What do we hear on the roads??

Some time back i took these two shots on a Chennai road. I was in an Ambassador (considered the tough old car for Indian roads). This guy was one of the many people (including me of course!!) sweating it out in the sweltering sun.

This man was all ears… for something!!!

I’m curious to know what you really listen to while you travel?

Outskirts of Chennai!

Everything/ Everyone was moving!

I saw these scenes sometime back when i travelled to North Madras.

People were off to work

Casual labourers off to the vegetable markets…

and Lorries of all sizes and shapes were seen on the way!!!

KidArt(2)

Hi Parents

Children can be real smart and newsy, i mean with their expressions, drawings, and lifestyle. Its a kind of survivalism for them i guess. THey need to survive the schools, traffic, parents, teachers, rules, pollution, food etc.
Their expressions reflect the social order and the way our lives go. THe daily rush and din, violence, music, pornography, media explosion, and many other pulls and pressures of modern life has a bearing on the kids too. They listen silently to the articulations, the pain and anguish from all over the world through television. THere is a marked insensitivity as one goes older. Does kids art make a difference for them…Here are some shots of what my kids tend to draw nowadays….They are 7 (boy)and 5 years (girl). THere is a rush in the way they watch TV, do their homework and even what they draw.

How about your kids? WHat do they draw? What do you think of their art? Do you see more than normally people see in art? What type of art is out there from our kids? Lets share them.

I’ll try to keep you regularly posted….

Take care

A church in North Chennai!!

Kattur Church!!

The local belief and christian history in chennai, believes that the St. Jude’s

church and its patron saint St. Jude, is there for the weak, forgotten, and the depressed. Believers pray to this saint to make the ‘impossible becomes possible’.

This is how the inside of the church looked like

I also found two interesting symbols in the church.

Wonder what they meant?

Anyway…we prayed fervently as a family, and i prayed for the well being of everyone and for the world…..

I guess its a question of having faith, and thinking good thoughts for everyone. There’s no harm you do to anyone, if we pray. Good waves change the world for the better. I felt good praying that morning to the almighty, through the intercession of St. Jude!

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Before we reached Kattur Church…

We came across open roads, and trees, like this one

many roadside temples

and neat looking huts made of hay. They looked great for the heat…

and i nearly forgot, many brick kilns…

KidArt

kidart – series one..2 nos.

These are some computer paintings that my son drew and saved into my PC maybe a year back. There’s more… and i’ll share them on this blog.

Its a famous cartoon character. The world kids recognize Harry Potter, Picachu, Shaktiman, Superman, Power Rangers and many others.

Its a fast moving world for our kids. The games, speed, and the rush of blood is so much in them. Does ‘Coke’ force the kid to run around like mad…Its scares me..often, the speed at which they go! Or is this activity (hyper) natural for kids?

A mashed head is very comfortably glossed over by modern kids too. THere are many such graphic scenes getting into the psyche of our kids today. What effect will it have for them!

Here’s a ‘pirate’ and a ‘thief’. The thief is already colored. I did not tell him.

Modern kids get bored fast. As we evolve, i guess our kids need more of what is good and ideal. Computer games, video parlors, school drills, math formulaes, the outdoor games are essential for kids. All and more of them. Let’s fine tune all of them and keep the best ones for them!

But what effect does life have on our kids? How does their psyche evolve? Can we use art to keep track of our kids? I guess that through the encouragement of the arts and crafts in them, we not only form them, but we keep them more importantly, occupied and happy. They might even pick up some life skills in the bargain!

Here’s wishing them well!