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An old saying in photography has it that – " If your photographs aren't good enough, it's likely because you aren't close enough ". This is often misunderstood to mean that one should be shooting with a long lens, or just doing close-ups. Not so. What is meant is that any photograph is of necessity about "something", and it is the photographer's task to hone the image so that it contains, to the greatest degree possible, only that which the photograph is intended to be about. There is an apocryphal story that one day the Pope came to visit Michelangelo in his studio while he as sculpting his "David". The Pope marveled at the partially completed work, and asked, " How do you know what to cut away? " Michelangelo's response was, " It's simple. I just remove everything that doesn't look like David. " The trick, or rather – the art , is, of course, not in simply removing everything that doesn'...

12.30 A.M., Parking Lot, Karapakkam Service Lane I woke up by a strong wind gushing thru my window and the fluttering sound of the trip sheets. I had just made a trip to perambur from karappakkam. I cud see a blurred image of the trip supervisor nearing my car. I wonder is it just fate or a passion for driving, for if it was passion I would have become Schumacher…[believe me I am not a fan or a follower of Schumacher. I hardly get time to even have a normal diet…just heard this name when one of the employee uttered this name. Out of curiosity, I was asking him who he was and what was special about him…] Then I told to myself , all the cab drivers are in a way F1 drivers...the Schumachers and Alonsos who drive their way to the chequered flag 18 times once in a year and during each race have pit stops compared to our drivers who also get lot of pits stops, rather all along the journey in the roads of C...

மனித இனம் தொலைந்து போகாமலிருக்க ஒரு தொலை நோக்கு பார்வை வேண்டும்.. அப்பார்வையின் விழிகளில் தொடங்கும் இந்த பயணம் தான் 'சென்னை 2060'[Chennai2060] இது ஒரு முடிவல்ல... ஒரு ஆரம்பம்..... H i t t i n g t h e L C D s . .s o o n . . As the twentieth century draws to a close, many scientists, business leaders, government officials, and citizen activists see handwriting on the global wall warning of impending ecological collapse. I have done my best to examine the validity of that view, working not as a scientist but as an investigative reporter, armed with an open mind, a restless curiosity, and the freedom to explore. I freely concede that the ambitious scope of my inquiry has made omissions inevitable. I could not examine every environmental hazard in the detail it deserves, anymore than I could visit every country I would have liked. Travel is like knowledge: the more you see, the more you know you haven''t seen. But I saw more of this planet''s peopl...

a very good song from Subramaniapuram a good melody from ...Shankar Mahadevan and lyrics from Yugabarathi..[no words to say] good visuals from Kathir behind the cam... கழுகுகளின் கண்களிலே மரண பயம் இல்லை.. ஊமைகளின் தாலாட்டை செவி உணர வாய்பில்லை.. புழுதியிலே ரத்திணமாய் இருந்ததொரு தொல்லை.. பாவங்களை பாராமல் பழகியதனால் தொல்லை.. தேவை பூமியை தினம் தேனாக்கும்.. கோபம் துயரங்களை சேர்க்கும்.. கனவுகளில் விழுந்த என்னை கவலையிடம் அனுப்புகிறாள்.. இளமையெனும் கருவறையில் எரிதழலை கொளுத்துகிறாள்.. உயிர் உதிரும்பொது உறவுகளும் வீனோ.. உலகம் இதுதானோ.. அவளுடைய கற்பணையை எழுத வழியில்லை... கூண்டுக்கிளி நான் ஆனேன் வெளி வரவும் வாய்பில்லை.. இவனுடைய உண்மைகளை ..உளர வழியில்லை.. தோல்விகளின் வீடானேன் துணை வரவும் ஆளில்லை.. வாழும் மாணிடரின் சுமைகள் தீராது.. காலம் உறவுகளின் தீவு..

I am going back to the post few days back.... Its good to continue with that today. Being a friendship day... I thought it was time for me to meet my old friends..and especially Buvana....she had gone to 3rd standard by now and she looked so cute in today's dress ..and thank GOD for those wonderful ART drugs and some good hearts..around the world..which had made all those marks on her face vanish away..and she looked so fresh with lots of energy...dancing to the same rhyme..(how can I forget that..its song which always keeps me in an upbeat mood..)...joined by Anitha who has moved on to 4 th standard... Anita had lots of games loaded for GK , Arvind and Me. with her tiny fingers she was able to depict spider man by joining her thumb and index fingers and placing them on her eyes. I was like speechless it was so cute , and I was jus admiring the beauty with which she was narrating all funny happenings of her school. Lots of PJs she shared I thought ne...

புரிந்து கொள்ளப்படாத நாள்களின் வெறுமையான நாட்குறிப்பில் தானாகவே வந்து அமர்ந்திருக்கிறது எனக்குப் பிடித்தமான உன் புன்னகை !! - அறிவுமதி [ நட்புக்காலம்] Happy friendship day!!

மண்ணில் விழும் ஒவ்வொரு மழைத்துளியும் முதல் முத்தமே... அர்த்தம் புரிந்தவர்களுக்கு மட்டும்.. -அசோக்