Sunday, September 9, 2012

Stacks and Rows!

India Art journal aug 15, 16,17,18 by Meera Rao
 
" Arrange whatever pieces comes your way" - Virginia Wolf
I noticed while waiting for today's photograph of my sketches to load that all the four sketches had things in them that were quite neatly arranged :) Aug 15 is India's Independence Day and of course this particular shop selling Indian flags in all sizes was doing brisk business :) Since then I have noticed the displays keeps changing in the shop but the orange, white and green of the Indian flags was the best display yet!
 
Government of India has helped the community of people who have traditionally been the shoe-makers(working with animal skins) set up little shops on sidewalks in various neighbourhoods and make a living selling simple shoes and mostly doing repair work. I stopped by this shop to get the strap of my handbag fixed. Later, I returned and gave her  copies of the photographs of her and her shop. It was heart warming to see her joy when she laid her eyes on them. I was touched when she told me that she had never had her picture taken until then.
 
Remeber the gas stove and cylinder in the kitchen? Well, just about every month or month and a half, the cylinder does get empty and has to be replaced.  The demand for it is high and the system somewhat inefficient that when the time came, I was left without the use of the gas stove to cook with for about two days!!! The very next day  I had guests visiting (fortunately I knew ahead of time) and  had to happily resort to the services of a caterer :)  The leftovers came in handy the day after! These little 'tempo' s can be seen around town with the neatly stacked full and empty gas cylinders making the deliveries.
 
By about mid august, the mango season was at the tail end and I bought the last of the mangoes from a vendor. They sat in my balcony between layers of newspaper slowly ripening. We had varieties of mangoes in various stages of readiness throughout the past few months on that table in the balcony. It was a sad  day indeed when we consumed the last of them. Now to savor the memory till the next season.  

8 comments:

Unknown said...

I love how you see all the little pieces of life around you and make them into something charmng and lovable. I bet you do that with your family too... :)

Meera Rao said...

Katherine, Thank you, you made my day! I hope my family feels that way too ;)

padmaja said...

Great going! Whatever you are creating on this journal is going to be a treasure. My sister does this thorough her camera, last time when she took pictures of the sweepers on the road, they were thrilled to receive their copies!

Meera Rao said...

Thanks Padmaja :) I am always touched to know how easy it is to extend kindness and compassion and how simple their life is and all the lessons I learn along the way!

Jane said...

Great reading and wonderful colorful sketches.

Anonymous said...

nice set of paintings...

thanks for sharing

Meera Rao said...

Jane, Thank you! glad you like it :)

Meera Rao said...

Thanks Krishna and Sangeetha! Its always wonderful to share. Happy you like it !

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