Fishing

2006-12-21T07:48:00.000-08:00

Fishing is illegal in this area of the pond
I will post all my fished art on CHAMKO RANI
You are welcome to see CHAMKO RANI fishing there.
See you,
chamki

The cover for my new travel journal.

2006-12-19T08:59:00.000-08:00

The words are a song by Joni Mitchell who is also the girl in the picture.
The big yellow taxi is also a song by her.
This book is a little something I will use to immortalise the places i visit and the people I meet over the next 2 weeks.The size is bigger than what i am used to and working around it is difficult but challenges are always inviting. The big secret is that I'm going to Nepal on the 26th of this lovely month! Christmas I will celebrate in Delhi.The excitement doesn't let me live!

fear

2006-12-19T08:52:00.000-08:00

December calendar from my planner

2006-12-12T09:16:00.000-08:00

Random Doodle page

2006-12-12T09:13:00.000-08:00

Your face

2006-12-02T03:30:00.000-08:00

Our faces say so much.
Yet we look for words. We refuse to hear what we see in the face.
We wish to blame you, thats why we wait till you say it.
Be true
to yourself
to your plants
to your job
to your pet
to your spouse.
Remember, we can see your face.

These boots.

2006-12-01T23:20:00.000-08:00

I wish I had a pair of boots.
I wish I had another pair of boots.
The second pair to wish with.
The first, to just wear.
There are a million wishes trapped in each one of us.
Why do we keep them trapped?
My father, says we shouldn't wish, for wishes will never be fulfilled.
Its the nature of a wish to never to never be fulfilled.
I don't believe it, but what if...
I wish it isn't true.
Lotsa Love,
chamki

Creative intercourse with Drake, Nick Drake

2006-10-27T09:40:00.000-07:00

The inside and the outside
with me in the middle.
Holiday doodling
or as my cell phone's dictionary
likes to call it
fondling.

coloured with photoshop.

Heart To Heart Cafe Poster

2006-10-23T21:24:00.001-07:00

We do not serve beef.

Open Nights (when Reliance permits.)

2006-10-23T06:11:00.000-07:00

Sometimes

2006-10-21T12:30:00.000-07:00

I think I can ruin a day with
Expectations
I think I can have fun
and forget the feeling
I think I need to get away
for a bit
I think I need to get my head out
and have a look at it
I think I'm not happy somewhere
in some corner
I think I'm ok
I think I'm ok
I think I'm ok

I think I need to share
my life
not describe it.

New cellephonic number

2006-10-17T21:56:00.000-07:00

You're Beautiful

2006-10-13T06:13:00.000-07:00

To all the beautiful people
who I touch with my eyes,
who touch me with theirs,
tie a knot
in ether.
You're beautiful.

For best results listen to James Blunt's
You're Beautiful

My life is brilliant.

My life is brilliant.
My love is pure.
I saw an angel.
Of that I'm sure.
She smiled at me on the subway.
She was with another man.
But I won't lose no sleep on that,
'Cause I've got a plan.

You're beautiful. You're beautiful.
You're beautiful, it's true.
I saw your face in a crowded place,
And I don't know what to do,
'Cause I'll never be with you.

Yeah, she caught my eye,
As we walked on by.
She could see from my face that I was,
Fucking high,
And I don't think that I'll see her again,
But we shared a moment that will last till the end.

You're beautiful. You're beautiful.
You're beautiful, it's true.
I saw your face in a crowded place,
And I don't know what to do,
'Cause I'll never be with you.

You're beautiful. You're beautiful.
You're beautiful, it's true.
There must be an angel with a smile on her face,
When she thought up that I should be with you.
But it's time to face the truth,
I will never be with you.

Buh-Bye Blues

2006-10-12T09:50:00.000-07:00

be bee busy. buzz. enjoy good company. love the flowers as they love you. sip sweet nectar. be bee. BB.

The Ultimate Reality

2006-10-03T21:44:00.000-07:00

2006-09-20T00:56:00.000-07:00

so much around
so much within
all you need
is time within time
to see
to touch
to be
all you are

Future Tense

2006-09-12T04:36:00.000-07:00

from my notebook today

Pictures of lady and shoes from newspaper

Mehendi I put yesterday

2006-09-11T11:32:00.000-07:00

2006-09-07T22:27:00.000-07:00

Circles circles everywhere: Photo Friday

2006-08-25T06:20:00.000-07:00

Not some great pictures I know, using some old stuff. Remember I don't have a camera! I'm not linking to Photoshop. They don't motivate!

2006-08-20T02:05:00.000-07:00

Illo Fry: Match

2006-08-18T05:55:00.000-07:00

Its strange that I drew these today, even before I got the topic.

Photo Friday : Friend

2006-08-18T00:37:00.001-07:00

photograph worked on photoshop.
Somehow I didn't feel right about putting our faces there

Queen of hearts

2006-07-29T22:06:00.000-07:00

Poster colour rose

2006-07-27T21:49:00.000-07:00

Original image- Google.
Photoshopped.

Every day is rainy day!

2006-07-22T22:15:00.000-07:00

My 50th post!! Despite the ban!

Photo Friday: Common

2006-07-21T10:48:00.000-07:00

Common walls , common halls
How common is this common?
New Delhi, India

Bombay Bomb Blasts

2006-07-14T10:22:00.000-07:00

My father missed the train which was blasted. He thought of sipping some tea at the station. He told his friends to wait with him, but they left. There is no news of them.
The trains have been repaired over night. People have rushed to offices and colleges. They pretend nothing happened and nothing can stop Bombay.

I wonder. Should I simply pretend nothing happened? I can't. I have no feelings to write about . No thoughts. It was panic and a mixed disbelief. The times I felt that my father is safe, made me angry . I can't feel like this till I see him safe at home.

I broke my toe nail yesterday...

2006-07-07T21:47:00.000-07:00

when Mark hugged me he accidentally stood on my toe nail. So... I didn't have to go to college! Yippie! Ah! It hurts, I shouldn't jump.

below is the sketch i made and above is the coloured version.
Painted using photoshop.

Pen and rain water.

2006-07-04T23:04:00.000-07:00

Painted with rain water , water colours and pen.
Read silly poem here

2006-07-02T09:56:00.000-07:00

I have to make a million cats in the next few days for college and not one comes to my mind.
colours filled with photoshop.

O Romeo!

2006-06-21T09:49:00.000-07:00

Yesterday,

2006-06-20T09:39:00.000-07:00

yesterday, love was such an easy game to play
now I need a place to hide away
oh, I believe in yesterday

yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away...

If you notice this is an old post but the topic is just asking for me to link it. This is the view from my window. I have been busy, but will definitely try to make a new illo for this topic. Soon... yes soon.

I'll tell you something

2006-06-19T07:38:00.000-07:00

don't be lame, are you insane?

2006-06-19T07:37:00.000-07:00

rainy day

2006-06-17T22:23:00.000-07:00

Turning pages

2006-06-13T04:27:00.000-07:00

I read a poem or a page of a random book when i lie on bed. I like to pick any page by flipping them randomly. Many time i read the same things. I call it my horoscope. Iit always tells me something, I'm sure, or else how difficult do you think it is to build associations? This is what i found today:

Night Fishing
A shorelamp drops
its lighted tackle.
On the hook
no fish-snout spin.
Night fishing
sad as night rain
alone as the mind
before the dreams crowd in.

Keki Daruwala

The song I like...

2006-06-09T20:44:00.000-07:00

Ok Mumma

2006-06-05T09:46:00.000-07:00

Here is the picture of mommy i clicked recently - Simi Gerewal style. Below is what I think she looks like. Thats what I could recollect. Quite close, don't you think? She doesn't think so. She is complaining about the forehead appearing to big. "I am not as dark as I look in the picture"

Ok Mumma.

Illustration Friday: Portrait.

2006-06-03T01:53:00.000-07:00

I'm off for the weekend, but had to make my Illustration Friday Illo. This is a hurried illo of my mommy. I have clicked a picture of her just like this. Ok! bye, got to hurry.

Time to buy new flowers

2006-06-01T23:14:00.000-07:00

Grey Home

2006-05-30T10:52:00.000-07:00

Hamsa Hand

2006-05-29T03:41:00.000-07:00

Illustrations from Dilli

2006-05-28T21:57:00.000-07:00

Dilli = Delhi = capital of India
Dil = heart

Mrs. Brubeck's Story

2006-05-27T10:08:00.000-07:00

Read the Story here

Find the words

2006-05-26T11:33:00.000-07:00

Miss You

2006-05-23T22:36:00.000-07:00

The one thing that I have missed most about my home- My plants and the joy of watering them with the watering can.

Everyday at 8 in the evening on Disney Channel

2006-05-16T04:49:00.000-07:00

When i was a kid of 10 and 12 , I watched Mogli and Khaniyon ka Guccha, I dream of genie , Different Strokes and Vyomkesh Bakshi. Many i dont remember. I used to love Vyomkesh Bakshi. Now it's all taken over by Raven. Well, i have fun with my little sister waching this crazy lady. You should try watching it (if you have to) its not all that bad.The hindi dubbing ruins it though. Just try making those faces she makes, it makes a great sister bonding thingee.

In the picture is Raven Symone who plays the lead

Live and Let Live

2006-05-15T03:43:00.000-07:00

Oh the heat is killing me!!
Delhi is 45 degrees and this is normal !
Tell me whats normal please!!
Last night we had sudden stormy weather and rain.
I was woken up by the thunder.
There are hours without electricity and water is rare.
And then there are the gods showering rain and lightening from the skies.
God! Have'nt your parents told you to switch off lights and fans when not in use?
May be you should have gone to a Convent as a kid.

Picture clicked in Bombay by madcapwriter

Buh-Bye

2006-04-27T21:25:00.000-07:00

I'm off to Delhi and may go to Jaipur.
Will be back after a month.

She and Her

2006-04-27T21:16:00.000-07:00

photograph clicked by the Idiot Who Gave Me The Camera

Another Rose

2006-04-24T12:31:00.000-07:00

2006-04-21T23:52:00.000-07:00

Need the restlessness to go.
Need to make a better illustration for illu friday.
Need to sit still and read.
Need to put the calender back up.

Illu Fry Attempt 1

2006-04-21T11:14:00.000-07:00

This is not my final illu i was just trying things.
This week's topic is Robot.

Post Secret

2006-04-20T11:37:00.000-07:00

More Oprah

2006-04-20T11:36:00.000-07:00

From He is just not into you
to the bra and jean intervention
Oprah spoke to me about it all.
I even forget that the
jeans she is suggesting are probably
the biggest brands ever.
I rarely watch TV, not even an India Pakistan cricket match.
But i have happened to catch a few Oprah episodes at a time when i
was thinking about the same stuff,
whether it was life altering or most trivial.
May be its a sign... hee hee.

Todays Headline: Misty Rose Melts My Mother's Monday Mood

2006-04-15T23:05:00.000-07:00

This is a rose scanned with my favourite white t shirt.

Hurt

2006-04-15T23:04:00.000-07:00

Have you spotted my pet?

2006-04-15T00:04:00.000-07:00

Illustration Friday :Spotted?

2006-04-14T11:13:00.000-07:00

You and I in a little toy shop

buy a bag of balloons with the money we've got
Set them free at the break of dawn
'Til one by one, they were gone
Back at base, bugs in the software
Flash the message, "Something's out there"
Floating in the summer sky
99 red balloons go by.

99 dreams I have had
In every one a red balloon
It's all over and I'm standin' pretty
In this dust that was a city
If I could find a souvenier
Just to prove the world was here...
And here is a red balloon
I think of you and let it go

click on drawing to count the balloons
The words are from a song by Blondie

The sun is hiding behind the building today
The eagles are a constant still
Its good friday
The blue is taking over the pink
and the yellow is sinking into the horizon
The palm tree is bobbing gently.
The tall building holds the reins
to the lives of the people in all the other buildings.
A million tiny lives held by a few
now thats nothing new.
Crows sea saw on the branches
The Yew tree stands alone, untouched.
How i wish the sky was spotted
with 99 red balloons

Thank God Its Friday

2006-04-14T03:30:00.000-07:00

I can't wait.
Its not an ordinary friday
It's Good Friday
For God's sake where is my
Illustration Friday Topic!!!
I think i will die in wait
and I'm not God
I wont be able to come back on Sunday with
an illustration!!

Yoga

2006-04-12T05:41:00.000-07:00

Yoga Class
every Monday Wednesday Friday
now also
Tuesday Thursday and Saturday
pranayam natrajasna tadasna ardha mandalasana
utkata konasna kumbhaka garudasana shavasna

Illustration Friday: Speed : Fast Food

2006-04-09T01:03:00.000-07:00

Illustration Friday : Speed

2006-04-07T11:46:00.000-07:00

Illu friday
I love you friday.
I wait every friday
for every coming friday.

2006-04-06T21:38:00.000-07:00

A rose lost
this is a scanned image. I dont have a digital camera as yet.
I borrow cameras. I have traced an old canon film camera that my dad had given away
to an old friend.
Soon i shall have it.

pink is

2006-04-06T02:40:00.000-07:00

Pink is only a purple without blue

Pond

2006-04-06T02:25:00.000-07:00

Can't paint.
Can't write.
Very restless.
I thought painting a calm pond
with flowers would help.
But the truth is lies.

2006-04-03T23:28:00.000-07:00

Painting at window, friend's place

Spring

2006-04-02T07:50:00.000-07:00

Illu Fry post
Spring is the language my plants speak.
Spring is the yellow streak
of the sun's light
that enters my room
and kisses my pale feet.
Spring is in the curl of my hair
Spring is in the smile i wear
Spring is everywhere
but the monsters are there too.

2006-03-31T21:55:00.000-08:00

Don't blue me

Eclipse

2006-03-31T02:15:00.000-08:00

29th March 2006

2006-03-31T02:13:00.000-08:00

Numb

2006-03-29T12:40:00.000-08:00

This is where i will fish
and collect my broken sea glass.
The other day, i went to Carter Road.
There is a huge dump site where all the homes that are broken
dump their change.
Broken tiles, marble, porcelain and sea glass.
These holidays i wish to walk there often, all by myself.

It is such a strange feeling to look at a piece of a pretty broken tile
and think this was in some one's house a while ago.

Our house is soon going to be broken down by those monsters.
We have to start looking.
Space speaks in silence, and builds bonds.
I don't want to leave my house.
I don't want to leave Bandra.
I don't want to leave my friends.

I don't want these stories to be abandoned.
I don't want my tiles to break and lie homeless in the sea.
May be another girl somewhere will pick them up
and
put them next to her pots in the garden.
May be not.