Education

hola!

50 kilometers south of Mysore, there lies a village.. amongst a huge jungle. well outskirts of a forest to be precise. its not completely isolated from the forest either. there are constant sightings of wild animals like elephants and leopards. not a place for the faint of heart! wonderful place really! if you have forest surrounding one side of the village there is a huge lake on the other side and a national park too! one of the least polluted places around Mysore. the common occupation in this village is mostly farming. 

This is a picture of one of the farmer's daughter. it was around 5 o'clock in the evening. she had just come back from the local school. this was an amazing sight really. I'm pretty she was either doing her homework or practicing what she was taught at school that day. she did this all by herself. no one told her to study. i was right there. Au contraire we city folks need need someone to poke us around to study ey? 

We wont know the true value of the things we get easily or things which are given to us. we take it for granted and tend to misuse them. this was exactly my case back when i was a kid. my mother always used to make me study. i wasn't so good at studies even from the beginning. To be honest i never really understood the education system in my country. most of the topics i studied is a complete waste which i'm pretty sure that i would never use them anywhere in my life.  

Almost all the teenagers don't know anything about taxes, or most of the things related to banking. this is a modern society and they should be teaching about survival in this modern society. do you have any idea how difficult it is for this child to get a descent education? consider this: she is in primary school. after primary comes high school. if there is high school in her village, its well and good. but if its not, she has to travel to a town. which will be a whole new world for her. naturally. and after that comes college. one can only imagine how difficult it will be for her to get basic education. But that's not the point of this photograph. no no no. this photograph speaks for itself. this is a natural photo. i did not tell her to pose. well, this is how it is here. have a good one!

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peace

Greetings my friend

They say that you can maximize your work if you listen to your favorite in the background when doing work.. it really works! it really does.. lightens your mind. if you have not experienced this, then you probably haven't found YOUR type of music yet.. keep looking you'll get there. the feeling is amazing!

State Of Mind. responsible for most of our behavior.. and its all controlled by chemicals.. secreted in terms of milligrams! that's a few drops! can turn a raging person calm in just a few seconds.. and these chemicals are secreted believe it or not under our command.. sometimes music helps us change mood effectively..

this particular photograph was taken at the local market in my hometown.. this market is running from the time of the kings! mostly fruits and vegetables are sold in this market.. interesting place. very nice people. a lot of activities round the clock! total chaos all over. and among this sea of people screaming shouting trying to sell their produce, lies a man all by himself.. eyes closed.. fingers intertwined.. sitting. thinking.

This person sold flowers sitting in the corner of an alley. he didn't have a very good sale that day. i could tell because he had all the flowers right in front of him.. no sale=no money. no money is no survival.. so we are taught.  

and yet he does not look worried one bit. Its like he is at peace. how? why? i know people who earn a million times more than this person. and yet cannot afford a fragment of his state of mind.. why is that? we revolve around a society where money is the center. 

Humans are the only organism in the world who need money to survive. how crazy is that! our intelligence is our greatest gift and our greatest curse. 

i am all out of words to describe this picture. just remember that money isn't everything. no matter how much money you have, you cannot put a price on peace. all the money in the world cannot bring you peace. it is something you have to find yourself. money may have a value.. but a person without values is nothing. 

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phone call to heaven.

greetings amigos!

so the past couple of weeks have not been good on me.. i had my finals and stuff.

This particular photograph that you will see was taken in Virajpet. for those of you who do not know where that is, its in karnataka, south india. beautiful place. beautiful weather. 

this was taken more or less a year back. back then i was very bad with captions. this caption was given by the person who taught me photography(my uncle). not that im good with titles now! just saying.

so there is this hill in Virajpet. inaccessible by the average  hatchbacks or sedans. only a 4x4 or a jeep would get you on top of that hill.. we can also reach the top by foot. there is a tradition the locals follow. no one is allowed to let his/her slippers touch the ground where the hill is situated. so you can either leave them back home or leave them in your car. you only have to go barefoot. i dont know the reason or history behind that.

its a thrilling ride to the top. and once you get to the top the view is truly amazing. 

there is a temple on top of that hill.. also amazing! its like an open temple.. bells hung all around put up by devotees. visitors/devotees/travelers carry a bell to the top of the temple and hang it there for the blessings form the god. each bell has its own story. there is a lot of hidden meanings and back story behind each and every bell.

some may wish for a better future. some may wish to do better in exam. some may wish for for money and what not.

we always ask for what we want. i dont know how it is in the rest of the world.. from what ive seen prayer for me from a very early age is "ವೊಳ್ಳೆ ಬುದ್ದಿ ಕೊಟ್ಟು ವಿದ್ಯಾ ಬುದ್ದಿ ಕೊಟ್ಟು ಕಾಪಾಡಪ್ಪ". meaning: give me knowledge. give me nous and protect me.
From as long as i could remember and from when i could start talking thats what i used to say.. until a couple of years back that is.. but then i realized something. We always ask for what we want. but do we ever thank god?
we should really learn to be happy with what we have.
so next time you pray, thank the gods for all the beautiful things in life.. and just remember EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON. every problem has a solution. we just have to look closely.. and if you've been looking too close, widen your angle. you will get the answer. ITS ALL ABOUT REALIZATION

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