goto the market to buy groceries

we take a rick…

you cannot make indian food without some fresh green chilies


the main market

1 of 3 posts from india…

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Had bought a roll of Delta 400…dont remember when or why…so just took a walk…this time i went to Majorstuen…on saturday and Karl Johan on sunday…

Have been watching Twin Peaks…which is quite good…which is not surprising as its by David Lynch…

BTW suri made a real cool entry in his blog…read it and you will realize how much better he is at words than me…

Today its sunny and cold…yes it is possible…

Listening to Marty Willson Piper…nice music…

We had a fire drill today…we dont have them in india…its all about issues and priorities…when you have so much other troubles…i dont think one can spend time and effort on fire drills…

I am not saying one is right and other is wrong…its just about different people with different issues…

People can be vegetarians when they have the luxury to choose…someone who cannot even make a living does not really care about chickens…as long as they get some kind of food on their plate they would be happy…

…think about that…

Delta 400 | OM2 | 28/2.8

on my way to Majorstuen…you will find a lot of broken beer bottles all over oslo…


its was a nice sunny day…people watching people playing tennis

with the 28mm…i need to get closer…

lots of flowers to choose from…

need…to…get…closer…love it when people smile when they look at the camera



people working for elexia are always happy…

dont think he was too happy though

capitalism…i dont mind it…sex in the city…now thats diff

oh yeah

70nok for a year…now thats a bargain…except that i am too lazy…i used to bicycle a lot as a kid…


i need need need to get some sunglasses…but first contacts…

now thats plain bad…both the food and the exposure…

like this one…its like Amsterdam…with all the bikes



now on Karl Johan…the asian man asked me something…dunno what…guess he wanted to see the preview…


free hugs

kiss was supposed to perform during the weekend…

third frame of an old man outside a shop…wonder what happen to all the old women…

love this…3 cops…they see me…and tell me to go away…but its norway…so i shoot anyways…but they turn around…dunno why…

now on grunnerlokka…nice place…i hope they did not fall…

yes…bored…hey but its art…




on my way to work…

this is more a suri shot

people…do not open the back without rewinding the film…

maria…see…mirror…

another chilled out entry…

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The day when all the norwegians dress up and look fancy.

This year though, we also had rain and snow.

Luckily for me…i was off to Oysteins/Thones house for breakfast. What was supposed to be a breakfast went on till 12am in the night…good times.

I had bought a roll of Delta 3200 some time back…and seeing the weather outside…i thought it was good time to use it. But the OM1 and OM2 dont like 3200…they have a limit of 1600…so me being smart…though i could load the OM2 with the 3200 set it to 1600 and set the Exposure Compensation to -1. But no…once u set the ASA to 1600…you cannot turn the EC dial.

BUT I AM SUPER SMART…not really…

I used the OM1 and manually underexposed all the frames by 1 stop…hardcore huh. Not really…i want the Nikon FM.

Anyways…the adventure does not end there…goto to the bustop and took few frames…for some reason the metering seemed strange…but i ignored it…got on the bus and saw that i had not turned on the camera. I am used to the 30d which i never turned off.

Rest of the day was standard…eating drinking taking pictures meeting people.

Ok there was one more issue…for some strange reason…the horizon on quite a few frames are zoinked…no its not the booz…if u see the previous post…i tend to shoot better when intoxicated.

OM1 | Delta 3200 | Underexposed 1 stop manually

The table was set for breakfast

Lazy cat

FOOD…me likes

Erik is the baby sitter…all the time…

just in case you forgot…IT IS THE NATIONAL DAY…time for some NATIONALISM


Roses done really work with BW does it…


but finger in the frame always works…



Happy people…intoxicated people…

Lite beer…all fun no calories…


i hate this as much as i hate guitar hero…

Tone took this one…

like this one

straight lines are for stuck up people…relax…tilt…

rain…snow…and then some sun…so predictable


17 of may also happen to be Annettes bday…and she had this book…

back from scotland…

back to drinking

back to listening…a lot of it

pretty lady…why dont people smile 100%? oh i forgot…norwegian girls are shy…

and my fav pic of tone so far…

thats it…17 of may…good food…good people…good frames…good times

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Its always fun to shoot with film, i did it when i was in hyderabad. So when i was home(bombay) for summer…i had to shoot some more film. I had my Agfa 535 and Surhuds Nikon FM10. This was shot with the FM10…which was a blast. We had a Nikon 35-70 and Vivitar 28-210(have to confirm with suri).

As i am going to mention Surhud(suri) several times in this update…visit his blog

So here we go

She was sleeping when i was metering her…and someone woke her up…and she tired to look nice and all. Then she asked if she will be in the newspaper or tv…i said no. Then she started asking money…haha

Suri took this one…

Suri once again…i guess this was max tele

Suri again

me…how do i know? its more aligned…OCD

Suri

Suri…these men were questioning us…i get quite pissed when people come and ask WHY AM I SHOOTING stuff…fuck off will you

Suri…all above were taken by suri as i had photographers block…this is why i like film…DETAILS

me…a cobbler

me failing completly

Suri nailing it

i saw these people fight…so i too a pic…

all the above are from Dadar…i had to buy stuff for my friends in Norway…suri knew this awesome place to eat…and the food was AWESOME…authentic mahrastrian food…i was already dozing…man good food….thats Pav Bhaji that is being prepared

me checking the crazy Vivitar 28-210 lens

suri doing what suri does best

damn suri took a lot of pics…this was at..hmm…andheri station

me finds this kid quite strange…so i took a pic

me found this nice clock at andheri station…click…it was a pain focusing with the 28-210

just to show you guys the crazyness outside the station. suri had taken off to buy the tickets…i was too lazy to stand in some freaking line. You can buy lots of cheap/fake stuff here. Stuff like perfumes/deo’s even underwear!!!

love the coconut trees out side my apartment

i have shot this frame a dozen time with my cameras…and i still love it. i remember sitting on our old showcase looking out the window for hours…good old days…carefree.

my mom…she is an awesome person…and also an awesome cook…hehe

we were at suris place…to drink and eat…and to copy movies…thats what i am upto…as you see…we LOVE sitting on the floor.

bet that is suri

suri and me were at lamington road to buy a sata to usb converted. We had both the FM10 and the 30D. So suri shot with the 30d and me with the Fm10…how things change. A year back suri would rant about how digi sux and film is the shit. Haha…what say surhud. Just to let you guys know…suri is now in UK with his FM10 and shooting Ilford Delta 400

love street

sorry suri…i did not shoot as you wanted

double decker…is fun…

traffic signals are more fun when shot in colour

hmm…dunno

novelty…just…

must be suri

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