Girish Rathna
Jun 21, 20232 min read
Resurrection!!!
Resurrection - Yeah, sounds like a slogan James Bond would throw in a movie. I don’t know the exact thought process as to why I chose...
Girish Rathna
Jun 7, 20232 min read
Man vs. Wild!!!
It all started when I was like 22, watching Discovery Channel on the TV when I saw a man trying to squeeze himself inside a dead camel’s...
Girish Rathna
Apr 19, 20232 min read
Team-spirit!!!
On one normal sunny morning, randomly planned by one of my friends, an eventful day unfolded. Within a few hours, I was in a sports...
Girish Rathna
Mar 29, 20233 min read
War on Good (looking)!!!
The above pic was when I was relaxed in a calm serenity on an island by a yacht, not far from the southern coast of Singapore. One of the...
Girish Rathna
Mar 15, 20232 min read
Kneel on seabed!!!
Sailing away from the shore, just a GPS to track our location at sea, with a professional team of divers and one sailor, the above pic...
Girish Rathna
Feb 22, 20233 min read
Finding Yeti…!!!
Setting the timer on my Canon EOS, letting it sit haphazardly on the frozen earth at ground level, no tripod, no camera man, no pro zoom...
Girish Rathna
Dec 28, 20221 min read
Silent walk on Christmas Eve!!!
A silent walk through the city on Christmas Eve, I came across lights in its various forms. I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy...
Girish Rathna
Jul 6, 20221 min read
Riverside!!!
“Who hears the rippling of rivers will not utterly despair of anything.” - Henry David Thoreau Just sitting by the riverside, the above...
Girish Rathna
Jun 29, 20221 min read
Queen’s seat!!!
Wonderfully engineered and crafted with red sandstone, I am short of words to express this ancient structure’s magnificence. Yet, I can...
Girish Rathna
Jun 22, 20221 min read
Too little, too late!!!
Have said it before, say it again – “When you know you have already touched the top, barking dogs don’t bother you”. I am not much of an...
Girish Rathna
Feb 23, 20221 min read
Lord Girish Rathna!!!
Did you know? Recently, I legally and officially became a Lord of Scotland? In all virtue of the Universe’s blessing, with a little...
Girish Rathna
Feb 2, 20221 min read
Hello World!
Hello World, this is my first post since penkcil.com changed to a new server.
Girish Rathna
Dec 25, 20211 min read
Christmas 21...!!!
A Very, Merry, Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year. Spending an evening next to a beautifully decorated tree is refreshing after an...
Girish Rathna
Dec 15, 20211 min read
Remember in December...!!!
After enduring one of the most unprecedented years in 2020, the above pics were during my little shopping time on Christmas Eve....
Girish Rathna
Sep 15, 20211 min read
Miniature Sketching...!
A city’s skyline defines the basic aspect of any city, an easily recognizable silhouette that is unique to its own. Recently, during work...
Girish Rathna
Nov 11, 20202 min read
Arrival!!!
The Universe is roughly 14 billion years old. Our Sun is around 4.6 billion years old. Our home planet Earth is like 4.5 billion years...
Girish Rathna
Nov 2, 20202 min read
Game Fête!!!
Video games are my favourite. Prince of Persia and PacMan on antique 90s DOS computers in my school were my first. And they were never...
Girish Rathna
Oct 3, 20202 min read
Metal to Metal!!!
They say the world is full of ‘snakes’. By that, they mean ‘people’ who are wicked. But I wonder if the world is full of them, there got...
Girish Rathna
Sep 22, 20201 min read
Space March!!!
Looking sporty with blue shades, this was a selfie I remember taking inside of an aeroplane hangar. The first time I co-piloted an...
Girish Rathna
Sep 2, 20203 min read
The Buffet!!!
Standing amazed at the sight of one of the largest food courts in the world, the above pic was an orientation of being blessed with good...
