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Pokhara !

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The Mountains are calling !

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One day when I’m rich enough I want a big wine cellar with old dusty bottles of wine that I will open only on special occasions to boast about my wine collection 

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Raw Mango hanging off a lush green Mango tree in Bentota, Sri Lanka 

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Breakfast at Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka 

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Sunset in Jodhpur 

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Feeling a little blue

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The pretty pink Bougainvilleas drove away my Monday blues 🌸

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Packed and ready to go. Wonder where they will end up.

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Hello, I had disappeared for a while because I was suffering from a viral fever and excruciating joint pain, which has just gotten worse. Doc says it'll take 4-6 weeks to get better. I can't be MIA for that long so am back, limping through life and hoping that I will get well soon 🌸

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Pink Lotus Buds at the Mullick Ghat Flower Market. 

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My friends and I would buy a garland each of the sweet smelling flowers like jasmine or tuberose and we'd wear it across like a sling. It was like carrying a natural perfume when we were pandal hopping through crowded streets or when we were sweating it out in the Kolkata heat.

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Watercolour Therapy

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We walked into a lane at Kumortuli where idols were made. This man was sitting and patiently carving/sculpting the clay and designing this clay pillar for one of the Durga idols. 

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On our first day in Kolkata we stopped at Kumortuli to see how the Durga idols were made. Amazing how the idols are carved, painted and decorated. I love the details! The eyes, the crown, the sari and the all the colourful sparkly accessories! 

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I love capturing faces but I don't click portrait photographs as much. Maybe I should do a little photo project on Portraits !

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Lost in translation