Sometimes a shiny new toy is exactly what one needs. 15 years ago, I bought my first digital camera, a Fujifilm Finepix 2650 2.0 megapixel point and shoot. There was something about it, the shine, […]
Category: Photography & Travelogues
Bangalore – there’s much to see if you can dust it clean
Bangalore, or it should be called now, Benguluru, is the Silicon Valley of India. In 1983, Infosys setup an office in Bengaluru and over the next 30 years, other IT behemoths and multi-national corporations made […]
Incredible India – A to Z, a month long discovery of India
In 2003-2004, as I was learning photography, I was publishing a photo a day and was part of one of the first online photography communities at Pbase.com. Photography I realized was a combination of skill, […]
Mysore and Mandya – in search of Hoysala architecture
It had always been a wish, a plan to visit Mysore on our yearly trips to Bangalore, India. In undergrad, years ago, I had made a day trip to Mysore, but that was before my […]
Montreal, Canada -a jewel on the Saint Lawrence
Click to see Photo Galleries of Montreal The sun shone through our curtains at the Embassy Suites by Hilton in Old Town Montreal and as it filled our room with energy, we woke, the youngest first, […]
Toronto – a Canadian city with true American values and Niagara Falls eternally connecting two countries
Click to see Photo Galleries of Toronto Toronto is the most diverse city in the world. In the last 40 years the visible minority population has grown from 13% to almost 50% and is expected […]
Go find your park; your heart, your mind and your soul will thank you for it.
Link to Photo Galleries of National Parks On August 25, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed a bill that created an agency that was tasked “to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and wildlife […]
Puerto Rico – The All Star Island
Click to see Puerto Rico Photo Gallery Christopher Columbus arrived in Puerto Rico during his second voyage on November 19, 1493 and named the island San Juan Bautista, in honor of the Catholic saint, John […]
Barcelona, Spain – Full of Gaudi Buildings
Click to see Barcelona Photo Gallery Day 1: Ramble on! – We landed in Barcelona around mid-morning and took a taxi to our hotel, The Gran Torre Catalunya, near Barcelona Sants, the main train station. Though […]
Madrid – a city building a future without ruining its past
Click to see Madrid Photo Gallery Day 1: Madrid is central to Spain, geographically as well as the financial capital. It is a city that is small, with all sights within walking distance, yet large […]
Karthik Raja 