Color in the air: people of Chhattisgarh (छत्तीसगढ़िया)

We meet amazing people in our life.  Though strangers they are but bear character of profound depth and diversity.

Their story quote with photograph 
makes it magical-reality, as if this being an incredible act of  freezing a fleeting moment. 

Portrait of strangers, inhabitants of a state, 
vibrant monologue of human life, to share herewith !! 




Celebrating colors

Festivals are finely embroidered in the culture of a nation. 

They provide an occasion to bring festivity in life, forgetting our all hardship and trivialities for a while, leaving them behind. 

'Holi' in India is such a festival, it brings out all our madness for love, amity and oneness through colors. 

Here in these pictures are teachers of a school in the same mood, just a day before when school closes for this 'Holi' day. 

teaching staff of Government High School Saraitikra, near Ambikapur

teaching staff of Government High School Saraitikra, near Ambikapur

Holi: springing of the year

Holi (in India) is also called the Spring Festival [1] 
as it marks the arrival of spring [2], the season of hope and joy. 

The gloom of the winter goes away as Holi [3] promises of warmth and bright sunshine..

pic courtesy:google doodle/holi-festival-2014

change in the air, perceived by plants, expressed through colors so vibrant ..

pic courtesy: http://animikha.wordpress.com/

pic courtesy: http://www.gardenworld.in/cfd30327e_butea.html

 ..that human too followed with bonfires and colors.

pic courtesy: The Hindu, Photo: Mohammed. Yousuf

pic courtesy: http://omnivorocultural.wordpress.com/2013/04/22/holi-festival-in-brazil/

This is also a time when farmers are happy with their mustard, wheat and other crops in the field 
and so are many more visitors: 
i.e. various kind of insect and bees with vivid beauties; 
as if to greet this festivity !!