Laterite streets, Face masks and Supari

FACE MASKS:

Holier than thou...

Architect Sam examining the craftsmanship of the masks used in Naman, a festival of Holi.

The whole range

LATARITE PATHS

reds and blues

Fluorescent moss

Location:

Jakadevi, Maharashtra 415620

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A slow start

The recent times have been quite overwhelming for everyone, the world around. Enough has been written and expressed and finally it comes down to individual perceptions of the context. Our perception and beliefs have been quite contradictory to most and we do not wish to offend anyone in the porcess... but we strongly believe that Covid-19 has been successful in infecting a mass mindset with fear and paranoia, has been successful in infecting communities with distrust, has widened the chasm of us and them (doesn't matter who-us and who-them). It is nothing but a rechristening of an existing disease. The reasons why as a nation we blindly chose to follow the rest of the world in stupid, impractical mantras of social distancing, mindless mask wearing and lock-downs is anybody's guess. Clever people have made the most of the paranoia and continue to do so. It is an ideal situation for people in power where without much effort there is prevalent division and distrust amongst populace and the

Our trip was postponed by a month and a half. In June we quietly left for Mulshi and have been living a blissful farm life ever since. 

Sunset at Ratnagiri

Our Architect friend Sam, moved to Ratnagiri years back and every time we are passing by we make it a point to stop by and engage in off the beaten topics conversations.