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Shobha @svr72.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

#BlueSkyArtShow Velvety Moss #growth creeping up the tall sal trees towards warmth of the sun. Somewhere in the #Westernghats , #chikmagalur , #India .

#BlueSkyArtShow Green Velvety Moss #growth creeping up the tall sal trees towards warmth of the sun. Somewhere in the #Westernghats , #chikmagalur , #India

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Shobha @svr72.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

#BlueSkyArtShow The 12th Cen Hoysaleswara Temple, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in #Halebeedu, #Karnataka, #India is renowned for intricate soapstone architecture. The temple's outer walls have #Horizontal friezes of traditional Indian motifs- hansa (swan),musicians, processions,floral border.

Renowned for its intricate soapstone architecture, the 12th-century Hoysaleswara Temple is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Halebeedu, Karnataka, India. This style of temple architecture has running friezes of traditional Indian motifs running across the temple's outer walls.. Collage shows detail of the Hansa (swan), musicians, processions with a floral border.

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Shobha @svr72.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

#BlueSkyArtShow Theme: #Two oryx basking in the hot desert sands against the cold winter breeze in #Namibia.

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Shobha @svr72.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

#BlueSkyArtShow Monsoon #Clouds constitute a complete genre in India's arts - poetry, paintings, murals, mythology & folklore. Cloud #collage from #Ranthambore hills when our #Tiger safari was washed out by the early onset of monsoon. The hills greened in just one day & tigers lay hidden in the wet.

Cloud #collage from #Ranthambore hills when our #Tiger safari got completely washed out by the early onset of monsoon.

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Shobha @svr72.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Oh yes,....terabytes here 🤨😜😉😀

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Shobha @svr72.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Alas, the camera loved the #Vibrant #green undergrowth somewhere in the Western Ghats forests, #Karnataka #India #BlueSkyArtShow The fuzzy #cobra is only a suggestion in the shot.

Fuzzy cobra hidden by #Vibrant #green undergrowth somewhere in the Western Ghats forests, #karnataka # India

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Painter Emma Haworth's painting depicting a day in winter #WomensArt

Painting in three vertical images depicting morning, noon and night in a snowy tree filled park

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Shobha @svr72.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

#BlueSkyArtShow Great White #Pelicans enjoying the #Warmth of the afternoon sun in #Swakopmund salt bay #Namibia. 2022 Archives

#BlueSkyArtShow
#pelicans enjoying the #Warmth of the afternoon sun in #swakopmund salt bay
#Namibia

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Shobha @svr72.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

#Small bells up up above in the sky.On quiet breezy evenings, the bells can be heard faintly down below. 30 ft high Golden hindu temple flagstaff in Adi #Kamakshi Temple #kanchipuram, #India Indian temples sometimes astound you with the tiny details tucked away, not easily visible #BlueskyArtShow

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Shobha @svr72.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

#BlueSkyArtShow #Bright sunlight glimpsed from in between dense bushes

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Shobha @svr72.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

#BlueSkyArtShow The few weeks of #Autumn in #South #India is a pleasant time with light #rains, #temple visits and lots of #festivals. The #Chola #bigtemple Brihadeeshwara #Thanjavur, #TamilNadu. Mid-day capture in #October.

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The few weeks of #Autumn in #South #India is pleasant with light #rains, #temple visits and #festivals.
The #Chola #bigtemple Brihadeeshwara #Thanjavur on a breezy #October day.

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Shobha @svr72.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

#BlueSkyArtShow How much burning, burning will you feel, Be friendly with the fire, enough for me. Light up the fire of love #inside, And blaze the thoughts away. Xcrpt frm 'Light Up The Fire' by Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi - 13 cntry Persian poet, jurist et al. Amongst the greatest poets of all time.

An excerpt from the poem - Light Up The Fire by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi, the 13th-century Persian poet, jurist, theologian, and Sufi master. He wrote in Persian, Turkish, Arabic, and Greek and is widely regarded as one of the greatest poets of all time

I gaze into the heart, lowly it may be,
Thought the words be higher still.
For the heart is all the substance,
The speech an accident.
How many phrases will you speak,
Too many for me.
How much burning, burning will you feel,
Be friendly with the fire, enough for me.
Light up the fire of love inside,
And blaze the thoughts away.

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Shobha @svr72.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

A #Vertical symphony in #granite. Big Temple aka the Brihadeeshwara temple's main tower -#gopuram The 10th-century Hindu temple in #Thanjavur, #TamilNadu, #India was built by the #Chola emperor Rajaraja I. It is a #UNESCO World Heritage Site. #BlueSkyArtShow

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Shobha @svr72.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

#BlueSkyArtShow #Glow ing sun in vivid colors - casts a pink glow over the dry grass and the clouds. #Zimbabwe game drive #sunset

Sunset over #Zimbabwe scrub plains . Glowing sun looks pink and casta a pink glow over the dry grass

Reeds and grass in the stream against the sunset glow

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Shobha @svr72.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Here's a #nonfiction piece of mine which was published this morning on @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social . All about the humble #seasame seed and its impact on #Indian #culture and #food. thehooghlyreview.com/few-grains-o...

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Few Grains of Sesame – THE HOOGHLY REVIEW

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Shobha @svr72.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Chikmaglur hills, Western Ghats , #India view of the Nilgiris across the valley #Evening #teatime #relax #BlueSkyArtShow

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Shobha @svr72.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

#BlueSkyArtShow Dead camel thorn trees in #Angles in #Namibia. Pictures from #Deadvlei -Salt and white clay pan in #Sossusvlei

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Shobha @svr72.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

It's #BlueSkyArtShow 19 Cent. Wooden #Temple #Chariot used in ceremonial #Hindu religious processions- #Gunaseelam,#TamilNadu #India Detail of #Vibrant #thombai cotton hangings -handmade ritualistic temple décor with traditional motifs like elephants, parrots, swans. #Photography

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Craig McGowan @craigmcg.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

An arch in an arch. Nature doing what nature does... #photography #nature #landscapephotography

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Shobha @svr72.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

#Underneath massive #nests made by #sociable #weaver birds. #Namibia, outside #Windhoek atop an #acacia tree. An engineering marvel, colonies this size often get destroyed as it'll get too heavy in the rains. Lucky to see it against a lovely clear #bluesky #photography #BlueSkyArtShow #wildlife

#Underneath the massive #nest made by the #sociable #weaver bird in #Namibia, outside #Windhoek
We got lucky to see it on a day with lovely clear blue skies.

Close up from underneath of a Sociable weaver bird nest made of hay on a acacia tree. An engineering marvel, colonies this size often get destroyed as it'll get too heavy in the rains

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Shobha @svr72.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

#BlueSkyArtShow The #silhouette of a #crow perched on the wall against the evening skies lit up setting sun, a stationary construction crane in the distance, still after the day's work. - a stark #LightAndShadow contrast #Mumbai #India #photography #urban

The silhouette of a #crow perched on the wall against the evening skies lit up setting sun, a stationary construction crane in the distance, still after the day's work. - a stark #LightAndShadow contrast
#Mumbai #India #photography #urban

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Shobha @svr72.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

#Texture #BlueSkyArtShow Jina #Kanchi - #Thiruparuthikundram, #TN, #India has a continuous recorded #Jain history since land granted by the #Pallava King Simhavarman in 550 CE. 12 Century Trailokyanatha #temple walls with fabulous #Murals in #Vegetabledye depicting the lives of the #Tirthankaras.

Thiruparuthikundram, Kanchipuram , Tamil Nadu India Jain temple complex is famous for Vegetable Dye paintings on the ceilings and walls. The paintings mainly depict three Tirthankaras – Adinath (Rishabhnath, the first Tirthankara), Neminath (22nd Tirthankara) and Vardhman (Mahavira the 24th) and Yakshi Ambika (Dharma Devi, the Yakshi of Neminath).

There are a lot of panels related to the first Tirthankara, Adinath/Rishabhnath. In Jain tradition, the Tirthankaras are the seers who have attained the ultimate knowledge and have gone beyond the cycle of life and death.

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Shobha @svr72.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

#Lines #BlueSkyArtShow #Photography Radiating #spines of this lovely #cactus is beautifully juxtaposed against the pale yellow flowers and the red fruits. Can anyone share its name? I picked it up some years ago.

Radiating #spines of this lovely #cactus is beautifully juxtaposed against the pale yellow flowers and red fruits

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Shobha @svr72.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

#BlueSkyArtShow #Photography #Nature In #India, rains transform a jungle of brown dusty scrub to million shades of #Green in just 2 days. Tigers vanish into the undergrowth. Only spotted deer, the #Chital are visible. Monsoon skies loom blue, promising torrents. #Ranthambore , #Rajasthan.

3 Photo collage showing 1. Spotted deer in brown scrub with green hills beyond, 2. Close up of a young spotted deer, Chital buck 2. Vivid green of the fresh leaves in Jungle All taken in Ranthambore, Rajasthan, India

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Shobha @svr72.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Magnificent bull #African #Elephants in the #Etosha Plains #Namibia one hot afternoon. Covered in fine mud to prevent flies from pestering them. Looking at the size, no surprise at ancient hindu belief that the #Earth is carried by four such wonderful beings. #photography #nature #BlueSkyArtShow

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Shobha @svr72.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

ugh... can somebody do a poll on it? A blue tick.....shuddering here

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Shobha @svr72.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

It's rarely quiet in #Parel, #Mumbai. Sometimes when the constant buzz hushes, you can hear the church bells. Here's a story I wrote inspired by the chimes, published by #Kitaab. It's the Editor's pick of the week, so free for a week to read & enjoy. kitaab.org/2025/04/13/s... #Bomsky #shortstory

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Short Story: A Morning in Parel by Shobha Ramani - KITAAB

Shobha Ramani narrates a day in the life of a Mumbaikar and reflects upon the...

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Shobha @svr72.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

#Pushkar lake at night, #Rajasthan, India. The #Temples surrounding the holy lake are lit up and reflect in the #peaceful #still #waters. #photography #BlueSkyArtShow.

Pushkar lake at night, Rajasthan , India . Temple lights reflects in the water all across the small holy

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Shobha @svr72.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Serene #ducks floating in the #Peaceful #Pushkar Lake, #Ajmer, #Rajasthan #India The sun was sharp early morning and the distant Devi Savitri Temple is visible. #BlueSkyArtShow Archives 2023

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Shobha @svr72.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

And it's here. I recently started sending my scribbles to publishers. Here's a short story "Win- Win, about women and their choices published in "Setu". Adapted from my mother's memories, about life in 1960's in Tiruchirapalli , in #TamilNadu #India. www.setumag.com/2025/03/fict...

A view of Tiruchirapalli Tamil Nadu India street leading to the Rock fort temple entrance at night showing busy market scenes of flower sellers and other shops

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Shobha @svr72.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

#Silhouette #BlueSkyArtShow #Photography #India #Boatman against the midday sun at #Prayag, the confluence of the #Ganga, #Yamuna, and mythical #Saraswati rivers. Family pilgrimage in 2022. Loved the contrast-colorful cotton awning, river waters, white boat, oars... #Allahabad #Prayagraj #India

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Shobha @svr72.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Sun climbs high at noon Heat blinds sight as my head spins In cool shade I rest. A #hartebeest beneath #acacia scrub in #Etosha, #Namibia. The hartebeest is a large, fawn-colored antelope with a steeply sloping back, long legs, & elongated snout. #Silhouette #BlueSkyArtShow #Photography #Wildlife

A hartebeest waits in the shade of acacia scrub for the searing heat to pass.The hartebeest is a large, fawn-colored antelope. Their most distinctive characteristics are a steeply sloping back, long legs, and elongated snout. They are one of the fastest antelopes capable of reaching speeds of up to 70 km/h.
Taken in Etosha National park, Namibia in Africa

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Shobha @svr72.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Watching from afar... Day of Brexit Results: OMG, Why ! Whats wrong with you Brits?? 2016 Trump: Seriously? What u guys high on? 2024 Trump: Is there some way we can block the US state? There's nobody sane there

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Shobha @svr72.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

#Largest #brick Building in the world #FRI Forest Research Institute #Dehradun #dehradoon #India #Arch #BlueSkyArtShow Jan 2020 archives... a snap just cause I liked the #corridor

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Shobha @svr72.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

#BlueSkyArtShow #arch #travel #Jaisalmer #Fort #Photography View of the town from the arched window in the living #sandcastle fort - the sonar kila, Golden fort of Jaisalmer, #Rajasthan, #India

View of the houses Jaisalmer town, Rajasthan,India from a bay window with an decorative arch. Jaisalmer fort overlooks the town

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Shobha @svr72.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

#BlueSkyArtShow The start of #TheJourney to go Off-roading into the wilderness. Dirt tracks and the landscape in shades of rust, waiting for rain. #Africa #photography #Etosha #Namibia

Dirt track in the wildlife sanctuary in Etosha, Namibia. Everything is in shades of rust - bushes, tree leaves, dirt

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Photography and Art Gallery @u42.co · 15/03/2025

Today is gone as the #Sunlight fades. Tomorrow is the day when all your dreams come true. #BlueSkyArtShow #France 2025 #©stevec #photography #notAI #art #VintageLenses #FineArtPhotography

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The labor librarian @laborlibrarian.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

From “Parable of the Talents” by Octavia Butler #skybrary #skybrarians #booksky

A screenshot of a poem. The poem reads:
Choose your leaders
with wisdom and forethought.
To be led by a coward
is to be controlled
by all that the coward fears.
To be led by a fool
is to be led
by the opportunists who control the fool.
To be led by a thief
is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen.
To be led by a liar
is to ask to be told lies.
To be led by a tyrant
is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.

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Shobha @svr72.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

#blueskyartshow #artshow #windows #petra #jordan #frame #Sandstone Pink Sandstone windows and frames carved by the action of wind and water. Petra, Jordan - #Unesco World Heritage site 2016 archives

Pink Sandstone windows and frames carved by the action of wind and water. Petra, Jordan - #Unesco World Heritage site

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Shobha @svr72.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Spring colors burn merry and bright, soon to fade in the summer sun #blueskyartshow #Spring #Haiku #Dahlias #India

Colorful potted dahlias in Gurgaon India

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Shobha @svr72.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

They still haven't called her yet? #sixwordstory

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

how is this new, this was literally British policy in like half of Asia in the 19th century

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