Sky Tones

I do not know how the sky looks like at other, more beautiful places in the world. Perhaps people reading this, in some other part of the world, may write to inform inform me about it. However, in Goa, the sky offers wondrous shades, which no human painter could ever achieve to obtain on his canvas.

This picture was taken on a warm evening last month, from the Regina Terrace where Alexyz lives in Siolim. It was clicked from his upper floor balcony just a few moments before the sunset. The fishermen say that when the sky turns crimson at sunset, their catch is bound to be bounteous.

Come October and the sky scene changes, becomes bright by shedding its monsoon grey. The azure returns to the sky after a long hibernation. Fluffy white clouds fly gracefully across it. It signifies fair weather for all. The second picture too has a tall coconut tree, beyond the roof of my house in Assagao.

The sunset is quite a heavenly sight by all counts. The third picture shows how it looks like from the bridge of the river Mandovi, which the sun behind the Verem plateau.

Talking about pictures, I happened to come across a new photography studio, which I was told, was inaugurated in Mapusa, near the Goa Bank, last month.  There is no dearth of such studios in Goa's cities. However, what is special about this new appearance in the Friday Bazaar city, is that the studio is a part of the great Souza & Paul tradition. The veterans are in photography business, in Panjim city, since 1884.

The visits are also a little more exciting because with every film roll of Kodak "Gold", brought for developing and printing, one could get a gold coin free from a weekly draw.

Joel D'Souza