tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13132765.post5686654522939834391..comments2024-03-22T09:18:46.934+05:30Comments on Windy Skies: Laburnum RoadAnil Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02422187314611747278noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13132765.post-75776877611737251832010-03-31T20:48:02.628+05:302010-03-31T20:48:02.628+05:30Anil, I thoroughly enjoyed this post. It was almos...Anil, I thoroughly enjoyed this post. It was almost as if you were talking aloud while walking down Laburnum Road. <br />I enjoy watching the cotton carders at work too. It's such a quaint idea to feel connected to a great man because of a carder!Sunita Mohan https://www.blogger.com/profile/16395671437601246093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13132765.post-7790807756698069012009-03-03T23:27:00.000+05:302009-03-03T23:27:00.000+05:30Anil, Nice post of a quiet, historical neighborho...Anil,<BR/> Nice post of a quiet, historical neighborhood. The area that Gandhi once visited...<BR/><BR/>Your description of stillness reminds me of some ashrams in villages.<BR/><BR/>Priya.Priyamvada_Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06797797769716970487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13132765.post-22026094784362960422009-02-15T23:06:00.000+05:302009-02-15T23:06:00.000+05:30Kamini: That's interesting. It's a pleasant walk d...<B>Kamini</B>: That's interesting. It's a pleasant walk down there. Thank you.<BR/><BR/><B>Anjuli</B>: Thank you. The places are such that it is inevitable for the moods trickle down so. It's a pleasure to learn you enjoyed reading this post.Anil Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02422187314611747278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13132765.post-53730997934579682712009-02-15T22:32:00.000+05:302009-02-15T22:32:00.000+05:30A lovely trip down memory lane...I simply can't ge...A lovely trip down memory lane...I simply can't get enough of your pictures and the words- really wonderful. You capture moods- feelings- thoughts- memories- all in just a few words. Excellent!Anjulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16563616683370799899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13132765.post-2553689615126296412009-02-02T18:38:00.000+05:302009-02-02T18:38:00.000+05:30What a charming and evocative post! I was actually...What a charming and evocative post! I was actually on Laburnum Road a few weeks back, when I was in Mumbai for a few hours, en route to Madras. I spent a little time in Mani Bhavan as well. You really brought alive the character and mood of this area.<BR/>Kamini.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13132765.post-80666927983293574582009-01-31T11:12:00.000+05:302009-01-31T11:12:00.000+05:30Karen: Thanks, Karen. It's a wonderful feeling to ...<B>Karen</B>: Thanks, Karen. It's a wonderful feeling to be acknowledged so by a fellow blogger. Thank you very much for the award. <BR/><BR/><B>Shireena</B>: Thank you. The shadows on the homes are eloquent in their own way. Light fascinates in the way it plays around.Anil Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02422187314611747278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13132765.post-45675455156414036982009-01-30T06:31:00.000+05:302009-01-30T06:31:00.000+05:30I woke up this morning very groggy for some reason...I woke up this morning very groggy for some reason but enjoyed sipping my masala chai while reading your eloguent words that transported me to another time and place and possibly even dimension. Perfect way to start my day. I do enjoy the reflecting on the shadows on the homes and loved your explanation of the silence. What a lovely street block. <BR/>take care,<BR/>sSherrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15688009775579264989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13132765.post-68704389773797335252009-01-29T11:59:00.000+05:302009-01-29T11:59:00.000+05:30Hi Anil!Hope you're still checking your comments f...Hi Anil!<BR/>Hope you're still checking your comments from this post... Please go on over to my blog and pick up an award from me :-)karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12694425567973843826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13132765.post-21052146637395747562009-01-28T22:03:00.000+05:302009-01-28T22:03:00.000+05:30Lori Ann: Thank you :)Amber Star: Thank you. Somet...<B>Lori Ann</B>: Thank you :)<BR/><BR/><B>Amber Star</B>: Thank you. Sometimes the quiet helps many an unconcious moment makes its presence felt. Thank you for your remark for it's very satisfying to know the post struck a chord.<BR/><BR/>Children are the same everywhere, conditioned more by their natural instinct to bond with their interest as much as bond with each other.<BR/><BR/>I hope to getAnil Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02422187314611747278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13132765.post-51719304488181839212009-01-28T04:02:00.000+05:302009-01-28T04:02:00.000+05:30Anil,I have just read your previous, brilliant pos...Anil,<BR/>I have just read your previous, brilliant post and will have to come back another time to read this one. I am looking forward to the pleasure of doing so! In the meantime, I would like to leave this not to tell you that your pictures are extraordinary, each and everyone carries a special beauty, the buildings, the streets, the children with their kites, all of them like messengers of Merisihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781937797213521146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13132765.post-6904016637938274832009-01-24T18:44:00.000+05:302009-01-24T18:44:00.000+05:30thank you for that short but lovely trip to india ...thank you for that short but lovely trip to india :-)heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09896915486353470418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13132765.post-75586810464677487352009-01-22T21:39:00.000+05:302009-01-22T21:39:00.000+05:30I remember going there to participate in an elocut...I remember going there to participate in an elocution competition and remember the trees just swaying in the gentle breeze; imagining Gandhiji walking this way. Phew! This is too surreal. I remember meeting the great radio lady - Usha Mehta who ran an underground radio station - physically so frail yet one of the most courageous people to have walked on this earth. Thank you for bringing such Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13132765.post-88900084857716534732009-01-21T17:19:00.000+05:302009-01-21T17:19:00.000+05:30Nice! I always LOVE the pictures.Could u leave me ...Nice! I always LOVE the pictures.<BR/><BR/>Could u leave me a comment on my blog/mail me on strumminmythoughts@gmail about the camera u use and special settings if any?<BR/><BR/>I recently got a SonyCybershot DSCT77 as a birthday gift.. and Im trying to fulyl explore its options. HELP PLEASE!Serendipityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05200551456447337295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13132765.post-42196979595402558862009-01-19T01:43:00.000+05:302009-01-19T01:43:00.000+05:30have walked this road so many times,but its never ...have walked this road so many times,but its never been so interesting.<BR/>super :)megha puNAter"https://www.blogger.com/profile/16640686933361697730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13132765.post-85776327231574896122009-01-18T10:36:00.000+05:302009-01-18T10:36:00.000+05:30This took me way back to the trips we would make d...This took me way back to the trips we would make during our summer holidays , in the late 50's and early 60's. Some of these places have remained relatively physically unchanged, and I just wonder how the BMC in their questionable wisdom managed to leave the name of the road intact. Maybe its the solidity of character in which that era was steeped....Gandhiji, Mani Bhavan, Nationalistic Parsi Ugich Konitarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15901335427613806798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13132765.post-42804896280316793722009-01-17T23:05:00.000+05:302009-01-17T23:05:00.000+05:30I love your pictures and you write beautifully. I ...I love your pictures and you write beautifully. I am trying to remember if I've been here, as I was in Bombay and many other places in Southern India in..... when was it...I think 1992? !989? I loved India and moreso loved the people. Through your blog, your eyes and voice I am enjoying the opportunity to return.Sydneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10085490655524570481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13132765.post-24884906958618572472009-01-17T11:29:00.000+05:302009-01-17T11:29:00.000+05:30I saw yesterday, I think it was that you had poste...I saw yesterday, I think it was that you had posted this. I'd saved it for a time when I could enjoy it when it was quiet. It is nearing midnight here in Texas and I so loved your story about Ghandi and the carder and the houses/archetecture, and the kids and their kites. Kids everywhere sound much alike in their excitement, it seems. Without your story I'd never have know about your road andAmber Starhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04084517063365211835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13132765.post-32285578362329868072009-01-17T03:51:00.000+05:302009-01-17T03:51:00.000+05:30Thank you Anil for another facinating look at a wo...Thank you Anil for another facinating look at a world so different from mine....imagination fashions a moment into reality...your words are poetry...<BR/>xx loriLori annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02860428306713379828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13132765.post-91376830747182159792009-01-17T01:07:00.000+05:302009-01-17T01:07:00.000+05:30Lucy: Thank you. It's fun interacting with people....<B>Lucy</B>: Thank you. It's fun interacting with people. Actually I like listening to people more than talking myself. There's so much to learn of perspectives that might otherwise remain unknown to me.<BR/><BR/><B>Janis</B>: Thank you. I'm sure each of us has interesting stories to narrate. <BR/><BR/>Gandhi's journey has been remarkable for what he sought to achieve and the manner in which he Anil Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02422187314611747278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13132765.post-17336930237192856142009-01-16T15:31:00.000+05:302009-01-16T15:31:00.000+05:30I found your comment on my blog and immediately ca...I found your comment on my blog and immediately came to visit yours! What beautiful pictures, and what an interesting place you show us, and I like your words so much along with it. I will certainly return here! India is such an exotic place for a girl (haha)from Northern Germany!Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06484336744673299416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13132765.post-40819573302019064412009-01-16T09:10:00.000+05:302009-01-16T09:10:00.000+05:30I am quite happy when I see you have posted. I kn...I am quite happy when I see you have posted. I know I will learn something new.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the picture of the little boys, they are all really adorable. I loved Pappua little red shoes and how his feet are with the shoes on the side. Too cute.<BR/><BR/>Peace<BR/><BR/>ReneeReneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11785932958464359112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13132765.post-20135441237039967412009-01-16T05:29:00.000+05:302009-01-16T05:29:00.000+05:30Anil, what a charming neighborhood with an interes...Anil, what a charming neighborhood with an interesting history. “The silence of an empty house” is a lovely phrase. I like the image of a tree caressing a house with her shadow.Sarah Laurencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423008641739156182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13132765.post-16284343827965167602009-01-16T03:47:00.000+05:302009-01-16T03:47:00.000+05:30An interesting and enlightening post beautifully t...An interesting and enlightening post beautifully told. I love the wistful telling of the history of the street, your imaginings intertwining then and now and of course the entertaining boys and their kites.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13132765.post-71908616377216181452009-01-15T22:01:00.000+05:302009-01-15T22:01:00.000+05:30AnilThank you for commenting on my little blog. I...Anil<BR/>Thank you for commenting on my little blog. I am so boring and appreciate your reading & comment. <BR/>Your Blog on the other hand is rich and inviting! What a beautiful place you live!<BR/>Thank you so much for sharing this fascinating palce and history of Gandhi. I have always been interested in him and his work.<BR/>The kite flyers were a joy, made me wish I could buy them thejanishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18424946398926069813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13132765.post-51898176360780550012009-01-15T20:22:00.000+05:302009-01-15T20:22:00.000+05:30It is wistful, very beautiful. I love the way you...It is wistful, very beautiful. I love the way you never miss an opportunity to speak to people too.<BR/><BR/>Thanks Anil!Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.com