Photography Entropy | 04 Jan 2009
Nashik & Vineyards
Wish to share few interesting photographs of our recent visit to Nashik, where we have, ancestral home, which is now some what dilapidated, nevertheless livable.
Enjoying Life’s modest pleasures: walking, cooking, napping, and sitting in silence.
Nashik Home
This home has fond childhood memories, bringing nostalgia. It used to be surrounded by farms of grapes, onions, and medicinal plants having brick & stones houses with Mangalorean Tiles Roofs
It is now replaced by ugly malls and multiplexes, in the name of so called ‘development’ and ‘progress’. As a society we have not evolved, nor do we value and care to preserve our legacy..
“Home is home, be it ever so humble”
Home Side View
This is an interesting picture taken by my friend Nimesh, sunset overlooking an air force runway. Notice the guiding lights. It’s a difficult composition, considering the fact the sun is coming into the lens directly.
We also visited the nearby Sula Vineyards which is a recent success story and supposed to have placed India on the world’s wine map. Nashik has always been a grape growing region of the country and now has many small boutique vineyards.
Refer to the recent report in Time magazine.
Sula's visitor center
Glass of Carbenet Shiraz
“Wisdom doesn’t automatically come with old age. Nothing does – except wrinkles. It’s true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.”
Panoramic View from Vineyard after sunset
Reality is an illusion that occurs due to a lack of wine. ~
Side View from Vistor's centre
“Wine to me is passion. It’s family and friends. It’s warmth of heart and generosity of spirit. Wine is art. It’s culture. It’s the essence of civilization and the art of living.”
-Robert Mondavi – Harvests Of Joy- Autobiography
Right side view from Center
Pl notice the colors of sky.
Grapes ofcourse
Enjoy..
on 05 Jan 2009 at 5:21 pm 1.Sonal said …
What lovely pictures of Tulsi Shyam – beautifully taken and evocative. Yes home is home and that is what the pictures bring out. The air strip photo was breathtaking.
on 05 Jan 2009 at 6:33 pm 2.Aashish Takia said …
The pictures are (of course) very good and all…., but, I am EXTREMELY HAPPY to see & read your personal comments and observations about life, nature, colours et al…. No doubt, your blog is one of the most interesting / INFORMATIVE one (ever) … but, this stuff is YOU! And, you are GOOD!! Must celebrate this over a few glasses of WINE ;) … (although to me, it more often than not – means , alongwith all the wonderful things mentioned by Mr. Mondavi – ‘Acidity’ ….) but what the hell! its more than worth it!!!! Have to get over the illusionary world / life ……..
You have really made my day! We look forward to more of your TIPNIS….
Warm regards,
Aashish Takia
on 05 Jan 2009 at 7:10 pm 3.Dilip said …
Thanks Aju, for capturing lively pictures of “Tulsi Shyam” our family’s adobe,where our guru had stayed & we have spent most memorable time of our lives. No wonder, your pictures are so inviting that I would like to stay there for a few days to rejuvenate.
Pictures of Vineyard and the airstrip are testimony of Nimish’s photographic talent!
on 05 Jan 2009 at 7:37 pm 4.Mabel said …
Beautiful pictures. Good job done by Nimesh
Lovely house. Just the kind we would to spent some time in.
Your take on wisdom is so true
on 07 Jan 2009 at 6:02 pm 5.Nimesh Dadia said …
Lao Aju
The Weekend in Nashik will be unforgettable, as we encompassed the everything from the SKY ( Flying Club) to the EARTH ( The Vineyards, Onion Farms and the Cabbage Patch) and also below the Earth ( The Minerals Museum at Gargoti ).
What was most spectacular was your Ancestral House, Tulsi Shyam and sadly none of these photos do justice to it. It was an incredible feeling to be surrounded by more than 50 – 60 year old Trees living and breathing and who have been the sole witnesses to the evolution and decay of the Area around them.
Nimesh
on 14 Jan 2009 at 7:31 pm 6.Sanjay said …
The reason I connect with you so much is because you have the ability to grasp and enjoy the simple things in life. Nothing bombastic, but simple and pure. Lets catch up in the comming week at my place in chembur.
on 20 Jan 2009 at 10:17 am 7.Max Babi said …
Ajay,
The pictures are exquisite and your quotes very apt. What a pity you didn’t visit Nashik in the two years that I spent there at Ambad, not too far from the vineyards.
Would have loved a longish report on your weekend, for words add a new dimension to pictures.
Thanks, with warmth
Max
freezing at Pune
on 12 Feb 2009 at 8:22 pm 8.fleur said …
I missed this one, and I like the photos very much.
They bring me poetry, calm, feeling relax, enjoying simple things, as colourful grapes, sun rising and setting.
Thank you for sharing some calm, far away from noisy cities.
on 31 May 2010 at 2:58 pm 9.vikas said …
The pictures are superb and do give some good peaceful message of the lovely nature etc .