Dilip Muralidaran

History
Originally uploaded by Dilip Muralidaran.

Shri Nathuram Singh Godse. This very word spells disgust, anger and hatred in the minds of people all over the world. How funny History is selectively twisted to make a hero out of someone and villian out of another. Nobody ever talks about the shit Jawaharlal Nehru did by bringing in the mandal commision. Nobody talks of Indira Gandhi’s High Handedness by declaring ememrgency in the country unnecessarily. No one cares about Gandhi’s blind eye to Pakisthani Soldier’s raping and killing innocent women and children in 1947 shortly after freedom in sindh.

Its quite funny sometimes how we declare communal and secular opinions. Anything HINDU in this country seems to be communal, Anti-Hindu seems to be secular. Anti-Brahmin more precisely.

The day is not far away as i see it when we will see a second rate india. This day we declared reservations on the basis of caste and creed compromising merit, this day we set the future of india to the darkest deeps of mankind.

I do not know the authenticity of this speech but if at all this is true then its worth the read.

http://ngodse.tripod.com/defense.htm

Read on, be enlightened. History books dont always state the actual facts.

History
Originally uploaded by Dilip Muralidaran.

Shri Nathuram Singh Godse. This very word spells disgust, anger and hatred in the minds of people all over the world. How funny History is selectively twisted to make a hero out of someone and villian out of another. Nobody ever talks about the shit Jawaharlal Nehru did by bringing in the mandal commision. Nobody talks of Indira Gandhi’s High Handedness by declaring ememrgency in the country unnecessarily. No one cares about Gandhi’s blind eye to Pakisthani Soldier’s raping and killing innocent women and children in 1947 shortly after freedom in sindh.

Its quite funny sometimes how we declare communal and secular opinions. Anything HINDU in this country seems to be communal, Anti-Hindu seems to be secular. Anti-Brahmin more precisely.

The day is not far away as i see it when we will see a second rate india. This day we declared reservations on the basis of caste and creed compromising merit, this day we set the future of india to the darkest deeps of mankind.

I do not know the authenticity of this speech but if at all this is true then its worth the read.

http://ngodse.tripod.com/defense.htm

Read on, be enlightened. History books dont always state the actual facts.

The Solitary Reaper
Originally uploaded by Dilip Muralidaran.

Behold her, single in the field,
Yon solitary Highland Lass!
Reaping and singing by herself;
Stop here, or gently pass!
Alone she cuts and binds the grain,
And sings a melancholy strain;
O listen! for the Vale profound
Is overflowing with the sound.

- William Wordsworth.

This was precisely the words that came to my mind when i saw this. I was driving along the ECR Scenic Beach way today to test some panorama shots. I came upon this lonely stretch filled with beautiful white bungalows ending with a tinge of blue from the sea. I drove towards the blue and i dragged my scooter into the sand and unpacked my gear. and lo… there she was in front of me… a lonely boat. Wrecked, broken, deformed yet full of vigour and beauty. She sits there to be healed by the hands of the fishermen who own her. I felt a sting of sorrow all of a sudden, she seemed someone like me. Lost and forgotten, living the glory in the dream.

Days are not too far ahead when this maiden will sail past the blues ahead to see the golden ray, where the sun goes down the line of the horizon….

So will i be flying away to see the world that i belong….

And BTW this is my First Panorama Shot. Used Autostitch to compose the image and i find it to be quite neat a tool.

Corn Roaster
Originally uploaded by Dilip Muralidaran.

Have you guys ever seen the Corn Roasters in the Besant nagar beach? I’m sure you must have. Fascinting stuff isn’t it? Looks like fireworks from a distance, reminds me of deepavali when i see this. Well if you come check out Flickr there is a ritual of corn roasters in besant nagar beach. I wanted my version of this too and here it goes. All you do is reduce the shutter speed to 1/6th of a second or something slower than that (if ur hands dont shakle much) and what you get is magical. Sparks flying around all the place. This of course i used a tripod since i cant stand with a slow shutter.

The Solitary Reaper
Originally uploaded by Dilip Muralidaran.

Behold her, single in the field,
Yon solitary Highland Lass!
Reaping and singing by herself;
Stop here, or gently pass!
Alone she cuts and binds the grain,
And sings a melancholy strain;
O listen! for the Vale profound
Is overflowing with the sound.

- William Wordsworth.

This was precisely the words that came to my mind when i saw this. I was driving along the ECR Scenic Beach way today to test some panorama shots. I came upon this lonely stretch filled with beautiful white bungalows ending with a tinge of blue from the sea. I drove towards the blue and i dragged my scooter into the sand and unpacked my gear. and lo… there she was in front of me… a lonely boat. Wrecked, broken, deformed yet full of vigour and beauty. She sits there to be healed by the hands of the fishermen who own her. I felt a sting of sorrow all of a sudden, she seemed someone like me. Lost and forgotten, living the glory in the dream.

Days are not too far ahead when this maiden will sail past the blues ahead to see the golden ray, where the sun goes down the line of the horizon….

So will i be flying away to see the world that i belong….

And BTW this is my First Panorama Shot. Used Autostitch to compose the image and i find it to be quite neat a tool.

Corn Roaster
Originally uploaded by Dilip Muralidaran.

Have you guys ever seen the Corn Roasters in the Besant nagar beach? I’m sure you must have. Fascinting stuff isn’t it? Looks like fireworks from a distance, reminds me of deepavali when i see this. Well if you come check out Flickr there is a ritual of corn roasters in besant nagar beach. I wanted my version of this too and here it goes. All you do is reduce the shutter speed to 1/6th of a second or something slower than that (if ur hands dont shakle much) and what you get is magical. Sparks flying around all the place. This of course i used a tripod since i cant stand with a slow shutter.

Man’s Whim, Nature’s Cry…
Originally uploaded by Dilip Muralidaran.

I Posted this picture last week on Flickr and it became an Instant Hit, so much it entered the EXPLORE pages of Flickr and stood at 173 on the top 500. Many Fav’s and appreciations. Funny how truth about how we treat nature is widely accepted but seldom addressed.

Here is what i wrote for this pic:-

A Hanuman Langur at the Childrens Park sits on a artifical branch of tree within a Cage. As i look throgh these veils of steel i wonder why that poor monkey even deserves this place. For starters this is one of India’s Engagered Species.

Good: Its safe at a zoo far away from chances of being extinct

Bad: Why does it even have to be here, its all our fault in the first place…

Ugly: They don’t care to feed the poor sod properly…

This Picture is dedicated to this langur friend who resides in his jail.

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White Flowers for the Dead, originally uploaded by Dilip Muralidaran.

This is one touching place you guys need to see, the WBC in chennai. War Memorial Burial Ground for the ones who gave thier lives during the 1914 – 1918 war. I went to this place on Independence Day at around 6 PM. It was all dark and eeire place with no living sould except for me. Lay down at the grass pitch and i could feel the love of these patriots.

Flickr International Meet with Divya Babu #2
Originally uploaded by Dilip Muralidaran.

At last finally another blogging opportunity. I did something very exciting last sunday. I have a couple of Photographer Friends in Chennai out of Flickr contact. Several so abroad and one of them is Divya Babu. She lives in Kaula Lmupur, Malaysia. She is now on a vacation to india and had to stop over chennai shortly. We met up at the Chennai central Station for a brief 15 minutes and said hi to each other and shot some pictures. You can see them here at http://www.flickr.com/photos/dilipm

Luv,

Dilip.

Man’s Whim, Nature’s Cry…
Originally uploaded by Dilip Muralidaran.

I Posted this picture last week on Flickr and it became an Instant Hit, so much it entered the EXPLORE pages of Flickr and stood at 173 on the top 500. Many Fav’s and appreciations. Funny how truth about how we treat nature is widely accepted but seldom addressed.

Here is what i wrote for this pic:-

A Hanuman Langur at the Childrens Park sits on a artifical branch of tree within a Cage. As i look throgh these veils of steel i wonder why that poor monkey even deserves this place. For starters this is one of India’s Engagered Species.

Good: Its safe at a zoo far away from chances of being extinct

Bad: Why does it even have to be here, its all our fault in the first place…

Ugly: They don’t care to feed the poor sod properly…

This Picture is dedicated to this langur friend who resides in his jail.