Watermelon - Circle / Spheres Theme

One of the tastiest ways to keep cool in summer is to munch on ice cold watermelon.
Watermelons were cultivated in Egypt and India as far back as 2500 B.C. as evidenced in ancient hieroglyphics.
Watermelon can deliver Viagra-like effects to the body’s blood vessels and may even increase libido !
Watermelon is not only great on a hot summer day, this delectable thirst-quencher may also help quench the inflammation that contributes to conditions like asthma, atherosclerosis, diabetes, colon cancer, and arthritis.

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Soda "Pop" Bottles in Karwar Market

Codd style bottles are readily identified by their marble stopper. 

The Codd bottle was filled upside down so that as soon the filling stopped, the stopper was forced down to seal the bottle against the rubber ring. 

Pressure inside the bottle would keep the marble pressed against the top of the bottle. 

To open the bottle, the marble was pressed down where it would fall into the neck chamber below. 

If the bottle is held the right way, the marble stays inside the chamber when the bottle is tilted up for drinking. 

Many of these bottles were destroyed when children would routinely break open the bottle to get the marble inside. Text Source

This Soda-pop bottle is truly a eco-friendly piece of engineering design: multiple reuse and no wastage, (patented by Hiram Codd in 1872).

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Harvesting Season

This is what remains after the Harvesting Season. Paddy/Rice that was grown here has been harvested, and the Hay is stacked up in the field. Harvesting is done here by manual labour, and no machines are involved. Villagers take turns in working in each others' fields, thus making the entire Harvesting Process a Community work.

Circle of Clouds

As the grim clouds of Terror encircle the Indian Cities, I captured this picture of Clouds circling the Sun on the Karwar Arabian Sea, on my Nokia N-70.

It was the day when the planets of Venus and Jupiter were in a Celestial Smiley arrangement with the Moon.

Maybe the Heavenly Bodies were giving out the message to the people of India to Smile and not to be overcome by grief and fear over the Acts of Terror, committed by a set of bigots.

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