<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 18:29:19 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@parrikar/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Social Distancing]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mot du jour. In less stressful times.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/iceland/@parrikar/social-distancing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/iceland/@parrikar/social-distancing</guid><category><![CDATA[iceland]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[parrikar]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2020 14:37:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Richa]]></title><description><![CDATA[Portraits of rural Goa. I came across Richa Kandolkar and her cow during a drive through Korgaon, a village in North Goa. Added to the Faces of Goa series.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/goa/@parrikar/richa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/goa/@parrikar/richa</guid><category><![CDATA[goa]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[parrikar]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2020 14:20:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lone Walker]]></title><description><![CDATA[Winter in the Sub-Arctic. The local farmer on his morning walk in Þistilfjörður, Northeast Iceland. Check out the video short below.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/iceland/@parrikar/lone-walker</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/iceland/@parrikar/lone-walker</guid><category><![CDATA[iceland]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[parrikar]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2020 16:20:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Light & Mist]]></title><description><![CDATA[Light, Shadow, and Mist come together on this December morning in the paddy fields of Saligao, Goa. A full appreciation of this fleeting interplay is only possible from a drone’s elevated perspective.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/goa/@parrikar/light-and-mist</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/goa/@parrikar/light-and-mist</guid><category><![CDATA[goa]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[parrikar]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2020 23:33:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sheep, Snow, Fog, and a Drone Crash]]></title><description><![CDATA[A hard lesson learned. My drone crashed a few weeks ago on a cold, foggy morning in the snowy wilds of Iceland. At the time I was filming a flock of sheep huddled on a ridge near Möðrudalur in the Northern]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/iceland/@parrikar/sheep-snow-fog-and-a-drone-crash</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/iceland/@parrikar/sheep-snow-fog-and-a-drone-crash</guid><category><![CDATA[iceland]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[parrikar]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2020 17:57:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Golfklúbbur Borgarness]]></title><description><![CDATA[The golf clubhouse in Borgarnes glows in the final moments of the day’s sun. In the background looms Hafnarfjall.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/iceland/@parrikar/golfklubbur-borgarness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/iceland/@parrikar/golfklubbur-borgarness</guid><category><![CDATA[iceland]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[parrikar]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2020 12:01:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Twilight Temper]]></title><description><![CDATA[Moods of the season. Eyvindarhólakirkja is in the Eyjafjöll region on the south coast of Iceland. The historic Reykjahlíðarkirkja, miraculously spared in the 1729 Krafla eruption, is in the north by Mývatn.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/iceland/@parrikar/twilight-temper</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/iceland/@parrikar/twilight-temper</guid><category><![CDATA[iceland]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[parrikar]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 08 Feb 2020 17:18:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stroll on the Beach]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is the middle of winter right now with its attendant servings of icy winds, gales, blizzards, snow, sleet, and rain. For the hardy souls who make Iceland‘s far-flung northeast corner their home, it]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/iceland/@parrikar/stroll-on-the-beach</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/iceland/@parrikar/stroll-on-the-beach</guid><category><![CDATA[iceland]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[parrikar]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2020 15:09:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winter Light]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pure visual melody. The splash of low sub-Arctic sun on the Icelandic landscape is among Nature’s most wondrous displays.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/iceland/@parrikar/winter-light</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/iceland/@parrikar/winter-light</guid><category><![CDATA[iceland]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[parrikar]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2020 15:03:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prasad Sawkar]]></title><description><![CDATA[A life in music and drama. The eminent vocalist and actor Prasad Sawkar is one of Goa‘s many sterling contributions to Art and Culture. I called on the doyen of the Marathi stage, now in his nineties,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/goa/@parrikar/prasad-sawkar</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/goa/@parrikar/prasad-sawkar</guid><category><![CDATA[goa]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[parrikar]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2020 13:37:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A New Morning, A New Year, A New Decade]]></title><description><![CDATA[2020 is here. I was out early this morning in Goa.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/goa/@parrikar/a-new-morning-a-new-year-a-new-decade</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/goa/@parrikar/a-new-morning-a-new-year-a-new-decade</guid><category><![CDATA[goa]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[parrikar]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2020 05:27:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bull, Looking for China Shop]]></title><description><![CDATA[Organized bullfights, known in Goa as Dhirio, are now illegal. But popular Goan traditions are not going to be reined in by pesky laws. The ‘action’ is now often scheduled in the wee hours of the morning;]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/goa/@parrikar/bull-looking-for-china-shop</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/goa/@parrikar/bull-looking-for-china-shop</guid><category><![CDATA[goa]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[parrikar]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 29 Dec 2019 12:05:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Best Seat in the House]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sunset in Goa.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/goa/@parrikar/best-seat-in-the-house</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/goa/@parrikar/best-seat-in-the-house</guid><category><![CDATA[goa]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[parrikar]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 28 Dec 2019 02:28:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christmas 2019]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gleðileg Jól, Feliz Natal, Merry Christmas!]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/christmas/@parrikar/christmas-2019</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/christmas/@parrikar/christmas-2019</guid><category><![CDATA[christmas]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[parrikar]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Dec 2019 15:08:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winterland]]></title><description><![CDATA[Frozen Iceland. A couple of scenes out of my window during our Icelandair flight to Copenhagen yesterday. Shot with the iPhone XS, the image quality is not in the SLR league, but give it another 2/3 years,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/iceland/@parrikar/winterland</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/iceland/@parrikar/winterland</guid><category><![CDATA[iceland]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[parrikar]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 20:10:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calm]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mornin’ in Goa. In the village of Talaulim.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/goa/@parrikar/calm</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/goa/@parrikar/calm</guid><category><![CDATA[goa]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[parrikar]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 11:36:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hraundrangi Lit]]></title><description><![CDATA[After years of unsuccessful attempts, I finally managed to catch the first light at Hraundrangi a few weeks ago.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hraundrangi/@parrikar/hraundrangi-lit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hraundrangi/@parrikar/hraundrangi-lit</guid><category><![CDATA[hraundrangi]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[parrikar]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2019 16:47:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Penha de França]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mornin’ in Goa. First light in the village of Penha de França. Check out the video short in the post.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/sunrise/@parrikar/penha-de-franca</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/sunrise/@parrikar/penha-de-franca</guid><category><![CDATA[sunrise]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[parrikar]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2019 16:41:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Akureyri, Blue Hour]]></title><description><![CDATA[La plus belle ville du monde. Iceland‘s second-largest city has a population of 18,000.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/akureyri/@parrikar/akureyri-blue-hour</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/akureyri/@parrikar/akureyri-blue-hour</guid><category><![CDATA[akureyri]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[parrikar]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 23 Nov 2019 14:26:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iceland Aurora]]></title><description><![CDATA[Northern Lights in Haukadalur á Rangárvöllum.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/iceland/@parrikar/iceland-aurora</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/iceland/@parrikar/iceland-aurora</guid><category><![CDATA[iceland]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[parrikar]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2019 17:20:57 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>