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sangiro

Back from India - Photos

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Heya all,

Back from India and I dropped some photos for you in the usual spot.

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1.05 billion people live, a lot of them in extreme poverty, a stone's throw away from the Taj Mahal - one of the Wonders of the World. Unfortunately in India as in many developing countries the "untouchables" (a class lower than the lowest class in the Indian caste system) too often seem to be the children and the old people. India is certainly if nothing else, an interesting country and society.

It was good to be there. Enjoy the photos. :)
Safe swoops
Sangiro

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I read an incredible article in National Geographic about the "ancha" (sp.?) the "untouchables" and the Castes of India. Tragic... Yup!

I admire their perserverence!

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Did you take any shots of the countryside ?

Unfortunately not many. Most of my experience of the countryside was thought the window of a car. I had limited time.

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Would you go back ?

That's a good question.... I have no particular desire to go back. Even though I found it to be very interesting there are still too many other places that I have not been to yet that are higher on my list than a return-visit to India.
Safe swoops
Sangiro

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Nick and I looked at the pictures together. He was really impressed with

this one,
this one
this one
and he thought it was really great that they have a skateboard park in that one! :ph34r:

Great shots...I really like all the lines in them. You sure are really handy with a camera. B|
She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man,
because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon

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Wow! Those pictures were so breathtakingly beautiful. The culture and tradition is so awesome! I loved all of the pictures, they all had their own stories. I especially liked the picture of the two chairs next to each other. The way the inner legs lean the chairs toward one another, as if a couple occupied them day after day for years.

You are an awesome photographer, Sangiro! Thanks for sharing!!
Angela.



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Nice pictures -- thanks for sharing. But I didn't see any of you in there -- no happy little smiley face :)

Wendy W.
There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

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very nice man!! getting a little artsy there oh i would have loved to see that group of children from there eye lvl and a little closer.



so the student becomes the teacher, eh...? :)

You'd be dangerous with a chequebook :P - We'd get photos from everywhere... ever thought of shooting for National Geographic?

Dave

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HH -

I was under the impression that the untouchable system was done away with long ago? Is it one of those situations where reality/tradition doesn't follow the law?
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I was under the impression that the untouchable system was done away with long ago? Is it one of those situations where reality/tradition doesn't follow the law?



Yup - the real world and the "what we want the world to look like" doesn't really align here.
Safe swoops
Sangiro

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