A Cloudy Afternoon - Karwar beach

Throwback to 2011

A Cloudy Afternoon - Karwar beach

RiP Karwar Beach - Toy-train

#Karwar

Way back in 2008 this #ToyTrain used to run on a Oval track laid in between the   #Seashore of #Karwarbeach and the #NH17, now #NH66.

#Monsoons of 2 years caused huge #Erosion, washing away the Tracks twice in a couple of years, said to have been a direct result of the #dredging in the Naval Base controlled sea, while it was under construction.

Now only #memories remain.

And the #station got converted into a Restaurant.

A #planetarium also was built in the same period which also got converted to another Restaurant.

Funnily,  the Karwar Municipal Council Web page still refers to the Toy Train, Planetarium, as if they are still 'present'. (Pic attached).

Maybe they are being Sarcastic.

#RiP_KarwarBeach_toytrain

#Throwback 2007-2010

#mobilephotography
#phonography #androidphonephotography #mobile_photography
#igers #karwar
#instagram
#sunset
#seascapes
#lifeisbetteratthebeach 
#namma_uk
#karnatakaTourism #GovernmentWorkis....

Abandoned.

Abandoned.
Clicked at #Karwar
This poem seems most apt in the memory of the #child found washed up on the #SyrianBeach

Kids Who Die
by Langston Hughes

This is for the kids who die,
Black and white,
For kids will die certainly.
The old and rich will live on awhile,
As always,
Eating blood and gold,
Letting kids die.

Kids will die in the swamps of Mississippi
Organizing sharecroppers
Kids will die in the streets of Chicago
Organizing workers
Kids will die in the orange groves of California
Telling others to get together
Whites and Filipinos,
Negroes and Mexicans,
All kinds of kids will die
Who don’t believe in lies, and bribes, and contentment
And a lousy peace.

Of course, the wise and the learned
Who pen editorials in the papers,
And the gentlemen with Dr. in front of their names
White and black,
Who make surveys and write books
Will live on weaving words to smother the kids who die,
And the sleazy courts,
And the bribe-reaching police,
And the blood-loving generals,
And the money-loving preachers
Will all raise their hands against the kids who die,
Beating them with laws and clubs and bayonets and bullets
To frighten the people—
For the kids who die are like iron in the blood of the people—
And the old and rich don’t want the people
To taste the iron of the kids who die,
Don’t want the people to get wise to their own power,
To believe an Angelo Herndon, or even get together

Listen, kids who die—
Maybe, now, there will be no monument for you
Except in our hearts
Maybe your bodies’ll be lost in a swamp
Or a prison grave, or the potter’s field,
Or the rivers where you’re drowned like Leibknecht
But the day will come—
You are sure yourselves that it is coming—
When the marching feet of the masses
Will raise for you a living monument of love,
And joy, and laughter,
And black hands and white hands clasped as one,
And a song that reaches the sky—
The song of the life triumphant
Through the kids who die.

#mobile_photography
#phonography #puneinstagrammers #karwarinstagrammers #travelgram #noedits #grief #childrenof_instagram #stopwar #refugees #worldskidsneedspeace 

Ocean Deck HomeStay at Devbagh, Karwar

Karwarhas a new Home Stay Place, at Devbagh, over looking the MavinHoll backwater - Kali River and Arabian Sea confluence.

You can look it up http://www.oceandeck.org/home.html 

Ranked #1 of 5 Karwar B&B and Inns by Trip Advisor

 

Listed on Lonely Planet also, its run by the Owner + Manager + Waiter + Host, which makes it a wonderful experience, with all the personal attention.

"Ocean Deck Beach HomeStay is located in Kārwār. Free WiFi access is available in this homestay. The accommodation will provide you with a seating area. Featuring a shower, private bathroom also comes with a bath and free toiletries. Extras include a fan.

An array of activities can be enjoyed on site or in the surroundings, including fishing and hiking. The property offers free parking.
This homestay is 67 km from Goa International Airport."

Read more: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/india/karnataka/hotels/ocean-deck-beach-homestay#ixzz3K07PWtfg

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Another Sunset from the Tagore Beach Sunset Series at Karwar

“Dusk is just an illusion because the sun is either above the horizon or below it. And that means that day and night are linked in a way that few things are there cannot be one without the other yet they cannot exist at the same time. How would it feel I remember wondering to be always together yet forever apart?”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook 

 

Mobile Photography of the Sunset at Karwar, Tagore Beach 

From the Sunset Series

Wasted!

"You never come back, not all the way. Always there is an odd distance between you and the people you love and the people you meet, a barrier thin as the glass of a mirror, you never come all the way out of the mirror; you stand, for the rest of your life, with one foot in this world and no one in another, where everything is upside down and backward and sad."
- Marya Hornbacher.

Sandy Beaches

Sandy Beaches

© Morgan Swain

Sprinkle, squish between my toes, 
The smell of ocean to my nose. 
I can feel each grain of sand, 
It falls from air into my hand. 
The shells I find along the shore, 
Picked up by birds that fly and soar. 
They sparkle like the ocean's waves, 
And carry sand from all the lakes. 
I walk along the tip of the sea, 
That’s where my feet leave prints to be. 
I walk all the way to the end of the land, 
The land that holds this beautiful sand.

Read more: Sandy Beaches, Beach Poems http://www.poetryinnature.com/nature/poetry.asp?poem=3567#ixzz1gXIsTBDz 
from www.PoetryInNature.com 

Wishing you all a Happy Makar Sankranti...

People of Karwar watch a sunset at the Tagore beach on the day of the Solistice - Makar Sankranti, also signifying the Harvest Season.
As they say in Karwar - "Tilgul ghaya God God Bolaa.." Loosely translated in English as "Take sweet, talk sweet" on this day.

Sankranti means to go from one place to another place (to change direction). It also means one meets another. The time when the sun changes direction from one constellation (of the zodiac) to another is known as Sankranti.

Transition of the Sun from Sagittarius (Dhanu) to Capricorn (Makar) during the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere (Uttarayana) is known as Makar sankranti. (more info here)

Makar Sankranti in Maharastra and Karnataka,  is also celebrated all over India and is known as Lohri in Punjab, Bihu in Asssam, Pongal in Tamilnadu, Khichiri in Uttar Pradesh, Sukarat in Madhya Pradesh, Pedda Panduga in Andhra Pradesh, etc.

Google once again surprised us with their new Google Doodle. On the day when nation celebrates Makar Sankranti, Google has painted kites and flying balloons on its search engine home page in India. Source

Ways to Beat the Heat !!

As the Temperature Sours in Karwar, and Humidty Scales up, Nature provides these Buffaloes a nice Outlet to Cool off....

Never mind if this pool is now no longer used to watering the Dried-upPark on the Tagore Beach, it does serve these Mammals, and serves them too well...

You can see the Look of Contentment on their faces, as compared to the other people of Karwar who have gathered on the Tagore Beach in an attempt to cool off in the Sea Breeze.... 

Nature is very Impartial sometimes....

Death of a Hump-back Whale

The whale, trapped in the sand, was noticed by the fishermen on Thursday evening itself. The high tide in the sea might have masked its visibility. It was thought that the whale might swim back into the sea during night. But low tide obstructed its journey into deep waters. As a result, the aquatic mammal developed high blood pressure, which proved fatal. People thronged the shore to have a glimpse of the mammoth animal.
Prof V N Naik of Marine Biology Department, Karnatak University informed the Forest Department about the whale.
The efforts of Gopashitta Range Forest Officer K D Naik to lift the 3-tonne whale from water, using ropes went in vain. The carcass was later extricated using a JCB during low tide, and buried in a 35 feet pit, after a post-mortem.
Professor V N Naik told Deccan Herald that a skeleton of a 40-foot long whale that was washed ashore in 1973 has been preserved in the University and the authorities concerned would be requested to donate the skeleton of Humpback whale to the science centre.
Whales have been classified as endangered species and they usually come near the shore either in search of food or when chased by sharks. Generally measuring 100 feet in length, whales are found at a depth of 200 to 600 meters in the sea. Hunting whales is an offence under Wildlife Protection Act. Source - Deccan Herald

Other News sources -

Times of India, Daiji World (with Pictures), Hindu, Indian Express, Udayavani

Older Post on this - here

Responding to my fellow Blogger J.C. - Yes I was one of the fortunate few people who saw the whale and took the Pictures. The sight left me with immense Grief.

I remember a few years back, we, the members of the Karavali Youth Adventure Club (KAYAC), Karwar, had found a Nine foot long Injured and Dead Porpoise - like Fish on the Tagore Beach at Karwar, durng the Monsoons. We had informed the local Fisheries Department and had later buried the mammal. It was like burying one of our own kind....

Karwar Beach Clean Up

About 286 people, from all walks of life, got together at Tagore Beach, Karwar, on this September 19th, at 8-00 AM for Cleaning Up the Tagore Beach, and took part in the International Coastal Clean Up Day, called for by the Ocean Conservancy . Org.

The participants were from local Schools and Colleges, viz.,

• St. Joseph's High School (National Cadet Corps' Units)
• Hindu High School
• Bapuji College (National Service Scheme Units)
• Shivaji College, Baad
• Marine Biology University
• Karavali Youth Adventure Club (R)
• Sri Krishna Sports Club, Sadashivgad
• Rotary Club Seaside, Karwar
• Karwar City Municipality, etc.

B. S. Pai Co-ordinated the event, with Infra support from the Karwar City Municipal President Ganapati Ulvekar and his Councillors/Staff.

Dr. V. N Nayak of the Marine Biology University gave instructions and sensitized the participants on Ocean Pollution.

The Clean Up event went on up-to noon, and the Sun God favored the participants by taking cover under the Clouds.

My Earlier post on International Coastal Clean Up here...

P.S. - Suffered a nasty Crash, and formatting the pc wiped off many of my pictures... :-( sic..... so couldnt use the pc for 3 days.....

Karwar Beach - International Coastal Cleanup

There is a four kms. long beach in Karwar city. It has become dirty due to throwing of waste plastic and other non organic material. So also the Sea throws up a lot of things as there is a ocean going vessel port nearby.

Whether you live near the coast or thousands of miles inland, we are all connected to the ocean. It drives and moderates our climate, it helps provide the water we drink, the air we breathe, and much of the food we eat. The ocean also absorbs much of the pollution we generate. And trash that falls from our hands is one of the most pervasive pollution problems facing our world's ocean.

But it doesn't have to be…keeping our ocean free from trash is one of the easiest things we can do to help protect it.

In partnership with organizations and individuals across the globe, Ocean Conservancy's International Coastal Cleanup engages people to remove trash and debris from the world's beaches and waterways, identify the sources of debris, and change the behaviors that cause marine debris in the first place.

Join us this September 19th : Sign up for a Cleanup near you and get involved today!

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Ground Beneath the Lamp-post....

The Tagore Beach at Karwar, was subject to heavy erosion this time, due to the rising sea-levels.

The erosion took its toll on the Lamp Post, and took away the ground beneath the pole. How deep the pole was buried, is visible from the earth-mark visible on the concrete portion of the pole...

Wikio

Monsoon lashes Karwar....

The 14 days of non-stop monsoon rains have lashed Karwar town, caused quite a bit of erosion, and water logging eveywere.... The Clouds had descended over Karwar to personally see to it that Karwar recieved its fair share of Monsoons... A hydro-powered dam about 200 kms from Karwar recorded 25 feet deep water in just 9 days !! And other dams near Karwar have gone from Empty to Near Full withinthis period.... And thats why I couldnt post pictures here on my Blog !! :-)

Day Break at Karwar Beach

This picture was taken, Just after the Sunrise at Karwar Beach...

and found this wonderful poem to go along with it....

Though the poem is about a sunset, I guess it goes well with the picture.

Daybreak

- Galway Kinnell

On the tidal mud, just before sunset,

dozens of starfishes

were creeping. It was

as though the mud were a sky

and enormous, imperfect stars

moved across it as slowly

as the actual stars cross heaven.

All at once they stopped,

and, as if they had simply

increased their receptivity

to gravity, they sank down

into the mud, faded down

into it and lay still, and by the time

pink of sunset broke across them

they were as invisible

as the true stars at daybreak.

Source - Here

a ZEN sunset

Only the idea of self remains
Floating on a sea of cells;
Only heartbeats short of eternity
In breath after breath we dwell.

- Mike Garofalo, Above the Fog

About Zen Poetry and Haiku, see here....and here...

A Haiku Sunset

Haiku

by Sita Nilekani

Dancing in twilight

glow worms invade the garden,

joy in slow motion

Blue, pink, green, yellow

sea of sensuous silk, surrounds

daily morning angst

Office gossip climbs

in crowded elevators

to the top story.

Soft soothing ice cream

absorbs melting emotions,

like a trusted friend.

God’s electric smile

cajole monsoon clouds shower

mercy on parched earth.

Lark’s spring twitter tweet

torments lonely shy Raven,

memory bitter sweet

Smitten by Autumn

wind, leaves dance in a circle.

Hush contemplation

Intoxicated

by the Fall spirit, crisp leaves

stagger to the ground.

Source - Here

Blue Kite in the Blue Monsoon Sky

A Kite 

- Author unknown 

I often sit and wish that I 

Could be a kite up in the sky,

And ride upon the wind and go 

Whichever way I chanced to blow.

Chidren and Kites

- 

A slightly paraphrased version of the original poem by Erma Bombeck

Children are like kites.
You run with them until you are breathless.
They crash – you add a longer tail,
they hit the roof-top – you pluck them from spouts.
You patch and comfort, adjust and teach.
You watch them lifted by the wind
and assure them some day they’ll fly.
Finally they’re airborne
but they need more string
so you keep letting it out.
With each twist of the twine there’s
sadness and joy because the kite
becomes more distant and
you know it won’t be long before
it will snap the fine line
that has bound you together,
soar as it was meant to soar… independently free.

Ever Seen the Flying Fish ??

Well.... 

If not, grieve no longer,

 be thankful to the Gods, 

your time has come, 

to see the FLYING FISH !!

Ahem ahem...

If this was not what you expected to see, then Click Here

Time to Run

As the Monsoons approach, 

the Sea Level rises, and 

the waves rush to the shore 

without any warning, 

and its the Time to Run.....