Idle musings

Recently, my wife and I visited Kolkata to take a break. We went to Shantiniketan and the Sunderban mangrove forest as well. I have been mulling over writing one of my long blog posts or using a few pictures and long captions to describe the trip. Today (05-Dec-2023), I decided that the second option is better. So here are some photographs without people and disproportionately long text to go with them as captions!  Notes: I have avoided mentioning names. The photographs are NOT in chronological order.   This sunset in the Sunderbans was a highlight of the trip. The sun and the clouds toyed with us on the horizon. Sometimes, slivers of the sun appeared, a milder shade of orange, sometimes the clouds covered it, obscuring its brilliance partially. The effect of the light on the water was superb. My photographic skills and my smartphone do not do justice to the actual light and hues of gold, pink and orange that we saw in the other pictures that I took. There is something spiritual abou