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  • Tea Stall by चायबाज़ देवजित आचार्य


    Tea Stall., originally uploaded by cheerfull_soul.

    I loved the green walls … that prompted me to take the picture.

    Time for another ChaiBaaz to be introduced on Chai Ki dukaan…
    Name Devjit Acharya, nick name Cheerful Soul

    and the photo is from the streets of Banaras.

    What I like about him is his fantastic eye to capture moments from the streets and the powerful compositions he presents. Dev is also one of the people who is excellent with photography fundamentals from the group of people I know, needless to say he is one of my favorite photographers and a constant source of inspiration!!!

    Check out his flickr page (here) and enjoy !!!

    Thanks Dev for letting me post this photograph on Chai Ki Dukaan !

  • 2008, the year that was !!!

    This is a long post… I would recommend reading along with the pictures but then if you just want to have a look at some pictures, scroll on !!!

    While I was getting ready for the new year…


    I thought, why not write about what all I have been upto in 2008…

    I was at the Chai ki Dukaan

    I was in Air

    I was in Water


    I drove

    I traveled in Trains

    I travelled in Buses

    I relaxed

    I walked

    I was with friends

    I was with Family

    I was alone

    I saw rains

    I saw clouds

    I saw Snow

    I saw Sunsets and Sun-rises

    I saw buildings that man made

    I saw caves that man decorated

    I saw some Art

    and made some myself


    I started cooking

    I spread some smiles

    met some great new people

    and let go of some !!

    Took more photos of nature

    and even more of people

    I realized how much I love B/W, both in Life and Photography…

    I even had an exhibition in New Delhi 🙂

    I got closer to my country
    And I stayed far far away from it too…

    All in all, this has been such a remarkable year for me that I could not have imagined !!! Lets hope that I come out a winner in 2009 as well…

    Amen !

    And now !

    I should get back to work 🙂 I have spent more than 90 minutes on this post already 😛


    But you keep visiting Chai Ki Dukaan !!! It feels great to have company here !!!

  • Say Cheese…

    When was the last time you asked

    – A Writer about the pen (s)he uses? Oh, so you use a Mont Blanc? No wonder you write so well !

    – A Painter about the canvas and the brush (s)he uses? Oh, so you use the brushes made of rosewood? No wonder your paintings are great !

    – A Blogger about the keyboard (s)he uses? Oh, A Logitech ergonomically designed split keyboard? wow !!!

    – A Chef about the kitchenware (s)he uses? Oh, reinforced plastic with titanium knifes, no wonder your dishes are great !

    If you don’t remember that, then do you remember when was the last time you asked a photographer about the camera he uses?

    Oh, a Nikon d200 or a Canon 40D? Wow !!! Is it a dSLR? Yes! WOW !!! no wonder the pictures are fantastic !!!

    I think a lot of us would remember that!!!

    While I am not in disagreement with the fact a good camera has the capability to make a picture look better, OK much better a lot of times, I personally think this is not the question that should be thrown at a photographer to start with !!!

    Photography is as simple and complicated an art as the rest of the them, and only because it involves holding a camera, pointing at something, pressing a shutter which everyone can do, does not really take away the effort that a photographer puts in !!!

    I think the above lines look a li’il more harsh than I would like them to be, but I am not really sure how to put them in a softer way across !!! apologies if you are reading it and found it offensive !