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Have your photo published at Photo Of The Moment (and promote your site, if any, for free!) Find out how.By Siddharth Singh (c) 2009
Okay I admit I staged this. This leaf, like many others in the environs, was lying in the garden next to this small pier in Dal Lake in Kashmir, India. I just placed it appropriately on the wooden pier, and viola!
By Siddharth (c) 2009
This is inside a house in a village in Rajasthan, one of the poorest state of India. The sunlight is striped because a part of the ceiling is made of metal rods. The containers seen are called “ghadas” and they keep water clean and cool.
By Siddharth (c) 2009
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By Siddharth (c) 2009
The girl above (and the two old women) are members of the so-called “untouchable” community of India. ‘Dalits’ is now the politically correct term. Generations of dalits have been raped, killed, burnt and discriminated against because of the ugly caste system. Of course, caste discrimination is illegal by the law books of India, and over the years, progress has been made. We have had a dalit President (although I might add that in India, the post is only ceremonial), a dalit Chief Justice, a dalit Speaker of the House, and several dalit public figures, including Ambedkar, the Father of the Indian Constitution.
This doesn’t mean that dalits are no longer discriminated against; not by a long shot. But in this case, that of the girl above, the future is bright. She goes to school and is in the 9th grade and manages to score a very good 75% in her exams. She will get to work, being the only child to her liberal parents. She is well informed of the happenings of India and the world even, given she reads newspapers everyday (on the other hand, her parents are illiterate). She also claims that untouchability is something she has never had to face in her life.
By Siddharth (c) 2009
I passed this road several times across a few days in rural Rajasthan in India. This man was always here, observing people and animals go by, catching a nap in between, and at times playing cards with his pals.
By Siddharth (c) 2009
By Siddharth (c) 2009
The Flying Spaghetti Monster! Blessed am I to experience His Noodly Appendage.
By Siddharth (c) 2009
A man dressed as Hanuman, a Hindu “Monkey God” takes a break from street performances to catch up on the latest happenings around the region.
By Siddharth Singh (c) 2009
A house in a village in one of the poorest states of India – Rajasthan. Guess what the walls are made of? I’ll buy you a beer if you can guess correctly.
Tip: There’s another reason Hindus don’t eat beef.
By Siddharth SIngh (c) 2009
Water, which is scarce in this part of India (in Rajasthan) is stored in large clay containers (called ghadas) to keep the water fresh and cool.
I saw this in a market in a village. This one is public. It is sustained by a few shop-keepers for all to have.
Notice the swastikas on the supports of the slab? It is a vedic symbol and has nothing to do with the Nazis.
Water, which is scarce in this part of India (in Rajasthan) is stored in large clay containers (called ghadas) to keep the water fresh and cool.
Seen here is a kitchen behind a textured wall where the ghadas lie on a slab.
