fantastic black and white photo
// October 7th, 2009 // No Comments » // Photographs, people
http://www.dzinepress.com/2009/10/80-famous-photos-which-belong-to-20th-century/09-3/
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Shibuya’s desi
// October 28th, 2007 // No Comments » // Photographs, people
Plugging an Indian restaurant in Shibuya, Tokyo.
The Buddha of Kamakura
// September 9th, 2007 // No Comments » // Photographs, people
The famous Buddha statue in Kamakura – not, apparently the largest in
Japan – but considered to be the finest of the large Buddhist statues.
Interestingly, Kamakura today is one of the more significant surfer towns in Japan, and its beach was bum-to-bum full of surfer dudes and chix (I believe thus is the socially acceptable form of address), complete with screeching piped J-pop music, watched over (watched down?) by this statue of a benign Gautama.
You can, btw actually walk into the statue – there is an opening towards the back and looking on the actually mechanics of how its been built and the far more industrial foundation of that beatific, sagacious looking statue is an amazing contrast. Incidently, its also bloody hot inside in the summer. really.
a betel nut?
// March 6th, 2006 // No Comments » // Pakistan, Photographs, people
Found this intriguing picture of a rather regal looking paanwala in Lahore; a comment below the original picture says:
oh, and this paanwala is a classic! He plays loud qawallis and throws rose petals on his customers.
Now this sounds like my kind of joint! Almost as an aside, i feel almost obligated to share with you the very funny relationship most paanwalas have with their regular customers; you might not know, for example, that amongst this creed its considered bad practise to hand dripping carcinogenic time bombs (the paans that is) into the hands of customers, rather, these must be placed directly into an often already scarlet, saliva filled mouth. Its a sight – a middle aged man, still astride his motorbike being given his quickie fix, a quick exchange of red stained rupee notes, a screeching departure.. and perhaps eventually a not too dissimilar visit to a paanwala further down.
I’ve completely blown the romance, havent i? Next time, i might tell you about the champi wallas…
Found at http://guruworld.blogspot.com/2004/11/paanwala-in-lahore-old-anarkali.html via http://lahore.metblogs.com/
Prayer
// February 11th, 2006 // No Comments » // Photographs, people
A woman prays for her son who was killed in the Kashmir earthquake, Balakot, Pakistan.
Source: World press photo award 2005
shoaib
// February 6th, 2006 // No Comments » // Photographs, people
Not really one to follow cricket, but this picture caught my eye on India Uncut
