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Intl Saturdays 11: Shoegasm
Takeshita Dori opposite the Harajuku metro station has numerous such shops. This particular shop had laid out all their ladies’ shoes in this very unconventional manner which immediately grabbed my attention from afar. Thanks to the cooler climate of Tokyo, these shoes have optimum insulation for the ankles. While the tag says 50 per cent off, they were still quite expensive by Indian standards.
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Seriously! Do not disturb!
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Intl Saturdays 10: Attention!
While in Tokyo, i was really fascinated to see people standing ramrod straight while waiting.
Waiting at the signal to cross the road…
… or waiting for the cash to come out of this ATM…
… or just waiting to finish a call on the cellphone.
It was just so completely different from our natural tendency to lean on either leg. It is as if their brain is programmed to be in the ‘Attention’ pose. Maybe that is one of the reason they are so fit and so toned. I am not kidding when i say this: I could count the number of obese people i saw (in the week that i was in Tokyo) on one hand!
Here are some in colour.
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Portraits 6: The Arch
This is one of my personal favourites among all the portraits i have shot. This was taken on one of the roofs of Dhobi Ghat. I was actually shooting the workers using the clothesline as a sort of a framing tool. This elderly person was kind of confused with what i was doing and kept looking at me. When i pointed the camera in his direction, he did not budge, but his eyebrow arched a bit, making the wrinkles on his forehead more conspicuous. When i showed him the result, he did smile:P
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Um-be-re-llla
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Intl Saturdays 9: Disappearing feet
While strolling in the Roppongi Hills district in Tokyo, i came across a wide open area which had a huge spider installation simply called Maman. While i couldn’t get the complete spider in the frame (you can see only 1 foot on the left and the shadow of 3 on the right) , i noticed that it presented a good opportunity to play with some deliberate blurring. The two friends in the foreground helped a lot by staying still for the whole time.
It’s a pity i could not visit this place during the daytime wherein i could have tried harder to get the complete spider.
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Gauri poojan
Had been to my native place last week for the Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations. Now while Ganesh Chaturthi has been featured on this blog before, i thought of showcasing another tradition that is celebrated during the Ganpati festival. It’s called Gauri poojan. It starts on the third day of Ganesh Chaturthi and ends by the fifth day. To read about the significance of the festival read this.
Back in the days, Gauri was represented by a small kalash or an image of Gauri, but nowadays you have elaborate idols made from fibre which look realistic. A walk down the Lalbaug market in Mumbai will present you with many variations of this design.
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Jugaad 1
Jugaad is the Indian terminology for finding quick and easy alternatives to solving complex or expensive problems. We see it all around us. While exploring Mt. Abu, I came across this variation of Jugaad, where instead of having banners advertising their wares, the businessmen simply used the whitewashed pillars with arrow-marks to tell someone on the street what they were dealing in. It cuts out the need for spending money on external banners and makes use of what would have otherwise been dull painted walls and pillars.
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Intl Saturdays 8: Long-Tail
Long tail boats are quite ubiquitous in Thailand. On the way to Old Bangkok which houses all the major temples, you will come across many of these colourful boats on the Chao Phraya river. Crossing this river while going towards those temple complexes, you can see the change from the glitzy and hedonistic Bangkok to the more traditional Old Bangkok.
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