#PictureStory 41 : Colour

Balbir ran his eyes across the room to quickly form an opinion on who could be the trouble makers and hence need to be watched out.

Having been a Chief of Security at one of the leading Music Festivals of the country for more than a decade, Balbir knew that people of various mannerisms come to enjoy the fest and some of them have to be cautioned when they start showing any signs of trouble.

It wasn't the youngsters that bothered him as much as the middle aged men. These 40 somethings had earned their stripes in the corporate world and always had an air of authority and attitude in them. A few drinks down, they would change colours faster than a chameleon and behave like hooligans just to feel a part of the crowd and feel younger again. If one would try to stop them, they would get offended and would try and show their might of money.

Today morning, Balbir had cautioned his entire security staff to be extra alert but yet diplomatic to as much extent as possible. After all, today was when 500 delegates of a company were coming to be a part of the festival. Balbir knew it very well that a combination of power and the strength of numbers wouldn't take much for some of them to show their true colours, hidden behind that mask of professionalism.

Pic details: Clicked in Goa, India in Sept'16

#PictureStory 40 : Windows

Sitting in her room and watching the world go by, as she sipped her coffee was a favourite pastime of Svetlana every day.

People rushing to work, hawkers carrying their wares, couples enjoying a few kisses without bothering about the world, a child skipping while holding his mother's hands - all of this gave Svetlana a moment and opportunity to enjoy the world and its happiness from her eyes.

But she knew that all this was temporary. Because she knew that by evening, it would be her standing in the windows and this time people would be staring at her. That was the reality of the windows of Amsterdam - while you were the audience in the morning, you became the source of entertainment to the audience outside by evening.

Pic details: Clicked in Dublin, Ireland in Aug 2016.

#PictureStory 39 : Lost

George went to the police station to file a lost complaint.

The cop looked at him and laughed when George told him what he wants to file the report for.

George looked confused and persisted for the report to be filed.

The policeman asked him to be thrown out of the police station and told the other police officers "He seems crazy. He says that he has lost love from his life and he wants our help to find it. Who files a report for love lost."

It had been four years since George had been searching for love. All his friends were falling in love and finding a partner except him. All of this had made him lose his mind a bit. Today, in an act of desperation, he entered the police station but realized his folly after he was thrown out.

Pic details: Clicked at a parade in Glasgow, Scotland in Aug'16

#PictureStory 38 : Castles in the Air

It all began with a message on LinkedIn. Sanaya had reached out to Kevin for a job opening in her organisation, where she was responsible for recruitments. He showed interest. So she started texting him on Whatsaap asking for his CV. After a few days, he mailed her the CV.

But the twist in the tale happened when Sanaya turned around and asked him on Whatsapp if he had any opening for her in his organisation! He found this very funny but this was a good ice breaker. Soon they started texting to each other and talking about various things other than just professional discussions.

Kevin found her very pretty and so he took a chance and started flirting a bit during these chats. She would just smile and deflect it with some other topic. Even though, he hadn't met her, he started forming castles in the air.

It reached a stage where they were chatting all through the day and he was now keen to meet her soon. Then in one of the chats, she gave him a hint. He latched on to it and probed further. Soon she told him that she has a boyfriend. He was crestfallen. But on further thinking he found the entire situation funny and ironic as without meeting her, he had been thinking what he shouldn't be!

She had put him in the 'friend' zone. He hated that feeling. This had happened to Kevin before too. He made up his mind. While she could think of him as a friend, he wasn't giving up. Not so soon and not so easily.

Pic details: Clicked somewhere in the skies in June 2016

#PictureStory 39 : Chase

He had done it again. Been with a woman for months, flirting with her, sharing sweet messages with her and kindling romance with her.

But the minute the conversation veered towards commitment and towards marriage, he would go into a shell. He would start finding reasons for not going ahead with it. He had done this many times now with different women at different points of time.

He knew that time was running out, but yet he could not find the reason for his problem. If only he had met a psychiatrist who would have told him that he still has some genes from the prehistoric cavemen who loved the chase much more than the conquest. Yes, that was his problem of turning away all the amazing women that he had met.

                  

Pic details: Clicked on the streets of Kolkata, India in June 2016.

#PictureStory 36 : Expression

When the #eyes speak their language, then #words are not needed as the expressions of the eyes are always stronger and truer than that of the tongue!

Pic details: Clicked in a mall in Delhi, India in July'16