Sepia and Chai, early morning.

After a night out completing the BizVal project, I was only too tired and sleepy to accompany fellow wingies to the roadside 'tapri' for an early morning session of chai, 'Gugni' and 'bakar'. However, I reluctantly agreed and I am glad I did.

0530 in Calcutta is more the 0630 in Bombay. Being out so early after such a long time actually made me a bit nostalgic. The whiff of fresh morning air, the tinge of humidity in the air and the pale blue of the sky were reminiscent of those summer days of lining up at the first sight of dawn at the cycle shop for the best cycle, the one that had 14 painted on it OR of waking up early on 1st day of vacations, which also coincided with the South Indian New Year and making a morning trip to the temple with friends.

The subsidized chai was refreshing accompanied with some typical B school glob. Gugni with 'Anda pav' lived up to its expectation of being one of the most edible dishes in and around campus. The hordes of tapris, the numerous cyclists and cycle rickshaw pullers, the Ambassadors lined up at the taxi stand and the blue KMC buses zooming past at the DH road made an ideal setting for the creative mind. What ensued was an impromptu photo shoot, of experimentation with light, with angles, with still and moving objects and with 'Sepia' and 'Black and White'.

Then the slow walk back and much awaited sleep, not before uploading some of the pics on your orkut profile.