Butterflies............

Since middle of last week,  ‘Navratri’ (Sept 21-30) is celebrated with piousness and pomp across the country... Goddess Durga is worshiped for nine days and the festivity will culminate this weekend with Vijay-dashami Puja. Same time, upper-cyclonic air-depressions in the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal, with retreating monsoon, have impacted with sporadic rains all along the west-cost of India....

I and my wife went to our native place located in a village in the foothills of Western Ghats, to participate in a family function. People in this part of Karnataka are dedicated, progressive agriculturists. They grow paddy, areca, black pepper, cashew, coconut, banana, cacao and seasonal vegetables, besides dairy farming. It’s all hard labour...; I admire their dedicated efforts in and reaping the benefits of farming...

Remote village, I sat in the porch of our ancestral house and watched the occasional rains accompanied by lightning and thunder. Enchanting weather; it was green, green everywhere.....! I saw lots and varieties of butterflies, fluttering their wings, continuously hovering on wild and cultivated flowers in our courtyard. It was an amazing sight..!  I watched for a while and eventually caught them in my small camera......

Beauty has many facets....  

D. Jayarama Bhat