works of usha ramachandran

Friday, January 19, 2007

Daljit Nagra sounds like 'an interesting read' :-)

"His subject matter is very English but the humour, Nagra thinks, is probably Punjabi. He found his family's community "vibrantly comical". "They expressed themselves through comedy rather than seriousness. There isn't an attempt to be overly formal. You go to a party and everyone is trying to tell funny jokes or relate silly stories." "avoided the open fist of racism when he was growing up by acting as white as he could. Most of his best friends now are white British, who tend to bring out that side in him. So he has found it liberating to explore his "Indianness" through his poetry" http://books.guardian.co.uk/poetry/features/0,,1993158,00.html

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Some Sketches done this X'Mas vacation

Sunday, January 14, 2007

Sundari and Kannan

A photo from the many taken by Rajani at Kumily. A new baby elephant, just a a couple of days old named Kannan 'trying to lengthen his little thumbi kai (trunk)' according to Rajani ,:-), disregarding the wise advice from his anxious mom. By the way the gestation period of elephants is 22 months in case of male baby calf,and 21 months if the calf is female.A long period indeed. The elephants are the only animals to take care of their kids till they are more than 15-20 years.:-).

Run

Here is a painting in oil on canvas .A couple caught unawares by showers when out enjoying a bright view of the rolling hills around a place near Kozhikode. :-).