Onam and its myriad moods at home

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVSGfn2OudpWVTiTwZ6_GpPhYil4AgGvOgIgFBgb2jwc3GQAufDU0-QA8wyWdIIB6mAJ_MBxYhZek1I65RpWowuEgru7TT8aPydQXupnHoe0wgtw20TBpsr69s51zpglKIhdEqunJh1ZI/s1600/IMG_3147+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> The mood as Onam approaches is one of optimism and hope and beauty through the lenses of my camera.</span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVSGfn2OudpWVTiTwZ6_GpPhYil4AgGvOgIgFBgb2jwc3GQAufDU0-QA8wyWdIIB6mAJ_MBxYhZek1I65RpWowuEgru7TT8aPydQXupnHoe0wgtw20TBpsr69s51zpglKIhdEqunJh1ZI/s1600/IMG_3147+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVSGfn2OudpWVTiTwZ6_GpPhYil4AgGvOgIgFBgb2jwc3GQAufDU0-QA8wyWdIIB6mAJ_MBxYhZek1I65RpWowuEgru7TT8aPydQXupnHoe0wgtw20TBpsr69s51zpglKIhdEqunJh1ZI/s640/IMG_3147+copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Prosperity</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpK7QvmdM8zDshti3wt596aURz9-g4d6HaicOTJ1OvleRHR5AC9OQlb6LOKkHUKE_rokdv2Aoxlrl5ofXtu6ukSfC3L1D-MTkOsO6dLiTQ_zoy4HZTG4E8HgICEtlvDK4FguNhmtXnw1A/s1600/IMG_3218+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpK7QvmdM8zDshti3wt596aURz9-g4d6HaicOTJ1OvleRHR5AC9OQlb6LOKkHUKE_rokdv2Aoxlrl5ofXtu6ukSfC3L1D-MTkOsO6dLiTQ_zoy4HZTG4E8HgICEtlvDK4FguNhmtXnw1A/s640/IMG_3218+copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Purity</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ_LSWs1Sy_xLu0CjPnPzq8UP150Y5zqeThXHXF3A2hB56u9QI8FyS2RZa3-W6hyR5k5x63RZN1LT2zzuZJ-cM9YaUqg3oyAVd7jrI75abEo_sx45xdL2BB6_G626x4zQYGcWfhpJaW1M/s1600/IMG_3224+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ_LSWs1Sy_xLu0CjPnPzq8UP150Y5zqeThXHXF3A2hB56u9QI8FyS2RZa3-W6hyR5k5x63RZN1LT2zzuZJ-cM9YaUqg3oyAVd7jrI75abEo_sx45xdL2BB6_G626x4zQYGcWfhpJaW1M/s1600/IMG_3224+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"></span></a><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ_LSWs1Sy_xLu0CjPnPzq8UP150Y5zqeThXHXF3A2hB56u9QI8FyS2RZa3-W6hyR5k5x63RZN1LT2zzuZJ-cM9YaUqg3oyAVd7jrI75abEo_sx45xdL2BB6_G626x4zQYGcWfhpJaW1M/s1600/IMG_3224+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ_LSWs1Sy_xLu0CjPnPzq8UP150Y5zqeThXHXF3A2hB56u9QI8FyS2RZa3-W6hyR5k5x63RZN1LT2zzuZJ-cM9YaUqg3oyAVd7jrI75abEo_sx45xdL2BB6_G626x4zQYGcWfhpJaW1M/s640/IMG_3224+copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Wealth</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdQYALoN8-HOi1iKAAmXMlz3py5obiBuJnk54GozK5tohBtQ5zu22nFzghAeqvAIzB0tzZ24a929DocrwuGsjXpE1stTOScf2Gl_f3hh4D_qEbueGlnjFfK2HzHBk_IAN5h-fCxIgC1AU/s1600/IMG_3241+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdQYALoN8-HOi1iKAAmXMlz3py5obiBuJnk54GozK5tohBtQ5zu22nFzghAeqvAIzB0tzZ24a929DocrwuGsjXpE1stTOScf2Gl_f3hh4D_qEbueGlnjFfK2HzHBk_IAN5h-fCxIgC1AU/s640/IMG_3241+copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Optimism and truth</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijeTqKOMgsuzW1H8MF8XpG78kjXmAg8H15RpvGe4IaEyOj8N-ojoaJCEjyA8oTZVQtganVbqxzTldGcMOQ4f6fzyWVVO2Tg5McbsF-TCGu3r8fXpt-2wSUSKMXgYKN_UO9s4Juszm9plE/s1600/IMG_3236+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijeTqKOMgsuzW1H8MF8XpG78kjXmAg8H15RpvGe4IaEyOj8N-ojoaJCEjyA8oTZVQtganVbqxzTldGcMOQ4f6fzyWVVO2Tg5McbsF-TCGu3r8fXpt-2wSUSKMXgYKN_UO9s4Juszm9plE/s640/IMG_3236+copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Formless divinity</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4hCWmX23bI4BeZnD5uEnZyLGGs0pKk9L0QxKNLzf2HDkiNuv4vNHMaMZyUgsryHjjDdD5jDL3_oJndtRSB9PzDXIqSr2nv1fk-wt5nIUq6Ndf8Rv7k-ec_CJFNA2E2338LjOySCVFjbg/s1600/IMG_3268+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4hCWmX23bI4BeZnD5uEnZyLGGs0pKk9L0QxKNLzf2HDkiNuv4vNHMaMZyUgsryHjjDdD5jDL3_oJndtRSB9PzDXIqSr2nv1fk-wt5nIUq6Ndf8Rv7k-ec_CJFNA2E2338LjOySCVFjbg/s640/IMG_3268+copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Reuse and Recycle</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmgxCEJTgO3nrEPVhQwmbyDS9Fyk3QHqf_nASlTB97jJt1Y0-C8QppXsl0ll97hWRtpP-VUoUHhpdj0pkGSGoPm-J91A21SvQzth0oD3X3YZjP1wcNR_93dRncb0PdGmClkwJYdgj0BIA/s1600/IMG_3378+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmgxCEJTgO3nrEPVhQwmbyDS9Fyk3QHqf_nASlTB97jJt1Y0-C8QppXsl0ll97hWRtpP-VUoUHhpdj0pkGSGoPm-J91A21SvQzth0oD3X3YZjP1wcNR_93dRncb0PdGmClkwJYdgj0BIA/s640/IMG_3378+copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Unconscious Beauty</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm09bhz0-wyo48-TIBosG_XFdjcVNd69yVbPzDAQZ9r2mbRlSzgwDONSGaabZgXW-eBYSyG1ijZrpyuPiWHj05HtMc7LsI1II6ILlYHk6VqmR927zlqj3nnC5EE_7BLadXdYCUFnZHC8M/s1600/IMG_4956+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm09bhz0-wyo48-TIBosG_XFdjcVNd69yVbPzDAQZ9r2mbRlSzgwDONSGaabZgXW-eBYSyG1ijZrpyuPiWHj05HtMc7LsI1II6ILlYHk6VqmR927zlqj3nnC5EE_7BLadXdYCUFnZHC8M/s640/IMG_4956+copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Colourful</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqpgL11QKocm1MMfNxfKeyZENJTcoOo-5Fit6mYDSGekkBDXzKDvS88QjotGTgyXJcoV-WbKdzy-qfdMiv58D1eyy8QbojDdjxJOOU-VwOPonPyyGzrqZydJw3JnYXHByAjH0aVZ4fF64/s1600/IMG_5022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqpgL11QKocm1MMfNxfKeyZENJTcoOo-5Fit6mYDSGekkBDXzKDvS88QjotGTgyXJcoV-WbKdzy-qfdMiv58D1eyy8QbojDdjxJOOU-VwOPonPyyGzrqZydJw3JnYXHByAjH0aVZ4fF64/s640/IMG_5022.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Floral Pattern</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7VwZTNuAjtIWfJf_i764nE5HIJyX71xQx3um_jMXqSewCPYfH1NWcGl2NTMEL1I62RcRyYaMLUaxJ0KomJFGWzxp-o9y8HMD9rHO8zTx6bK_eWt9fT7DD9HW0MIivq3QUY27C7XFk7mE/s1600/IMG_4944+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7VwZTNuAjtIWfJf_i764nE5HIJyX71xQx3um_jMXqSewCPYfH1NWcGl2NTMEL1I62RcRyYaMLUaxJ0KomJFGWzxp-o9y8HMD9rHO8zTx6bK_eWt9fT7DD9HW0MIivq3QUY27C7XFk7mE/s640/IMG_4944+copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Pots and Patterns</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN4VXurhC5lKPXXbwO5DSC71a_j_GVswIFCWG4W2ht_Mo6MaaRuvUnU4TcjSVtrLX69iMXVLyS63iQnsytzXkubTaP0p2D0AwPn4Pw8FLmK-o3i4zcnfb81hSN91Cdzb3DUMUtxIoIHhc/s1600/IMG_5140+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN4VXurhC5lKPXXbwO5DSC71a_j_GVswIFCWG4W2ht_Mo6MaaRuvUnU4TcjSVtrLX69iMXVLyS63iQnsytzXkubTaP0p2D0AwPn4Pw8FLmK-o3i4zcnfb81hSN91Cdzb3DUMUtxIoIHhc/s640/IMG_5140+copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Old Saris to Curtains</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtt5MNOtkkmRbc28PLBmt1_Hw-miu4rlSDZt21OWC3ZfVqm5q9cSEZoy7x3CCzbYlGpIn1Z3rrtFVXC3IqgEHLZSzTHSxDzPvHNVcAJGObYZUcrBFWUy2Joj9EkGQJyR0xD5mBUMDBdyM/s1600/IMG_5170+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtt5MNOtkkmRbc28PLBmt1_Hw-miu4rlSDZt21OWC3ZfVqm5q9cSEZoy7x3CCzbYlGpIn1Z3rrtFVXC3IqgEHLZSzTHSxDzPvHNVcAJGObYZUcrBFWUy2Joj9EkGQJyR0xD5mBUMDBdyM/s640/IMG_5170+copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Love for the old</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA_WvFp12ThzBOZU7hJ9j0ouHCmr7lMHxKBW8AuMYUkVSiS1fR8FQcHr-Lwo-RfzU5K1VwC02KG2uFxQMWzpT0mnjDiQNFa6QCyNJU_KfEPQ6L5F5UWYV4rYDXNwM1Z22Yos1IzVQ4pNw/s1600/IMG_5173+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA_WvFp12ThzBOZU7hJ9j0ouHCmr7lMHxKBW8AuMYUkVSiS1fR8FQcHr-Lwo-RfzU5K1VwC02KG2uFxQMWzpT0mnjDiQNFa6QCyNJU_KfEPQ6L5F5UWYV4rYDXNwM1Z22Yos1IzVQ4pNw/s640/IMG_5173+copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Some lovely Onam thoughts</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Images and Ideas by Lakshmi Arvind.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Please do not use without permission.</span><br /><br /></div></div></div>

Onam and its myriad moods at home

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