Usher

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Canvasing

Canvasing from Mahesh Haridevan on Vimeo.

The beautiful batch of 2008 winter morning. There was a time when we had 11 of them.

Mahalaxmi to Goregaon

Mahalaxmi to Goregaon from Mahesh Haridevan on Vimeo.

The plight of many settlers from Rajasthan who migrate to Mumbai for a daily bread. This kid (protagonist i) earns his coins by playing the Rawanhathha, a traditional musical instrument, entertaining tourists and locals at the Gateway of India.

It was past 1 in the morning and he was almost asleep, but he kept playing. On one instance he sits and tries to take a rest when he dozes off onto the Gujarati man. The man asks the kid not to lean on him and get off. Thats when a blind man (protagonist ii) comes across the compartment begging for money. And as he closes in the kid, my camera battery gets over.

My idea of a chance video and building a story around it.

It is certainly New India, and very assuring.

Found(yr.2008) this near the gate of a Muncipal Industrial Estate in Worli. A very decent service offered by the insurance company. Neat.

The Hindi one below is very well written if you know how to read it. Adds to the polite sarcasm/irony/cold effort by the service providers.

And above all, a nice piece of copy writing. Benefits.

In Hindi


In English

Daimond Emporium

For the love of type, again. This shot I took in Worli, during my stint at &Then, Mumbai. Amazing type, and an amzing signage. Certainly its diamond.

 

The lost Usher

Since the past four odd months, 6 in the morning I get a nature call. Not mine but a street dog's, who almost owns the apartment I stay in. After the last guy in the apartment enters, the building gate is usually latched. And since I am the only one who stays in the ground floor, I have no option but to adhere to the growling wake up calls from the dog, whom I would name, 'Usher'. He sure has lots of stories to tell us.

But for now, I need to get back to work.

Kes, Bird of Prey

Continuing one of my childhood past times - bird watching (more or less the kites/eagles/hawks/vultures). Feel nostalgic. Back then, a heavy Russian binoculars borrowed from my cousin was all that I had. Now it is a Canon 350D.

The Brahminy Kite (Haliastur Indus) is a familiar bird of prey and is often mistaken to American national bird - Bald Eagle. In India it is considered as the contemporary representation of the mythical Garuda.

Vital statistics :
Medium (43-51cm), wings long broad rounded; tail short and rounded when fanned. Head, neck, breast white; rest of body bright chestnut; primaries tipped black; feet yellow.

Call : Described as a thin mewing scream kweeaa or kyeeer usually while soaring.

In flight : Long but broadly angled wings. Slow deep flapping.

World distribution : India through China to the Philippines and Australia.

Breeding : During mating season (November-December), Brahminy Kites perform aerial acrobatics. They mate on or near the nest. Keep an eye on the sky towards the end of the year.

They are very tolerant of humans. For more images, click here.