Kerala 21-12-12: Series- 3

Series - 3 - Chinese Fishing Net

 these nets have a combination of a crab and crane carrying garbage.

 

The Chinese fishing nets of Fort Cochin, from Das Buch der Welt, Stuttgart, 1842-48 - courtesy wikipedia

Fishing looking up is what the experience is: we look as thou we are really pulling the rope very hard but the truth is it isnt so hard - when you start pulling and the stones which are tied to the rope and it comes down almost to your face is quite an amazing thing. we could catch tiger fish. photo credit: one of the fisherman - forgot to ask his name.

 

 

Legend has it that the Chinese Fishing Nets were introduced in Fort Kochi by the Chinese explorer, Zheng He. They were brought from the court of Chinese emperor, Kublai Khan and have been in operation here since that time only. Just take a stroll by the Vasco-da-gama Square near the Fort Cochin and you are bound to come across a number of Chinese fishing nets, suspended in mid-air, alongside the seacoast..... 

http://www.cochin.org.uk/tourist-attractions/chinese-fishing-nets.html

 

Back waters 

Backwaters

   

Bangalore to Ernakulam

 

 

Ernakulam to Fort Kochi

 

Kerala 21-12-12: Series- 2

Series - 2 - M M ORCHESTRA

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The thing is we get attracted to a place which 'Pleases' our eyes because we have been fed with these info'S (from childhood more in a art school)- and our brain like a magnet goes and gets pulled and tries to attach itself - broken walls - raw spaces - rough edge - unpolished surface -broken wooden staircase - rough exposed old textured walls - the old smell - "Attached history" which makes you go into the imagination of reconstructing the time. History which involves the spice - trade - and lost city it is like blackforest with cream and cherry or fresh mango with vanilla ice cream and cream or poochka in gariahat road with a mug of beer. 

focus spot lights - yellow lights - dark spaces with one concentrated light - the old B & W photos or the film like - Madhubala in Howrah bridge in a dim romantic bar with her hair shinning and half of her face in dark and one "lut" on her face which is in light coming down the stairs and singing: Aaiye Meharbaan - fan blowing and the shinning hair flying - Ashok kumar with a Cig (no pipe this time) and the handsome K.N.Singh in white suit.  

This is my personal feeling about Kochi-Muziris Biennale
 
Kochi streets things which my eyes caught and i clicked without any reason. 

 

Valsan

Vivan 

 

Sheela

 

Atul

Mehboob Memorial Orchestra in Kochi

opp Aspinwall above the veg restaurant - was it called Anand?

when you enter this club you will meet Yesudas, rafisaab, mukesh and the person who is the founder of the club Mehboob. then you notice all have Malayalam music notes and sp the singer has the whole song written in Malayalam and you wonder what going to happen to Mukesh  but as soon as they started singing and you close your eyes it was amazing a total Justice to M & M. Sanchayan took me in the afternoon of the opening of the KMB so we invited them for the mega event but they refused saying they have a program scheduled and if we get bored in the Opening ceremony we can always join them. 

They are total Bhakat of Mukesh and they only sing mukesh songs. 

 

  
The opp camp posters on the walls of the city and few collected them as souvenirs - after many years some collector might auction them. 

Permanent Fan clubs around the city.

Darbar hall renovated - controversial renovation - beautifully done but just had one krishnakumars sculpture. was a great chance to have retro of krishnakumar and give the city their artists due. 

loved her work

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