A Good Loud Scream

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Don't you need it sometimes for that release!

Alone



 

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In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.

Illustrated Recipe (tandoori Chicken)

Check it out on the TDAC website here

Draw and Cook.Cook and Draw.Yes its addictive.

A good thing Vinit is sucha sucker for new and tasty dishes, he made me try out this one at home. It became one of  his absolute  favourite 'The Great Indian Tandoori Chicken'. It is soooo easy to make yet looks so exotic and delicious.

Wohhooo!! My very first submission to TDAC. :D :D





My Illustrated Tandoori Chicken Recipe
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Bon Apetit!

xx

rv



Twirl (Illustration Friday)





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I am not a Kathak Dancer, but when I wear one my Anarkali dress, I do feel like one.

I twirl, twist and turn around letting the heavy gathers of the dress dance along with me :D

xx

rv

Tea-Tea-Tea

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This post is dedicated to the good old days in Mumbai. The iconic tea glass and the aluminium tea kettle is sooo MUMBAI.

There are numerous such imagery which makes me nostalgic about the 'City of dreams' (and I do intend to post them in the near future)

The 'always-on-the-go' city dwellers here swear by it. Even the Biggest Star of  Bollywood- Shahrukh Khan is addicted to it. Yes, we are talking about the Cutting Chai.

The experience of sipping the special Mumbai cutting chai from a local tea vendor is unbeatable, especially during the monsoons.


xx
rv

Prepare (Illustration Friday)





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On Friday, Vinit spotted this little boy with his father on a two-wheeler carrying home a pile of kites. It reminded him of his own childhood days of kite shopping with his father preparing for Uttrayan.

Have a look at my last year's Uttrayan Post here

The Kite Flying Festival aka Uttrayan is such a craze here in Baroda. People buy Kites in such large quantities and keep flying them for 2 whole days, dawn till dusk.

And the eve of Uttrayan is even more crazier. The prices of the kites drop to almost half. And everybody is rushing to the city to add on more to their already piled up stock of kites.

Much Love

rv

Blue Eyed Indian Damsel

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My hands were craving to do a digital portrait. So I went about creating this!

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After I completed this illustration and added that filigree nose ring it somehow made me think of a demure Indian princess. Therefore I quickly added a backdrop of the pink City Palace of Jaipur, India (which I clicked in 2010).
xx
rv




 



Highlight (Illustration Friday)



Let's Highlight GLobal Love
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As a newbie to Illustration Friday (this is my second submission) I am quite excited.

Infact I am more excited about the whole idea mainly coz I get to participate with so many brilliant illustrators here. Its soo good to see each one's unique idea and story behind the topics given each week.

This week's topic being Highlight has resulted in such a wide array of interpretations.

Mine is quite simple.  In a time marked with unfortuanate calamilities, the world economic melt-down, corruption, crimes and other such events, I am HIGHLIGHTING the need of the hour, i.e. GLobaL PeaCe & Love.. (hope I am not sounding like a beauty pageant contestant  :O )



Highlight
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Much love

rv