24/11/2007

London tube

Filed: people, Photographs & tagged , and — The OB Van @ 10:10 pm

London tube

London tube

london people Photographs
28/10/2007

Shibuya’s desi

Filed: people, Photographs & tagged — The OB Van @ 10:40 pm

Plugging an Indian restaurant in Shibuya, Tokyo.

Shibuya’s Mughal Proclaimer

Photographs
9/9/2007

The Budhha of Kamakura

Filed: people, Photographs & tagged , and — The OB Van @ 2:27 am

Buddha of Kamakura

people Photographs street photos
19/5/2007

Rome

Filed: buildings, people, Photographs & not tagged — The OB Van @ 2:25 am

Rome

29/4/2007

Monmarte, Paris

Filed: people, Photographs, All & not tagged — The OB Van @ 11:30 pm

Paris night sky in Monmarte.

17/4/2007

Rome, Italy

Filed: people, Photographs & not tagged — The OB Van @ 11:02 pm

Rome, Italy

Football, Rome

Filed: people, Photographs & tagged , and — The OB Van @ 10:21 pm

Football, Rome Italy

italy Photographs rome
18/2/2007

by the beach, Karachi

Filed: people, Photographs & not tagged — The OB Van @ 3:30 am

Karachi Beach

The eager model, Soho, London

Filed: people, Photographs & not tagged — The OB Van @ 3:17 am

Soho, London

Filed: people, Photographs & tagged , , and — The OB Van @ 3:15 am

Hotdogs in Soho, London

Hotdogs in Soho, London

people Photographs soho street photos
15/1/2007

The lonely charpoy

Filed: people, 'shopped, Photographs, All & tagged , and — The OB Van @ 11:21 pm

Old man on a Charpoy

lahore Pakistan Photographs
6/3/2006

a betel nut?

Filed: Pakistan, people, Misc, Photographs & tagged , and — The OB Van @ 3:33 am

the regal paan wala in lahore
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/

Pakistan people Photographs
11/2/2006

Prayer

Filed: people, Photographs & not tagged — mufti @ 6:52 am

A woman prays for her son who was killed in the Kashmir earthquake, Balakot, Pakistan.

Source: World press photo award 2005

9/2/2006

train

Filed: people, Photographs & not tagged — mufti @ 10:47 pm

Source: Post-tsunami resilience in The Guardian

6/2/2006

shoaib

Filed: people, Photographs & not tagged — mufti @ 3:48 pm

Not really one to follow cricket, but this picture caught my eye on India Uncut

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