So beautifully expressed along with images. I totally agree there is a part of us that craves to be a child again. Those uninhibited joys, we were unaware of the cruelty and crime conniving world as a child. That joy maybe in scarcity is like a dopamine rush to an adult.
I can’t decide what I liked more, images or the write-up.
As children we would build Maratha forts during Diwali. This was a group exercise at a neighbourhood level and had small replicas of Shivaji Maharaj and his soldiers. Perhaps a hyperlocal activity in Pune. I don't see it happening in Mumbai.
Like you rightly said, there is child in each one of us and we need to live our lives with that exuberance and innocence. We need to bring out the child in us that we once possessed and have lost somewhere in our busy day to day lives.
So beautifully expressed along with images. I totally agree there is a part of us that craves to be a child again. Those uninhibited joys, we were unaware of the cruelty and crime conniving world as a child. That joy maybe in scarcity is like a dopamine rush to an adult.
I can’t decide what I liked more, images or the write-up.
Peace and love
Anubha 🩶🦋
Thank you! Go live your childhood this weekend. :)
Love this post and the photographs Gopal!
Thank you! 🙏🏽
Such gorgeous read!
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Beautiful! There is so much we can learn from children!
Yes!
On another note, 'There were no writers' is a brilliant observation!
Yes. However I could be wrong because I didn't watch the whole tamasha. :)
As children we would build Maratha forts during Diwali. This was a group exercise at a neighbourhood level and had small replicas of Shivaji Maharaj and his soldiers. Perhaps a hyperlocal activity in Pune. I don't see it happening in Mumbai.
Yes. I haven't come across this in Mumbai yet!
I just came across your newsletter form my feed its such a beautiful read ...wow ❤️
Btw here to a maharashtrian you can read my work from the link - https://bhumi321.substack.com/p/triviatales-and-captures-26
Thank you.
Subscribed. Look forward to more! :)
This was... mesmerizing!
That's mumbai's kids :)
So very well written Gopal. 👏
Like you rightly said, there is child in each one of us and we need to live our lives with that exuberance and innocence. We need to bring out the child in us that we once possessed and have lost somewhere in our busy day to day lives.
Thank you! We have to unlearn a lot of things and habits we cultivated to succeed in an adult world
Love the words and the photographs. Please suggest books/articles/ blogs on color theory!