Dear Confidant,
Hope you’ve been well and healthy. My recent visit to home country India was memorable one. The familiar sights, sounds and feel of my motherland was warm and welcoming.
I miss the beloved land now that I am away from it.
I have captured a few of the everyday moments for you to get a feel of my country. I also wish that these pictures enable me to feel connected to my country whenever I am homesick. I mostly stayed in North India and here are some of my clicks.
A little garland seller at a traffic signal in Delhi.
Sight of historical monument in the midst of the bustling capital city.
The yellow green autorickshaw – most convenient mode of public transport across urban places in India.
A fruit seller and a prospective buyer.
A flower seller waiting for customers in Delhi.
Double rainbow in Ranchi. The capital of Jharkhand has lovely climate.
Famous temple of God Hanuman in Patna filled with devotees.
Common people on their way to work.
Freshly plucked mangoes of our home! Since, it is the season of mangoes, our innumerable variety of mango trees are laden with mouth watering mangoes.
Saw an elephant in Patna. It is the holy month of Saawan and Lord Shiva would be worshipped the entire month. Ascetics roam about on Elephants asking for offerings.
Goddess Kali at a famous temple in Patna.
Hope you liked the pictures!
This visit to my country had been fruitful one as I managed to meet most of my relatives and friends. It was so heart warming to see them all.
As I unpack my boxes, I am already hoping that our next visit happens sometime soon.
Do let me know what do you think of Everyday Sights of India! Take care!
Seems you had an enjoyable trip. I am from North India, so those sights made me nostalgic!
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Thanks Alok. Yes, I have had a wonderful trip. I feel nostalgic now that I am back. Hope you get to visit our country soon. Great to hear from you.
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Thanks
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Nice pics Shivangi and hoping you had a memorable trip. Mine is scheduled in 3 weeks time…
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Thanks a lot. Yes, the trip was memorable. Wow, you are going and I envy you. Hope you have an enjoyable trip too.
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Thank you
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Wonderful pictures; you have really shown real pictures of some parts of India and various aspects of real life in India of 2016.
Thanks sharing your experience. with greetings Shivangi
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Thanks a lot Sir for reading and commenting. This time I realised there is something special about India which cannot be found anywhere else.
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“Amid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, / there is no place like home”, says the poet. Your pics and words, Shivangi, resonate the sentiment.
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Wow you summed the post beautifully. Kudos to you. Thank you for coming over.
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I hope you ate sufficient number of samosas, gol- gappas, jalebies….!!
Sure we get these everywhere but that local flavor is always missing. I miss that here in South India.
Good for you. God bless you and your family Madam !!
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Thanks a lot Sir. I did eat a lot of mithai and mangoes. Almost too much… Yes, the local flavour is always missing. God bless you too Sir. Big thanks for reading and commenting😀
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You gotta love India!
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True you absolutely gotta love India😀
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I live here. No choice!
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Lovely photos, it looks so different from the UK. (For a start it’s not raining!)
I recently read “The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra” which was set in India, and now I know what an autorickshaw looks like 🙂
Thanks for sharing these photos of your home country!
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Thank you Ali for looking at the pics. Glad you read it. Do visit India – you will find peace in chaos😀
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Mangoes you brought some to u.s?.where is your place in india?That child selling garland a sad story right?
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Yes that is sad. We live in Delhi Sherin but family is from Bihar.
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Mattlab?
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Matlab garland seller pic is little sad but he was a happy chirpy boy. He asked to click his friends pics too.
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No what i did not get is you meant your husbands native place is delhi and yours bihar?
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No… We are from bihar but we live in delhi coz of his job.
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I did nor bring mangoes here. Custom wale pakad rahe the😰
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Kuch mangoes usko bhi do,problem solved 🙂
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Hahaha… They are very dangerous looking… Maar maarke mango pulp bana denge. How have you been😀
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🙂 🙂 🙂
shivangi if you can understand,i quit that customer care job.I had my own reasons to do that.Now attending interviews.
you see life is like a box of chocolates 🙂
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You will get a better one😀
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Wonderful photos Shivangi! Looks like you had a lovely visit in India!
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Yes PJ. So happy to hear from you. How have you been😀
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I have been good, Shivangi. How have you been?
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It was a nice break PJ:). I have been good meeting up with family and friends😀
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I think it is wonderful that you got to go! Fabulous trip!
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PJ I was wondering if the little garland seller pic could be used for FFFAW? Do you use already published pic?
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I normally wouldn’t use a photo that has already been published.
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Right PJ. That is what I thought:) If I get a nice click of something will share with you😀
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That sounds wonderful! Thank you!
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Amazing and quiet a tour of India in a single post!! Loved this a lot!!
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Thanks a lot Vivek😀
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So you had a nice trip to India and were busy touring here.
That is why your absence in my blog.
Do come read and share.
I am always looking forward for some of my ardent readers to come and show up.
Shivangi! have you gone back.
🙂
Shiva
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Hi Shiva… Have been busy since my return to bring life back to normalcy. I am also planning to be a little absent from virtual world as I have started a few new things. But I love to read your works so will read them whenever I am able to. Thank you for asking and writing. Happy writing to you😀
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I understand Shivangi!
All the best for your new things.
Let New things shower on You Happiness.
Shiva
🙂
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Thanks a lot Shiva… All the best to you too😀
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A wonderful post, and it’s good to know you had such a fabulous time. I can imagine how hard it is for you to leave your country behind. Your photos really show the colour and vibrancy I always associate with India.
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Thank you for visiting Millie. I had a great time and yes, it is very hard to leave India. So glad that you liked the post😀
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I’d love to see India one day, too. Your country always looks so beautiful in films and photographs. So much history to revel in, too. 🙂
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Beautiful
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Beautiful Gallery, Thanks for sharing this with WordPress.
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