Carnival of Animals

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Mahatma Gandhi

Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened. – Anatole France

A horse is worth more than riches. – Spanish Proverb

Histories are more full of the examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends. – Alexander Pope

All things bright and beautiful,

All creatures great and small,

All things wise and wonderful:

The Lord God made them all.

-Cecil Frances, 1848

You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us. – Robert Louis Stevenson

All knowledge, the totality of all questions and answers, is contained in the dog. – Franz Kafka, Investigations of the Dog

Indian Railways

There's no better way to enjoy India's outback, cities, coastal towns and regional areas in comfort.

There’s something about the sound of a train that’s very romantic and nostalgic and hopeful. – Paul Simon

The train is a small world moving through a larger world. – Elisha Cooper, Train

Railway terminals are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them, we pass out into adventure and sunshine, to them, alas! we return. – E. M. Forster

Life is a train that stops at no stations; you either jump aboard or stand on the platform and watch as it passes. – Yasmina Khadra

A train is a vehicle that allows residence: dinner in the diner, nothing could be finer… – Paul Theroux, The Great Railway Bazaar

Manish Malhotra Fashion Show

A piece of fabric can get me going - Anna Sui

Portraits

Most of my portraits are not formal situations; they are found situations.

 

Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind it - Pablo Picasso

A portrait is not made in the camera, but on either side of it - Edward Steichen

The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions. - Marcus Tullius Cicero

What could be more simple and more complex, more obvious and more profound than a portrait.- Charles Baudelaire

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter. - Oscar Wilde

The most difficult thing for me is a portrait. You have to try and put your camera between the skin of a person and his shirt. - Henri Cartier-Bresson

There is no single form or style of portraiture. Portraiture means individualism and as such means diversity, self-expression, private point of view. The most successful images seem to be those which exist on several planes at once … - Peter Bunnell

 

In God We Trust

To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary.
To one without faith, no explanation is possible. - St. Thomas Aquinas

 

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you. - Saint Augustine

Faith is a bird that feels dawn breaking and sings while it is still dark. – Rabindranath Tagore

Just as the body cannot exist without blood, so the soul needs the matchless and pure strength of faith. - Mohandas Gandhi

Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light. - Helen Keller

 

God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps us tap and develop these powers. - Abdul Kalam