It wasn’t a chilly morning. What else do you expect in the sweltering plains of India. Fortunately we started fairly early from our house armed with our camera and a bottle of water. This was just a checkup on the flamingoes near the Najafgarh Drain and possibly a few more species of birds overhead. I […]
A Greater Day
At dawn, the horizon which kept it safe from darkness let’s it out,let’s it live for another 15 hours, allows it to guide the lost beaded sunflower.At noon,it turns pale enough,scared of going back into the tiny place,where it has to wait another night to win the race.Before dusk it fights with time,struggling for victory,begging […]
A fiery globe and a cold Stone.
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Two Snails provide moral support to each other as they are precariously Hanging from a leaf for dear life
In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Careful.”
Today is the hindu festival Dussehra, also called Vijayadashami. Dussehra literally means the defeat (hara) of the ten (Dus)- headed king Raavan by Rama. This festival symbolizes the victory of good over evil. It is at the culmination of the nine day fasting period, called navratris. On the tenth day, huge effigies of Raavan are set afire amidst much celebration.
This post deals mainly with my fascination with the elaborate effigies.
The effigy- making work is given on contract to various small businessmen who specialize in such work during the festival season. This year i visited one such area in Delhi. The effigies being prepared were mostly between 30 to 50 feet in height. The work is totally manual from start to finish, and takes about 4-5 days to complete.
First the framework for the heads as well as the bodies are made out of flexible…
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The festival of Dussehra / Dassai / Vijaydashmi symbolizes the Victory of Good over Evil. The Raavan portrays the Evil with Ten Heads symbolised by Ego, Passion, Pride, Anger, Greed, Infatuation, Lust, Hatred, Jealousy and Selfishness. The above Photo shows him with just one Head out of the Ten with his thunderous Red face and Huge Extraordinary Mustaches who will be Killed Today on Vijaydashmi Day
In the above photochallenge
In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “(Extra)ordinary.”
Good Thoughts
(Back to blogging after almost 2 years. I am starting a series of random photo-stories, hopefully once a week. This is the first on the series.)
This picture is of the leather slippers and sandals (jootis) displayed outside a small shop in Tamil Nadu, India. In India it is common to display charms to ward off ill-luck outside shops.
Here the gargantuan leather slipper made up to resemble a demons face both showcases the perfect craftsmanship of the seller and protects the shop owner as well as his business from the evil eye.
The demon-face slipper measures about 2 feet in length, doesn’t have a partner and sits on display day after day…. while the ordinary-sized ones fit into human feet and walk off on their journeys into the world.
This is the slippers story.
“I was always an achiever, one step ahead of my peers, even when in school.
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In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Boundaries.”
The Only Solution to remove Boundaries between People / Nations…………..
Flowers and Love
The layers of the north eastern states of India, as represented by the colorful shawls with patterns specific to each tribe….. To me these are symbolic of the layers that make India so fascinating.
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