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Windyskies
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Windyskies is a chronicle of life and living in the city, and semi-urban spaces. It is about people and places, delving beyond the surface, and exploring personalities. Interviews, wildlife, photographs, travel, and quirks all find a place in Windyskies.
Recent Posts
Beware Of The Dog And More
For all their love of dogsThe gentle folks on St. Roque Road sometimes forgetThat to tell a dog not to mess upIs to make him do just that!For, a dog that lets you own itWill be just as happy to let you own its poop! ...
Lions At The Gate
On the back roads where people are few and far between, where silence is left to its own devices, shattered only occasionally by a motorbike curving past you, it’s easy to be lulled into the melody of a melancholy road winding past old Portuguese-e...
The Mystery Woman
I have no idea how long she’s been there, nor how she came to be there and I know even little of why she’s there, sitting on a platform by the road, surprising travelers as they round the bend on their way elsewhere.The red of her blouse accentua...
The Devil’s Fragrance
Returning late one night last month I stepped out of the rickshaw and into the familiar glaze of sodium vapour lights. Skipping puddles on the road I made for the invisible footpath to shelter from the light drizzle under trees that merged into dark ...
A Vermillion Morning
Udupi, 2009.In the song of a worn stoneFloating in the silence of timeAn ancient temple speaks,Of how the enduring faithLent the awakening sunshineThe melody of a vermillion morning! ...
The Bridge At Corjuem
Like with most things in Goa the bridge at Corjuem revealed itself as we rounded a bend in the road we had ridden over from Aldona. The road ran on to Quitla while we turned right before slowing down on the approach to the cable-stayed bridge over th...
