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117 doors

Posted on June 16, 2010December 5, 2011 by sudhagee

During yet another attempt to organise my digital photographs into some sort of a library last weekend, I noticed one thing.

I had lots of photographs of doors. Yes, you read right. Doors. Wooden doors, painted doors, open doors, closed doors, doors in walls, even door exhibits in museums! All in all, I had 117 photographs of doors.

Here are some doors from my collection (obsession?)

Door Exhibits at the British Museum. The one on the right is made of limestone

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Travel Shot: At the Zero Meridian

Posted on June 14, 2010December 5, 2011 by sudhagee

Zero Meridian at East India Quay, London — 15 July 2009: The Zero Meridian, East India Quay, London

I queued up for 35 minutes to get the first picture taken. As for the second picture, the place was all mine. 🙂

Should the Kohinoor Diamond be returned to India?

Posted on June 3, 2010March 24, 2012 by sudhagee

“India wants UK to return Kohinoor”. When I read this headline in The Times of India (ToI) yesterday, my first reaction was “not again!”

The Kohinoor Diamond has been in the popular emotional discourse of the country for as long as I can remember. Though the demand for the Kohinoor never makes front page or breaking news, it pops up with unfailing regularity every now and then. And each time it does, there are reactions from people asserting their self-righteous national pride, indignation, anger, cynicism, etc. Last time I checked, the ToI article had got 280 comments!