Adjoining the Church of St Francis of Assisi and also located in the Se Cathedral grounds is the chapel of St Catherine of Alexandria. The chapel was built to commemorate the Portugese (led by Alfonso d'Albuquerque) victory over the Muslims that ruled the city. The battle was won on Nov 25th 1510 and this day was celebrated as the feast of St Catherine. I love this chapel because it has such an earthy look. Made entirely of brick, it has imposing doors and windows. This picture is of the chapel's right side. On this side, there is a small cobbled slope that leads to the church. At this spot, there stood the gate throught which the Portugese entered the Muslim city. Old Goa is so rich in history and yet none of it is in the school syllabus... 

Constructed sometime in the second decade of the 16th century, this building, called the Convent of St Francis of Assisi is located in the same complex as the Se Cathedral, Old Goa. This convent, which now houses the offices of the Bishop, formerly used to be the residence of the Franciscan 'friars'. I love this picture because it depicts Goa at its best— slanting rays of the sun bouncing of windows made of oyster shells....whitewashed walls set among greenery...sigh! 

This is my friend Paresh. Paresh is working as a software developer in Denmark. So tell us Paresh...er, what's the food there like? 

Another picture of Bangalore....I'd been to Bangalore for Sting's concert on Feb 2nd. Man, it was an experience! Every member of his band is so talented in what they do- it was sheer pleasure watching them perform! This was my first visit to Bangalore and I really liked the place. It’s clean, very well laid out and lots of open spaces. Only, the labels on the public buses and most shops are in Kanada which makes it very hard to get around. In the picture is state transport bus. I've never seen a bus as long as this one— it's the size of two buses. Unfortunately I didn't get to travel in one... 

Hi I'm back...

Hi! A combination of two things have kept me away from this blog for the last two months- work and general laziness. But I'm back with lots of news and lots of pics. So here goes...