A sketch after a long time

White Crown

Reaching far, above the clouds

Standing tall, strong and staunch

A folded rock, purple grey brown

Painted with ice, all around

Peeping through a veil of, frozen misty gown

Awe! how beautiful, is the White Crown

-mudit

"White Crown", charcoal & pencil, 06/21/15, Mudit Sethi

go Bananas!

A sketch of my all time favorite food

Why go Bananas? hmm.. well, because a banana is

- irresistibly delicious
- relatively inexpensive
- available almost everywhere
- whole, natural, unaltered and unprocessed
- excellent source of potassium, iron, b12, bla bla, .. a very long list
- loaded with high quality simple sugars, the best fuel for the body
- quickly satisfies hunger, gives instant energy boost
- portable, convenient, eat anytime, anywhere
- a true 'fast food' just peel and eat .. simple
- easily digestible
- wont make you fat
- natural laxative, rich in dietary fiber
- anti depressant and mood enhancer, natural relaxant
- anti inflammatory
- anti cancerous
- anti ulcer
- soothing antacid
- makes excellent shakes and smoothies
- natural electrolyte replacement while running or cycling
- awesome pre or post gym workout food
- banana skin good for our skin, eg. works well for mosquito bites
- anti pollution, anti garbage, throw off the leftover anywhere .. no worries
- and funny but .. banana skin is also a shoe polish :P

300+ km night-out bicycle ride

A short poem and a sketch capturing the spirit of sleepless, full night-out, bicycle ride experienced on a self supported, 310 km Bangalore - Hiriyur - Bangalore brevet ride, covered in almost 17 hours, with about 14 hours of riding. Adding the commute distances from the start/end point to home registered a total of 346 km on the day, my longest ever.

endless highway, complete pitch black
a dreaded deep stillness, so pervasive so expansive
this darkness a void, an indefinite pause in time
like everything else had stopped, only the pedals kept spinning

-mudit

The experience in short:

23rd June' 2012. Excitement filled my heart to fullest, when I left home around 9:00 PM, to witness the longest ride of my life. 10:00 PM, MG road, the moment began. An initial chocking traffic at MG road, then the long confusing flyovers of  Yeshwantpur Railway Station, finally into the butter smooth NH4, a roadies delight. An irresistible rush of adrenaline, low aero posture, hands on the drops and eyes fixed straight ahead, speeds scaled up like a bullet just fired from a gun. 55 km, a stop at half closed Kamat, near Dabaspet, water bottles refilled, moved on to Tumkur. Thereafter, except some lorries and a few cars, no street lights, no road side shops, no civilization to be seen. Dark endless, lifeless road lay ahead. Deadly, scary, exciting, interesting. Power lights installed on handlebars of the bike and the white strip on the edge of road to follow, being the saviour of the night. Soon, 107 km, a stretch break near Karajeevanhalli toll gate. Weather surprisingly pleasant, a gentle flowing breeze, pitch black darkness,  clear skies and a full array of stars, the little embedded diamonds, shining with radiant brilliance, it all seemed to be a different world, a world cut off from our world, a world of solitude, of true heavenly freedom.

4:30 AM, some stiffness in lower back, shoulders and neck, an urge to sleep, almost dozed off a couple of times while riding, still kept the momentum. Another water break. 5:30 AM, 162 km, Hiriyur, the turn about point, went looking for the control ATM. 6:15 AM, stopped at Idli point, to find no Idlis available, settled for a coffee, some biscuts, a good leg and back stretch, then started off, back to Bangalore at a lower pace. Little after Sira, a stop at Kamat, a good breakfast. The fatigue and soreness magically vanished, moved on. Sun showed up quite well, soon became hot, pace reduced, fatigue increased. Midday, a big lunch near Dobaspet. The heat of the day being quiet intense by now, ridding became difficult. Bums burning on the saddle, hands numb on the handlebars, back stiff, leg muscles tired. Last 30 km left, gathered some nerve, continued, slow and steady. Several streams of sweat pouring from face, last 10 km a struggle, reached CCD, Hesaraghatta, the end point, bicycle parked. Dumping myself on sofa, a big mug of grande cappuccino coffee in hand, some chit chat with other riders, the story got an happy end, and i felt awesome in return of the effort.

A couple of hours later, cycled back to home, and slept within minutes :)

Some Pics:

the route: point A to B to A

one hour before the ride

installing water bottles, air pump, tools, new tires, lights, food etc

The bike is all ready for the trip

midnight the reflector jacket is working

submitting the time stamps at the finish point CCD

the finishers

a sun burnt happy ending :)

The leaving note:

Thanks to IISC Randonneurs and all co riders. It was one of the best rides, the night ride part being the favorite :)

the APE in man

uncultured ugly wild free

the beast within wants to flee

to unwind, to unman, to reveal

the APE in man!

celebrating the V-Day

Dedicated to all Singles on the V-Day

They do have a strong reason to celebrate. After all they have enjoyed unparalleled freedom, autonomy and an carefree state of life.

no offence meant to any of the couples though :P

The Evil Coin

you humans, you ravening species
you created me, you coined me
and then
your blood em poisoned
your eyes blinded
your minds hypnotized
you fell under my spell

my humans! my slaves!
you will now forever bow to my Power

-mudit

Onset of a Storm

heavens conspiring, a plot set 

dark clouds rolling, heavy n wet

a moment of stillness, a weird twilight 

a storm is coming!

-mudit

a walking meditation

a step that you take

under the sky

into the freedom

where breeze does the healing

the stones below touch your soul

a connection back to the earth

a walking meditation

-mudit

Mr. lonely

poor Mr. lonely .. 

roses are of no use to u ..

there is nobody waiting for u :(

oblivion, mysticism, trance

Anna Hazare - India's pride

Celebrating Anna Hazare's victory .. India's victory

Muchard

Special thanks chacha ji for motivating me to draw this one. The originally intention was to draw the village guy with thick mustache holding a traditional umbrella made out of broad leaf and bamboo (found in villages of Himachal Pradesh in old days) Having no idea on how that looks like, i completely flunked the umbrella out of the drawing ;)

check this post

http://anupsethi.blogspot.com/2011/08/blog-post_14.html

A Wheeled Flight

in FOCUS

in FOCUS

Guitar n Hat

under his face he hides 

away form world and people

he plays his Guitar!

A Constant Numbness

frozen winds

 over the white earth

a cold sinking sun

 a Constant Numbness

The Dawn

The Dawn

Happy Statehood Day, Himachal

mesmerizing peeks, always calling

Peeks of Pin Parvati Range in Spiti near Kullu HP, the sketch dedicated to HIMACHAL DAY 25 Jan, cheers!

beauty

beauty