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Lots and lots of birdies in a tree

#early #morning #boat #rides be like...

What do you call this? When it's early in the morning and the moon is setting. Is it a moonset?

Climbing and falling and jumping. That's all they do all day.

When in Langur country, do as the langurs do. The boys got proper training in #bouldering. Cool stuff.

Why my child is like this?

A far away view of our #campsite in #Hampi

New year fireworks 🎇

The new Zuari bridge. From far, far away.

Our rooftop. 30th night. Some new friends, some old. An evening well done.

We got invited to a boat party on Christmas eve

Be like me and stop ironing your clothes. Nobody cares any more.

And of course the evening had to finish with this song.

Looks like it is only here that the government is imposing the no-music-beyond-10pm rule. But we must all begin somewhere 🤷🏽‍♂️

Shubhaji visits Goa as part of the Serendipity Arts Festival.

Free event. ऐसा सब सिर्फ़ दिल्ली में ही नहीं होता है 😀

That's what big hearted artists do - promote upcoming artists in their shows.

That's me kids. Sailing. A different kind of caravan.

आज गोवा में गोरे हिप्पियों का गाना सुनने का सौभाग्य प्राप्त हुआ

Hat tip @anuragminusverma

When friends show up to help you drown the Monday blues in dancing and drinking.

South Goa has cute little waterfalls sprinkled everywhere. Kesarval is conveniently off the national highway. Nice, nice.

Some tiny custard filled, sugar coated German delicacies were had. What the Americans might call donut holes - only slightly larger and much more delicious. Anybody know the name?

Sugar covered lips provided as evidence of too much happiness.

At some point the artists stopped playing their instruments and started making love to them. Reminded me of all the Spirit of Unity concerts I attended as a child.

As if it wasn't bad enough that the 5 kids under my charge and the 2 friends they made were doing this human chain thing... 3 rando adult tourist women also joined in. I wagged a stern finger at them and said "you'll know when you have kids". Unfazed. Unfazed they were.

You know how people do this obnoxious thing at music festivals. Where they form a human chain and cut through crowds. My kids indulged in this very juvenile behaviour yesterday.

(I noticed that with some practice I could get to @therealindiandad 's voice.)

Inordinately large amounts of fun was had with newly minted friends.

So glad that Dilshad called us over to the Goa Heritage Festival yesterday. The kids made friends with two kids from Sharada Mandir, who were raising funds for Mollem (for the environment).

I swear I'll get PTSD from listening to the trauma of ICSE kids all my life.

The kids were surprisingly chill and cool for someone who has studied at a Mandir all their life.

The beautiful people of Goa. Surprise partyyyyyy 🎉

So heartening when others are more excited about your big day than you yourself are

Birthday morning began with bicycle ride around the new neighbourhood

Waiting for sunrise

Conversations at the beach

Colours

About this morning

Men who grill

There's a halo around the moon tonight, if you look up at the sky. And the halo has a slight rainbow to it - reddish on the inside and blueish on the outside.

Did you wish the birthday boy today?

A lazy Sunday... by the sea

A tent was put up on the terrace at night. For some reason, all six kids huddled into it and slept overnight. In sleeping bags. At home. 🤷🏽‍♂️

But perseverance brought them results in the end

It wasn't as easy as they'd assumed it to be

The beach shack ran out of coconuts, so the kids decided to get some of their own.

All this natural beauty is part of the commons of Morjim. Anyone can enjoy this space right next to Silver Sands.

I believe the well maintained open common spaces are what give Goa much of its charm.

This is not a resort or private property.

Make fire. Roast potatoes. Repeat every Sunday.

Bonfires are a lot of work

Climbing. Jumping. Barefoot.

Drove the kids' friends around. Now they're making a bonfire.

This gentleman owns a tools stall in Mapusa Municipal Market. Doesn't have a lot of stock like the big shops, but he had one each of every conceivable tool. A man's man.

We have a visitor

Looks like we are still decades away from artificial lenses accurately capturing the beauty of the night sea. Another half assed attempt at depicting the moon reflecting off the sea.

The moon and the earth, paint pictures for us

S discovers pressure washing, and is rather overjoyed.

(I had to eventually request her to give the machine some rest.)

Edible art, that tastes good too.

'Morning

Things you meet when out for a walk

'Twas a good day to be out surfing

Went for a morning walk after many weeks. The sky was rather dramatic. And I met this interesting guy, Subodh Kerkar, who lives in Saligao and runs the Museum of Goa. He was seriously interviewing a ragpicker who was busy making a living out of cleaning up trash. He then proceeded to ask me probing questions about my work. Almost gave me the impostor syndrome - do I really do anything of value?

Do you do anything of value?

You'd think the Goa life is all sun and sand. But I'm at the beach after 1.5 months.

I should do this more often. If only it weren't raining incessantly.

This is how smart boys go to school.