Dil Cheez Kya hai...

Water Colour on paper
9" x 12"
Many actresses mesmerized the audience when they came on screen as "Dancers" and "Entertainers". For  such roles they also needed that much more "something" than just their beauty to keep the audience spell bound.
My league of such beauties, the Umrao Jaan's starts with the ever beautiful Rekha, the amazing Madhuri and ends with Aishwarya Rai Bacchan.
I am sure there are many more beauties who have blistered the screen and I am sure that there are many many more Beauties who never got a chance on screen but are doing the same in real life.

Flowers

Water colour on paper
9" x 12"

Stella

Water Colour on paper
19" x 14"
Children enjoy to the fullest, even when they simple things around.
Why do we loose the child in us when we grow? Why can't we enjoy our life to the fullest even with simple things?

Banyan

Water colour on paper
9" x 12"
The Banyan Tree is very important in the Hindu culture. Although all the trees, plants, animals... nature in general is very very important in Hinduism. So much that it is incorporated in some way or the other in the rituals, so that they are taken good care of. The cow is worshipped, so are the mountains and rivers and the sea.
In the same way this simple Banyan tree also has its own importance. On a day called "Vat Pournima" the married ladies tie a thread round the tree and pray for the husbands and married life.

Blue Evening

Water colour on paper
18" x 12"
The various colours of the Evening. Even if I paint 2 every day.... there will still be a variation available in the "Masters" kitty which he will throw the next day.
Using a limited pallet here while painting this scene, I was wondering, why did HE give human beings the idea of destruction? How can we not see the beauty of Nature, of life? And even after seeing such beauty how can MAN decide to ruin it?

Home

Water colour on paper
9" x 12"
Simple things are more beautiful as they have that purity in them. Purity of feelings and love.
I feel that rather than having all the leisure's of life but no love..... I can survive on just Love and nothing else.
This painting is giving the same message... probably... 

Company

Water colour on paper
9" x 12"
The Company does matter....... to smile, to grow and to live.....

Eve

Water colour on paper
18" x 12"

Cafe

Water colour on paper
14" x 9"
Such places are really God sent for people like me. Just hang out for sometime, have a coffee..... ONLY condition.... Friends should be there to share the coffee.
What say?

Step Falls

Water colour on paper 9" x 14"

Vijay Durg

Water Colour on paper 9" x 14"

Information from Wikipedia

Vijaydurg (sometimes written as Viziadrug), the oldest fort on the Sindhudurg coast was constructed during the regime of Raja Bhoj of the Shilahar dynasty (construction period 1193-1205). The fort was earlier known as "Gheria" as it is situated close to the village of "Girye". Shivaji captured this fort from Adil Shah of Bijapur in 1653 and renamed it as "Vijay Durg" as the then Hindu solar year's name was "Vijay". Vijay means Victory.

Earlier, the fort encompassed an area of 5 acres (1 acre = 4840 square yards or 4047 square metres) and was surrounded by sea on all four sides. Over the years the eastern trench was reclaimed and a road constructed thereon. Presently the area of fort is about 17 acres and is surrounded by the Arabian Sea on three sides. Shivaji extended the area of the fort by constructing three walls on the eastern side, each 36 metres high. He also constructed 20 bastions.

According to legend, this is one of only two Maratha forts where Shivaji personally hoisted the saffron flag. The other fort is "Torana".

Vijaydurg Fort was called the "Eastern Gibraltar" as it was virtually impregnable. Its locational advantages include the 40 km long Waghotan/Kharepatan creek. Large vessels cannot enter the shallow water of this creek. Also, Maratha warships could be anchored in this creek and yet remain invisible from the sea.

ARCHITECTURAL INTERESTS

1) According to unconfirmed reports, there is a 200m long, undersea/underland tunnel from the fort to the palatial Dhulap house in the village. Supposedly, the roof of the tunnel has been pinched to protect it from landslides and it is also well ventilated. Now the tunnel is partially blocked. If the presence of the tunnel can be confirmed, and the tunnel cleared, it could serve as a tourist attraction of historical and architectural interest.

2) Recent oceanographic evidence supports the existence of an undersea wall, constructed out at sea at a depth of 8–10 m depth undersea. Made of laterite, the wall is estimated to be 122 mtrs long, 3 mtrs high & 7 mtrs broad. Attacking ships often met a watery grave after colliding against this wall.

3)1.5 km from the fort up the Waghotan Creek, exist the remains of a naval dock carved from rock. This is where Maratha warships were built and repaired. The ships built here were of the 400-500 tonnage capacity. This 109*70 mt dock faces the north side and is an achievement of Maratha naval architecture.