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Intl Saturdays 18: Old Bangkok fish market

December 1, 2012August 26, 2018Posted in UncategorizedTagged Bangkok, Daily Life, fish market, International Saturdays, Old Bangkok, Old world, streetLeave a comment

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Intl Saturdays 17: Big brother?

November 24, 2012August 26, 2018Posted in UncategorizedTagged Bangkok, candid moment, Old Bangkok, street photography, Temple complex, temple guard, Thailand1 Comment

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Intl Saturdays 16: Juxtaposition in Tokyo

November 17, 2012August 26, 2018Posted in UncategorizedTagged BW photography, contrast juxtaposition, Daily Life, Imperial palace, International Saturdays, Japan, Japanese culture, Old world, street, Tokyo, urban spaces, urbanscapesLeave a comment

Barring the Imperial Palace, there are very few places left in Tokyo which are reminiscent of an old era. (Let’s add the Yakotori alley to that list (will put up its picture some other day)). Most of old Tokyo was wiped out during the WWII. What you get to see in Tokyo now are structures which are not older than say 40-50 years (at least in the major part of Tokyo AFAIK).

Although Japan still has the King and the Queen, they are just that in name. They do not have any say in political matters as such. They still live in a palace, which is in the middle of Tokyo surrounded by lovely open spaces and greenery. I just loved the sound while walking on the pebbly, gravel-ly path that lead upto the Imperial palace gates.

This is the only frame where i could manage to capture the contrast of the old against the new (one of my favourite things whenever i am in any city. There is just something about the era gone past. The Golden Age syndrome some call it, of which i am a surefire victim).

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Intl Saturdays 15: Cuteness

November 10, 2012August 26, 2018Posted in UncategorizedTagged cute Japanese kids, Daily Life, decisive moment, Japan, kids, street photography, TokyoLeave a comment

Asakusa temple premise is buzzing with people. When i came out of the temple from the side and was going to capture it, i noticed this family exiting the temple as well. I really liked the expression on the lil one’s face and the insane detailing in her shoes and socks and the lovely hair. It was cuteness personified. And i really was lucky to have the baby stare right at me:)

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Portraits 7: The nameless baba

November 7, 2012August 26, 2018Posted in UncategorizedTagged BW photography, chillum, Daily Life, nomadic lifestyle, portraits, religion, rishikesh, spirituality, street portrait, Uttarakhand5 Comments

I was shooting along the banks of the Ganga at Rishikesh, when i heard someone calling me. I turned around to find this dreadlocks-sporting baba. He first made the sign of a chillum, asking if i had any. I smiled and said no. He smiled back.

I then went ahead and started talking to him. He seemed to be sober, for a change. We had a good 15-minute conversation and to date i can’t remember his name, but i still remember the conversation. This was probably my first ever attempt at a street portrait as i had just bought my Canon S5 IS back then.
He told me that he along with a group of other Shiv-bhakt babas stayed around the banks of the Ganga in Rishikesh and their main aim in life was to practise Shaivism, meditate and lead a nomadic life. He said he had lead this kind of lifestyle for close to 15 years.

“How do you manage your meals then?” i asked. He replied that they completely relied on bhiksha. In a tourist-friendly town such as Rishikesh, there is an abundance of bhiksha and food for people like him. They have very few belongings and would sleep, bathe and smoke chillum along the ghats of the Ganga. There are some sort of open quarters around the Ganga at Rishikesh where a lot of these godmen stay and sleep.
I asked him if he only stayed in Rishikesh or does he move around, to which he said, “Jab garmi badh jaati hai, to hum pahadon me jaate hai. Uttarakhand ya Himachal. Ek hi jagah nahi rehte.” (When the heat increases, we take off to the hills. We keep moving around in Uttarakhand or Himachal but do not stay fixed at any one place).

I did not have the heart to ask him anything about his past or his family. So i took my leave and requested if i could click his picture. He agreed.

Whenever i look at those peering eyes, i am instantly transferred back to Rishikesh. What a lovely place that is!

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A cabbie race

November 5, 2012August 26, 2018Posted in UncategorizedTagged BW photography, candid moment, Daily Life, girgaum chowpatty, layers, South Mumbai, street photographyLeave a comment

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Intl Saturdays 14: The Nut Seller

November 3, 2012August 26, 2018Posted in UncategorizedTagged Asakusa temple, Daily Life, Japan, portrait, street, street photography, street portrait, TokyoLeave a comment

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BMC building at dusk

October 31, 2012August 26, 2018Posted in UncategorizedTagged architechtural marvel, architechture photogaphy, BMC building, British architechture, BW photography, nostalgia, South MumbaiLeave a comment

Ok i agree, i have shot this building a hell lot of times. Guilty as charged. But there is just something about its architecture that makes me go all starry eyed, whenever i am in the vicinity. This time around i had shot it at dusk and i really loved the dark blue cloudless sky which gave a perfect backdrop to the structure.

And here are some Black and Whites of the same building.

Intl Saturdays 13 : Layered terrace

October 27, 2012August 26, 2018Posted in UncategorizedTagged architechture photogaphy, Bangkok, cloudy skies, International Saturdays, repitition, terraces5 Comments

Came across this building while walking around Bangkok. The layered terrace is what caught my eye. Thanks to a cloudy sky, there was the perfect backdrop for this building.
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Intl Saturdays 12: The Temple Guard

October 19, 2012August 26, 2018Posted in UncategorizedTagged BW photography, International Saturdays, mythology, Old Bangkok, Temple complex, temple guard, Thailand, wat phraw kaew1 Comment

While walking through the temples or Wats around Old Bangkok, you will come across a lot of these fierce looking temple guardians. I do not remember much about the significance of these figures, but i could definitely relate them to the Chinese warrior figures i had seen in the past. (Sorry, but this Thailand trip is a blur right now, except for some photographs that i have. Next time, if i get a chance to go there, i will be more thorough with my research;)

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