681_Chakra

Today's topic is Chakra.

More HERE.

Happy Drawing! :)

Full moon

“We are all like the bright moon, we still have our darker side.” 
― Kahlil Gibran

How come 2 Full Moons?

680_Full Moon

Today's topic is Full Moon.

More HERE.

Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy.
~ Henri Frederic Amiel


For most people, we often marvel at the beauty of a sunrise or the magnificence of a full moon, but it is impossible to fathom the magnitude of the universe that surrounds us.
~ Richard H. Baker


“We are all like the bright moon, we still have our darker side.”
― Kahlil Gibran
Happy Drawing! :)

679_A lightning idea for a new pendulum

More on Leon HERE.

Speedy 'Work on the Physicist who measured Speed of Light!

679_Leon Foucault

Today's topic is Leon Foucault.

Jean Bernard Léon Foucault (French pronunciation: ​[ʒɑ̃ bɛʁnaʁ leɔ̃ fuko]) (18 September 1819 – 11 February 1868) was a French physicist best known for the invention of the Foucault pendulum, a device demonstrating the effect of the Earth's rotation. He also made an early measurement of the speed of light, discovered eddy currents, and although he did not invent it, is credited with naming the gyroscope.

More on Leon HERE.  And a Google Doodle HERE.

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678_Going loco on Coco.

Coconut tree

3 Issues, One Illustration!

Fried here : http://chummadraw.blogspot.in/2013_09_13_archive.html
Democracy here: http://chummadraw.blogspot.in/2013_09_15_archive.html

Coconut Tree along the shore

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Today's topic is Coconut Tree.

He who plants a coconut tree plants food and drink, vessels and clothing, a home for himself and a heritage for his children.
~ South Seas saying

Happy Drawing! :)

onam ashamsakal

Onam Greetings to all CDs!

Happy Onam

677_Onam

Today's topic is Onam.

Happy Onam! More on Onam HERE.

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Democracy

“People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.” 
― Alan Moore, V for Vendetta

Dictator?

676_Democracy

Today's topic is Democracy.

Today is International Day of Democracy. More HERE.

The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.
~ Mahatma Gandhi

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
~ Winston Churchill

As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
~ Abraham Lincoln

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
~ George Bernard Shaw

Democracy is the road to socialism.
~ Karl Marx

Democracy don't rule the world, You'd better get that in your head; This world is ruled by violence, But I guess that's better left unsaid.
~ Bob Dylan

Without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure.
~ Ronald Reagan

Happy Drawing! :)