A Traveller’s Eye, A Thinker’s Heart
I like to tell stories. I like to take photos.
And I like to share them. Enjoy.
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ONE PHOTO, PLEASE
โOne photo, please.โ I kept hearing their voices all the time. The children asking me to take a photo of them. โOne photo, please.โ โThank you.โ And I kept thinking of all the times I was thanked for taking a photo of a child, a man or a woman. โThank you, thank you.โ Why were…
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KASHMIR’S LAKE DAL
Allฤhu akbar! The Muslim call to prayer at dawn woke us all from our deep sleep on the houseboat. They must have a special New Yearโs Day version of the call because it seemed to go on forever. It was a good alarm clock for me though as I wanted to get up at dawn…
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SRINAGAR
We said goodbye to the Himalayas and drove a couple of hours down to Srinagar, the summer capital of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. Kashmir is a shopperโs paradise due to its carpet and textile industries so our first stop was a carpet wholesaler. Our home is already well decorated with handmade carpets…
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GULMARG
When we first made our plans to go to India last April, we decided we would leave Ammamma with family in the south while Padma, Joe, Xander and I did a bit of exploring in the north. I had been dreaming of Kashmir for 37 odd years so that was my first choice. But it…
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THE TAJ MAHAL
PHOTOBOMBING AT THE TAJ We arose early to begin a painful long journey by road to Agra and the Taj Mahal. Our travel plan called for us travelling along a modern expressway to Agra. A trip which would have been an easy three hours. But the expressway was closed due to fog as there were…
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SEVA JYOTI LEPROSY REHABILITATION CENTRE
After Christmas lunch, cousin Joshua asked if weโd like to join him on a visit to a leper colony. I thought at first I was losing something in translation but indeed Joshua worked with lepers and had a scheduled visit. We drove for an hour through little villages and finally arrived at a Seva Jyoti…
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LOST IN TRANSLATION IN GUDUR
After the Christmas service I walked around in the courtyard and in the street and watched the people emerge. Some children saw me with the camera and asked for a photo so I took them and soon there was a queue of children all wanting photos. As soon as I would point the camera at…
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NO WHITES IN NELLOR
Today we made an ill-fated trip to Nellor to try to do some shopping. I say ill-fated because the Christmas Eve crowds were so bad we just couldnโt get anything done. We went into a clothes store and this manikin proved to be the closest I had come to seeing a white person in 10…
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SANTA COMES TO GUDUR
Padma and I were at cousin Joshuaโs house when Xander ran up and told us to come along to see Santa Claus. We all piled into a minibus and drove through the streets of Gudur till we reach a dark and poor neighbourhood. We got out of the car not knowing what to expect. A…
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