Posts Tagged 2010

An angel made a day out to wish..kiss..and dream upon a star on a lovely summer afternoon..

She spread laughter and wonder among beholders spending a lazy afternoon..

But no Angel can fly over the rule of law in New York..here comes a guard to remind her that she cant swirl her magic wand aimlessly in Broadway!

Finally, the Angel had to pack her bags and shake her wings to walk away. Yes, even for an angel, life must move on..so she rolled her wheels and vanished in the crowd seeking a place, where nothing would interrupt her..

Been walking pass this board for almost a month now, wondering why this crowd whether it be Wednesday or Sunday. Finally like in many cases, my body just walked in quiet unconsciously as if it cant hold the curiosity any more.. what exactly is going inside?

A bunch of people clinched to a set of Televisions, quiet looked like a stock market..finally found some horses running on and off the screens! Ah, Newton’s apple fell on my head..

So that was the discovery of neighbourhood’s most friendliest international crowd with a single aim of off track betting, with some friendliest advise to ‘be careful with photography’!

Here starts a friendly spanish accented conversation with a fatherly figure of 72, Me: So how often do you come here?
Friend: Almost everyday, anytime..How much time can you spend on staring at that television at home.

Me: Do you have so much money to spend on this?
Friend: Ah, I spent 45 years working..I have money in my bank..I spent 30-40$ a day, some days I loose everything..sometime I get 100$ or more..

Me: Women dont come here?
Friend: Which woman would squander their money..haha! yuh..one or two come by once in a while..by the by, you dont start doing this..okay….
Me: laugh..laugh..

Off track betting in NY has been on the verge of closure for many years, wonder where will I get to meet the friendly crowd if its gone ;)

A beautiful mural uncovered from the dark walls below a subway bridge in Queens area during a small research! Click on it to see big!

Traditional Chinese instrument ‘Erhu’ being played. An accidental find of the same person from 2001.

A lone musician on his Trombone..

Michael Schulman of Black violin, who plays a very interesting electric violin..

The duo Tuba players..

and a Mouth organ player…

Published in Madhyamam weekly (March 22, 2010). Thank you so much Sajeesh!

Two uncredited publishing, left one in ‘Development issue- Sasthragathi, Nov 2009′, right one in ‘K N Raj issue -Malayalam Varika, 26th Jan 2010′. I would continue to request ‘attribution’ wherever necessary.