People at the Park

There's a park close to office and its although it's tiny it is really wonderful to see all kinds of people from all walks of life enjoying the greenery and shade. One of the few public places that people can go to that is free and green. Its a great place to observe people and do human figure sketches too. 

Here's a drawing session in progress. The back of the park has a bunch of tables and stools. Its called "chess square" and there are people reading, studying, catching up. Its lovely.

This tree is near the front entrance. Lots of people with laptops! Discussions. Its quite a lively place. Apologies for the page-marker getting in the way of the scan! I have a new scanner :) and I'm getting used to it.

And of course... a park doesn't take care of itself now, does it?

Madras Margazhi sunday

This year I have eagerly looked forward to the december music season, promising myself a lot of concerts. And so far I haven't let myself down. Sunday was a particularly musical day starting early in the morning. We went to hear Vedanth and Bindu sing songs based on Kabir's poetry. It started at 7 am at Nageshwara Rao Park. It was a beautiful morning and the green outdoor venue was perfect for the songs being sung.

Initially the audience was huddled in front of the stage but slowly as morning walkers and joggers passed by they paused, listened and the crowd grew on all sides of the stage. Here is one such mama in a veshti with a fanny pack who strolled by and decided to pick up a plastic chair and sit himself down near me. He stayed till the end and listened with rapt attention.

The concert wrapped up by 9 and a lot of people including me made a beeline for the canteen at Music Academy after which I went on to attend two more concerts there - a vocal by T.N. Seshagopalan and in the evening Ravikiran on the Chitraveena. One more sunday well spent :)