SelAm tags me on a meme he says is so last year – All you have to do is select and upload one photo that you have clicked this year that is special to you. Could be anything…aesthetic, technical or personal. Also, put in a short note why it is special.
My favorite from last year is this one of Nandini, an old young friend from the Kala Ghoda area where I first met her…
Meet Nandini. She lives somewhere around this area. She is not very sure where. She can’t tell me anything more about herself and her family. But she knows one thing for sure – she likes pani puri. She has no idea what it is called; will she have dhokla? nahi. khandvi? nahi; she quickly dismissed these foolish offers I make in the assumption that the kid would like the less spicy things on offer. Yeh nahi, woh gol gol jo hota hai – her little fingers making whirring circles in the air… oh, the round things? realization dawns as I point to the kachori. She directs a withering look at me (how dumb can you get?, it says in loud tones and I duly wither), gives up attempts to explain and instead leads me confidently to the stall, her little hands in mine. She takes ages to eat the first puri – the tiny mouth can open only so big. So the panipuriwala fill the other puris, piles them up in a leaf cup and she takes them away to a corner by the tree to eat them in peace.
Read her story where it was originally posted – the Kala Ghoda Gazette…
And while no one is looking, can I sneak in another favorite quickly? (Say two pics of kids equals one of an adult?)
(Taken at the primary school at Hampi on independence day – I have posted this pic on this blog earlier) – I call it the colors of freedom – what story does this tell you?
And oh, photographically speaking (if one can do that), one of my aims was developing skills at street and portrait photography – and these images prove how intent was translated into some action. A beginning…
these photographs are wonderful! thanks for sharing.
The photograph speaks a lot. While one side of window is open, the other remains closed. Ironically, the closed side has the colours of tricolor at the back (from inside the classroom)!
Hello! I found your blog through Global Voices Online. I hope you’ll stop by Crossword Bebop sometime.
It is my grand dream to blog about crossword puzzles in every English-speaking country. Where do people in your neighborhood go when they want to do a crossword puzzle?
To prevent my comment from being off-topic, here is a photo I took at the Uptown Art Fair in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. There is a poem to go with the picture.