Tag: #people

• Kerala Diaries: Travel- In and around the ‘Queen of the Arabian Sea’

  

  Fort Kochi is called the ‘Queen of the Arabian Sea’. It gets its name from Fort Manuel of Cochin, the first European fort on Indian soil controlled by the Portuguese. I’d been to Fort Kochi in 1995, a long time ago, with my parents. I remember we had lunch there- a fresh catch of fish […]

  Smitha V

  July 7, 2022

  Experiences, Photography, Travel

  #beautifulindia, #familyholiday, #food, #fortkochi, #fun, #HotelTrident, #kerala, #keraladiaries, #life, #loveoftravel, #people, #travelogue, #travelwithkids

• Kerala Diaries 2: Travel From Thrissur to Cochin

  

  After spending six days in my husband’s parents’ home which is in a village near Thrissur district, we left for Cochin which is two hours away. I left with a heavy heart. The below lines by Robert Frost came to my mind as I said goodbye. The woods are lovely, dark and deepBut I have […]

  Smitha V

  July 4, 2022

  Experiences, Travel

  #beautifulindia, #Cochin, #explore, #family, #familyholidays, #India, #keraladiaries, #life, #love, #monsoons, #nature, #people, #SouthIndia, #travelogue, #truth

• We are connected

  

  The train is chugging along. We’ve booked seats in the AC compartment- the windows are sealed, so, you can’t open them. Since it is the monsoon (rainy) season, it’s cold in the compartment with the AC on. So, I step out with my husband to take a break from the AC and I stand in […]

  Smitha V

  June 29, 2022

  Experiences, Poetry, Travel

  #culture, #journey, #life, #love, #nature, #people, #poem, #relationship, #SoCs, #statesofindia, #train, #truth, #unityindiversity, #weareone

• Art: Ganga Aarti

  

  It took me four and a half months to complete this painting- not because the painting was tough but, because I always found enough excuses not to sit at my desk and paint- first, I complained that the weather was too warm to paint. Then, when I moved my desk to a smaller room with […]

  Smitha V

  June 20, 2022

  Art

  #A3paper, #artist, #benaraspainting, #gangaarti, #inspiredart, #life, #people, #sold, #watercolorpainting, #watercolorpaper, #watercolors

• TSL: Day 0 – Unbound

  

  As I promised, I will be sharing the second set of poems that I wrote in April based on the prompts received on the TSL group (which is a Fb group managed by Dr Ampat Koshy). The prompt was to write a poem based on the below picture- ‘Today’s pre NAPOWRIMO task is a picture […]

  Smitha V

  May 2, 2022

  Poetry

  #careful, #life, #news, #people, #poetryprompt, #relationships, #TSL2022, #warningpoem