Tea Stall by चायबाज़ देवजित आचार्य

Tea Stall., originally uploaded by cheerfull_soul.

I loved the green walls ... that prompted me to take the picture.


Time for another ChaiBaaz to be introduced on Chai Ki dukaan...
Name Devjit Acharya, nick name Cheerful Soul

and the photo is from the streets of Banaras.

What I like about him is his fantastic eye to capture moments from the streets and the powerful compositions he presents. Dev is also one of the people who is excellent with photography fundamentals from the group of people I know, needless to say he is one of my favorite photographers and a constant source of inspiration!!!

Check out his flickr page (here) and enjoy !!!

Thanks Dev for letting me post this photograph on Chai Ki Dukaan !

2008, the year that was !!!

This is a long post... I would recommend reading along with the pictures but then if you just want to have a look at some pictures, scroll on !!!




While I was getting ready for the new year...


I thought, why not write about what all I have been upto in 2008...

I was at the Chai ki Dukaan


I was in Air



I was in Water


I drove

I traveled in Trains


I travelled in Buses


I relaxed



I walked


I was with friends



I was with Family



I was alone


I saw rains



I saw clouds



I saw Snow


I saw Sunsets and Sun-rises



I saw buildings that man made




I saw caves that man decorated



I saw some Art



and made some myself


I started cooking


I spread some smiles



met some great new people



and let go of some !!

Took more photos of nature

and even more of people

I realized how much I love B/W, both in Life and Photography...

I even had an exhibition in New Delhi :)


I got closer to my country
And I stayed far far away from it too...



All in all, this has been such a remarkable year for me that I could not have imagined !!! Lets hope that I come out a winner in 2009 as well...

Amen !

And now !

I should get back to work :) I have spent more than 90 minutes on this post already :P



But you keep visiting Chai Ki Dukaan !!! It feels great to have company here !!!