So a month goes by without a blog post here and one would think that I would experience the blogging version of the DTs. But quite the contrary, work, personal stuff (see the post about my cousin and spread the word please!) have both meant juggling several balls in the air at the same time and well, blogging simply has had to take a back seat for some time.

Coming up (I swear it) will be a short exhibit of Aarti Sandhu's montages (at least that's what I am calling them). They are nothing short of stupendous and well, a bit quirky too.

Krishna M. Sadashivam and I have traded emails and he will be the first interviewee for the long heralded Tiffinbox 20/20, where I ask questions (some interesting, some banal) and receive answers that are, well, you'll see.

So, those two things are coming up the pipe shortly. So do keep coming back here to visit, to read, to learn something new or to comment. I love comments, so please do leave a comment or two.

UPDATE: Please vist Help Vinay, a blog set up specially for Vinay's cause!

UDATE II: According to Manish [see comments for this post] if you are an ethnic minority here in the US, your registration is FREE if you go through this site – http://www.aadp.org/pages/register.php

Folks, I have asked before and I ask again. This time it is hitting me much closer to home. My home.

My cousin Vinay Chakravarthy is fighting the good fight. Diagnosed with leukemia some months back, he has had a relapse despite several chemotherapy sessions. The next logical step is a bone marrow transplant. This is where you could play a pivotal part. But you have to step up.

Become a hero. I implore your good consciences to register yourself and your family members with the National Marrow Donor Program … NOW!

Time is of the essence. Vinay needs a match within the next six weeks. Please furnish the following information to the registry and be specific that you want your “HLA” type to be cross-checked with that of Vinay Chakravarthy's (information the registry should have in their data base.)

To find out more about South Asians and bone marrow transplants visit SAMAR or South Asian Marrow Association Of Recruiters.

If you have any further questions, please contact me.

The image above was originally uploaded by selvaprakash.

What I absolutely love about this image (and I am assuming it wasn't posed) is the visual echo one can see for oneself. Do you see it? Can you appreciate it?

The light on the man, his hands folded in prayer is a bit on the hotter side, but that's nit-picking. The cold stone juxtaposed against the warmth of the sun on the man is beautifully executed. It's the yin-yang of life, right in front of us. What stories one can spin from just this one image!

I love it when elements simply come together so well. How many of us look for these features in our own images? This is what makes an image come alive for me.

Well done Selvaprakash!

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[Via my mother who has been collecting newspaper and magazines clippings on my behalf for quite some time]

“Sometimes the events leading up to a photograph are more memorable than the photograph itself.” – Tanjavur Nateshachary Ayaam Perumal (or T.N.A. Perumal) in The Hindu, February 25, 2007.

T.N.A. Perumal, 75, is a wildlife photographer of some repute in India. Before you ask, I couldn't find a website address for him. Mr. Perumal also says this of what makes a masterpiece, “No matter how good the camera, and how many more frames you can click per second, it is instant visualization, legwork and immense patience that produces that masterpiece.” Ain't that the truth, Ruth!

By the way, Sactuary Asia has these photography tips for creating images in the wild

The image above was originally uploaded by JustBlinkIt.

The suspense. The anticipation. The body language. The wires at this guy's feet. The ambiguity of the image as a whole. Love it all.

I'll often post images here that are interesting, curious and even spectacular. Would you also like to have your images showcased on this blog? If so, join my Flickr community group also called Tiffinbox. Thoughts, suggestions, opinions always welcome, so please leave your comments below.

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