Friday, March 30, 2012

Knot


My daughter was playing with a roll of thread. She pulled out long thread and was weaving around toys. Then I saw this, knot of thread, first thought was, just throw it. I can’t un-knot this and wound  back the thread. Next moment I felt that such a complicated thing it has become. How a child can do it? I also felt wow what a design. I took few photos too. 

Bacteria, eye, human body, spider web, bird’s flight and many more who designed them? God. Really? Or may be. Or No. All of these happened by chance. What? What do you mean? 




Most don’t believe this and look at me as if I am stupid. Well, when a child can make such a complicated knot, which may take hours to untangle, why not all these things can happen by chance.EVOLUTION.
I was searching for meaning of life from past 20 years. I went through different philosophies. Finally I found answer with Darwin. Now I can interpret and understand life much more clearly than ever before.Evolution happens at every level. What we see around has happened across billions of years.This time scale is beyond imagination  of the most. Evolution happens in culture, language and in many more things. Even at personal level, we evolve as  a person and it is a continues process.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Hansa - All about passion


Life is all about passion. On March 4th there was a vintage car rally in Mumbai . Taking photos of these vintage cars is a photographer’s delight. I reached the venue by 7.15 Am. I had very little clue about this rally and never expected so many cars. Cars were parked from left side of the road.  Ford, Rolls Royce, FIAT,......... few I knew but rest were new to me. I was surprised to see these cars in absolute working condition. My assumption was, they are like old, dusty and antique museum kind cars. No. They were shining, polished, no dust and in perfectly working condition. Many of them looked newer than 2011 model cars!!!!!!!!!
Hansa 1100



I was in a hurry to capture as many cars as possible. Crowd was getting more. At least 3 to 5 photographers were found around each car. The vintage cars were arriving to the venue one by one. Owners were very proud and happy as they drove slowly into the venue. One such car was parked and the owner got down from the car. I rushed towards that car to take a snap, before the crowd come in. The owner was a gentleman may be in his 60s. He looked at me, and said, “young man, she is rare and unique, only one in India” I was just looking at him, he continued, “she is a beauty” I said, “of course sir” . He walked away from the car. The car name was Hansa  and an unknown name for me. Internet search gave me following details. However, there were not much details available on net, and the production year and models are given differently in different websites. I figured out that, this Hansa is 1934, Hansa 1100, a German car 



Look at the dashboard!!

As I was taking photos of this beautiful car , I noticed one senior gentleman was looking at the car, as if he wants something from it. I looked at him, and said “beautiful, isn’t it?” he said yes, still looking at the car, I asked him is it your family car, since he resembled the owner of the car. He said oh no.. "I am wondering who has done the painting job for this car, fabulous work". He continued, "I am waiting for the owner of this car, to ask about the paint job". He said " my car is that Merc across the street". I stood there, “PASSION” this old man wants to know how paint job is done on the other car, so he can get it done for his car. Wow, I felt what I am doing with my life? Do I have a single hobby or job with such passion?

Proud owner