Fishie pictures

Nev and I went to the Georgia Aquarium--the largest in the world--when I visited Atlanta over Thanksgiving. I finally got around to downloading the photos from that visit. There's something so surreal about every aquarium I've been to--the water, the incredibly, breathtakingly beautiful fish, and, if I could block out the hordes of noisy tourists, the unbelievable serenity that comes from just gazing into the tanks.

In 1998, when I left my parents in India for the first time (way after many of my boarding school friends), and went to Sri Lanka to apply for my student visa to come to the U.S. I'd never felt more lonely or afraid. In my cousin's house, where I stayed, there was a small fish tank with about three fish. I'd often stand in front of that tank when I became overcome by a wave of panic and homesickness, watching the fish swimming around, completely oblvious to the chaos that is this world. And I would inevitably find myself growing calmer and breathing easier.

Here are some of the pictures:




This picture of Nev is should be treasured, because it shows him smiling--and that is almost impossible to find in photos. Nev is a firm believer in scowling at cameras.