Dood’s Photo of the Day

Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 25th July’08

These 3 nails stuck into the wall just in front of my front door have been in my attention for a long time now. Today I decided to get something out of them. I was trying to get the focus on the head butts, but that was making the background to come in focus too. Its high time a buy a nice macro lens

While I was busy getting the right angle with my half my body kneeling against the wall my neighbors must be thinking - What the heck is this guy up to ?? !! But who cares as long as I am getting nice pictures

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Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 21st July’08

I believe that each one of us has a flame inside us; the flame which drives us to do something special in life. The difference between those who are able to do that and those who can’t is how long we can keep that flame burning inside. Because to keep burning it will require a constant source of fuel, which will be our efforts and hard work. Most of us kneel down in front of life’s difficulties and extinguish the flame inside - only to realize later that we have actually lost the zest to accomplish something BIG.

As for the image, it is a result of an effort to kill the boredom which arises during the frequent power cuts in Chennai

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Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 6th Jule’08

Each time I used to cross the bridge near Chennai central, this statue mounted on a tall minaret used to remind me of the famous statue of Jesus in Rio de Janeiro . Almost the same posture, but a bit smaller in size & darker in shade, Jesus in this stance seems to give a message of universal acceptance.

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Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 5th July’08

We burn ourselves, wear ourselves out, forget the important things in life and just concentrate towards our ultimate ambition - earn more money. In the end all we get is a grave to rest in or a blazing fire to dissolve us in the elements of nature.

Go to a graveyard and you will realize the reality of death. A feeling suddenly sinks in that how artificial a life we are living, completely forgetful of the ultimate truth. Keep this truth in perspective and never will you end up in any sort of doubt.

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Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 14th Mar’08

This is something about Cinema which I have observed only in South India, specially Chennai; large, gigantic hoardings, advertising the upcoming movies. In most of the places like Delhi and other parts of India where I have spent most of my life, the filmy advertising is there & that too in fanatic proportions, but I dont know whether it is the local civic rules or a completely different style, such BIG hoardings are nowhere to be seen. Cinema definitely is an essential part of life of most of the Indians.

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Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 29th Feb’08

The age of darkness has finally arrived. The dark lord is all set to rule the world. The black shadow will cover the whole earth and finally the black forces will have their say. Welcome to the kingdom of the Dark Lord.

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Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 28th Feb’08

Such small “dingy”s floating around deep into the sea waters is a common sight in this part of the world (Chennai to be specific). You go to any beach anywhere in Chennai & you can see numerous such boats venturing into deep sea hoping for a good catch. With no proper safety measures, even no proper boat to sail in, these fishermen spend their entire days searching for a bountiful of fish to earn their living.

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