Beautiful Qatar!

Qatar Sunrises, Sunsets, Clouds & Skies! Text & Photographs By - Lt Col D Purushothaman Pillay (Retd) The Magic Of Sunrises, Sunsets, Clouds & Skies!! This is my personal tribute to that most heartwarming beauty, I have experienced at these two diurnal celestial occurrences, during my memorable stay in beautiful Qatar.     The ever-changing colours of the sky-canvas, every moment of these two fascinating sights, are breathtaking and mesmerizing. The presence of clouds, if any at the time, adds an intriguing allure and a mystic magic to these moments! This is a compilation of the various sunrises, sunsets and the respective skies at the time, I had clicked over the past couple of years. They had been clicked on the spur of the moment, as it occurs, from a variety of perches like moving cars, beaches, offices, homes, shopping m...

KATARA CULTURAL VILLAGE - DOHA, QATAR Text & Photographs By - Lt Col D Purushothaman Pillay (Retd) The Katara Cultural Village is the largest multi-dimensional cultural project in this geography, that was thoughtfully envisioned, crafted and created under the wise leadership of HH Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, the Father Emir of the State of Qatar. It is a destination where citizens of different nationalities congregate to experience the wonders of a kaleidoscope of cultures of the world. It is scenically located in the heart of the city, on the panoramic waterfront overlooking the tranquil aquamarine waters of a loch between the busy business district of West Bay and the luxurious residential quarter of Pearl Qatar. The idea of Katara was born out of a long-held aspiration to position the prosperous and visionary State of Qatar as a gleaming cultural-lighthouse for everything related to art. It is p...