My first car ( I now drive an Acura Integra, also Honda-made.) You don't realize how reliable a car's been till it starts breaking down. This was when the radiator developed a leak. I had to put in a new one.Photo: Mahadevan
A cavern in Kentucky. It even has stairs ...Photo: Ravi
The Chicago skyline along Lake Michigan. You can see the John Hancock tower in the background.Photo: Rina
Fall colors in Ohio. Count them.Photo: Lakshman
Awesome Gorge taken during summertime in Ohio, 80 miles south-east of Columbus. Photo: Lakshman
Bunch of high school classmates. We had a reunion just after most of us had finished college and there we were still standing neatly segregated by gender.Photo: Bystander
Hocking Hills, Ohio In mid-fall.Photo: Lakshman
Home in the Mid-West. With slush and snow. I took this photograph after a really horrible drive back from Chicago. Home never looked so welcoming.Photo: Lakshman
Kolattam A South Indian Folk Dance. We performed it at several functions in Columbus, Ohio and plan to inflict it on people this year too. You can see me out there in the right hand corner. Photo: Someone in the audience
Late evening in Madison ,Wisconsin on the shore of Lake Mendota. We were going to see the July 4th fireworks display but the sight of the lake through those leaves was too alluring. Photo: Lakshman
In Miami beach. As you can notice, mine is the only head bobbing in the sea. The water temperature was in the 50s but by God, I wanted to swim. And swim, I did. Photo: Ravi
On the Monterrey coast in California. I found an island there before the peninsula became flooded and itself turned into a huge island. Photo: Lakshman
Searching for the light in Muirwood forest, California. There are huge redwoods there and they shut out the light to the rest of the lifeforms underneath. They grow and grow until they become so tall their trunks no longer support them and then, they fall. Quite a long while elapses before that happens though. Photo: Lakshman
Bunch of us out in Nebrasaka. This photograph was taken in a hilarious manner. I placed my camera in self-timer mode on the fender of a truck. To our horror, the taillights of the truck came on as we stood there waiting for the click. And then, there was a race to retrieve the camera. This was at the beginning of our cross-country drive. Photo: Lakshman
A sign proclaiming a non-looping trail in Tippecanoe Battlefield, Indiana. It struck us as being funny at the time but we were probably simply being warned to turn back some time. Photo: Shyam
A rainy day at a beach north of San Francisco. A beautiful country.Photo: Lakshman
Outdoor rehearsal for a play at Deer Creek, Ohio about 30 miles south of Columbus in Fall. Photo: Sailesh
Sunset off Rte. 1 north of San Francisco. It's a curvey curvey road and the drive was a lot of fun. Photo: Lakshman
A summer day on Rte. 33 north of Columbus, Ohio.Photo: Lakshman
A street scene in San Francisco. The music was awful.Photo: Lakshman
The skyline of Columbus, Ohio. There are several postcard pictures showing the skyline and the bridges over the Scioto but I feel this shot is less cluttered and more dream-like. Photo: Lakshman
The life-size model of the Santa Maria docked on the Scioto in dowtown Columbus, Ohio. As you probably know, this was the ship Columbus sailed to this continent on. Photo: Lakshman
On the Smokies coming back from Florida. It was misty and crowded.Photo: Karuna
Sunset in Lake Tahoe on the California-Nevada border. The bridge, the shore, the trees, the hills and the water coalesced to give a wonderful shot. Photo: Lakshman
Just off I-80 in Utah. We wanted to get off the highway and make it into forested land but the roads weren't cleared. We reversed the car all the way. Photo: Lakshman
Playing beach volley ball in summer at Alum Creek, Ohio 30 miles north of Columbus, Ohio. Photo: Manju
Summertime in Madison,Wisconsin. They are proud of the fact that theirs is the capitol that most resembles the one in D.C. Strike one for creativity. Photo: Lakshman
Joining the wildlife in Wyoming. It was early dawn, 3 a.m. and if you see closely, you can streaks of red on the horizon. Actually what you can see more easily are the lights hunting for me in the dark...Photo: Karuna
