Paid Servicing Day

My car is what one defines-' A friend in need is a friend indeed'. Six months flew past after its third free servicing  and so in order to prove myself equally a caring one, drove it to the servicing center. But the 4-5 hrs wait starts getting on your nerve if you have nothing to do....idled away at Big Bazzar....had a brunch at the food court and then was back at the center but the wait was not over yet....so, got settled on the sofa in the waiting lounge and tried to capture the waiting mood on the drawing sheets with my ball point pen-

A Siesta At Hyundai Servicing Center

It was the second free servicing of my car at Hyundai car servicing Center, Patliputra on  16th. I reached there rather late and thus had no option left except to wait in the customers' lounge as the day was cloudy with a few showers of rain. The drudgery of this long wait for 4-5 hours gave way to the lethargy and let one gentleman enjoy the afternoon nap while to me it gave an opportunity to sketch him in his off guard.   

A Wait At JPN Airport, Patna

I came back to Patna from Kanpur on 3rd Jan, enthused and brimming with new, innovative ideas.The next day, on 4th, I flew to Bangalore to meet my sons- Mani (who had come from Germany in the X-mas break) and Shammi. The departure was at 6.20 pm and I checked in at 5.00. This wait gave me a little time to polish my drawing skills.

A Winter Sunset

These days the third formative assessment is going on and the mundane task of invigilation duty, evaluation of answer sheets leave us overtaxed. Therefore, when in the last period, my eyes caught this breathtaking view of the setting sun in the backdrop of a winter evening while entering the classroom, I just could not resist from giving myself a treat of a sketch break.

However, it preys on my mind-"Why does the sunset appeal more to our mind and heart than the sunrise?" Is it, perhaps because they hold the hope of a new dawn, a new beginning, a fresh start. But then, only to culminate in yet another twilight, a night fall. A truth- how very ironical !  

A sketching break in the English period

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Yesterday, during the English period in class VII'A',we were discussing about hobbies. One shy and quiet student came up to me and showed his sketch book.He had done so many drawings of legendary and mythical characters with an adept hand. I was impressed to see the budding artist and instinctively took his sketch book and did a life sketch of him. All the while he kept on looking at my hand busy in sketching him