What do you mean too much?

I can understand if you thing there has been too many shots of this rose but you have to understand that all my life I have lived in apartments and this is the first time I am living in an independent house, the first time we have a small green pactch and the first time we are growing plants.

Twisted and turned - Close up of a section of a Lamp

The ITPO and the government ministry/agency behind the IITF should evaluate the Trade Fair and do a check on the original agenda with which it was started 33 years ago. In my teens it indeed was a Trade Fair but now its nothing more than a shoping festival. I don't see how what happens for 2 weeks in Novenmber at Pragati Maidan advances Trade or commerce in India... unless retail sales is Trade and Commerce. It is seen by shopkeepers, retailers or brands as an opportunity to sell a lot of stuff in a span of 2 weeks and the ITPO is more than obliging in making it a reality.

Manu and pillar

As he is growing up, he is getting reluctant in posing for camera. Now most of the shots are candid, when he is not aware I am taking a picture. Earlier he would just be him even when I am shooting, now he starts making faces.

Candle in a candle - Home made candle by Manuraj

Candle in a candle - Home made candle by Manuraj
Since last year Manu has been collecting wax from burned up candles on Diwali and has been repeatedly asking to make a candle out of it. We finally got around to doing that this year and realised it is surprisingly simple and doesn't make any mess that we thought it would. This particular candle was made in a glass. Mira melted the wax and poured in in this glass. Now the next thing to add was a wick and since we didn't have that, we placed the regular cylindrical candle in the melted was. When it froze, the candle was ready.