From India, With Dahl.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at 9:51PM One month. No blogging.
That felt alright... and gee, I got a lot of other things done!
But here I am again to share my little creative thoughts and productions.
I spent three weeks in glorious India. A land of contrasts they say, and indeed it was. A place where you just 'get life' more by simply being there amongst it, eating incredible food cooked in a hovel, watching chaos and yet no aggression, avoiding flying concrete whilst getting plentiful advice from strangers, witnessing bodily functions and glowing smiles and squeeky clean hearts, being ripped off and catching them out with a laugh.
I didn't take my camera.
I only brought a small bag (see photo) and didn't want the hassle. But I ended up grabbing my friend's iphone and taking just a few neccessary snaps of the beauty in Hipstamatic style.
Enjoy.
Passing by newly weds. Shot from my cab window into theirs. Mumbai.
The hanging gardens in Mumbai, being demonstrated literally. It's a place where couples and families walk and have their pictures taken with rough looking topiary.
The non stop bustle on the streets of Mumbai.
A sadhu sits out on a ghat on the Ganges. Varanasi.
Pilgrims come in droves. Here are a few sitting for rituals at the Ghats on the Ganges in Varanasi.
One of the saintly circus-like 'Goods Carriers' on the streets of Kerala.
The dapper waiters (who are actually really smiley) in a restaurant in Varanasi.
Travelling at dawn on the Ganges to watch the morning activities. Varanasi.
Streets of Silver in Kerala. I bought ankle bracelets, by weight.
Child of Varanasi.
My favourite photograph.
I'll go back with a camera next time.
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