Tag: India
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Taj Mahal: The Photo Shoot
With great reverence, I walked towards the Seventh Wonder of the World, the marvelous monument to undying love, the exquisitely carved massive marble dome glowing in the sunset…but where there’s tourists you just can’t take anything too seriously. It was the week of Diwali, one of India’s two most important holidays. Everyone was on vacation,…
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India | Road Trip
You have to see it to believe it. Driving through India was like one of those Crazy Taxi driving video games, where there’s always something, or someone, in the road that you have to swerve around, and where the terrain is like a roller coaster. It’s both terrifying and fascinating at the same time.
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Weird but Wonderful | Business Plan
Clock Tower Market in Jodhpur, India
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Style Moment | A New Year, Udaipur
“Throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” Mark Twain (1839-1910) American author
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Weird but Wonderful | Barber Shop
Haircuts on the street, Delhi
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Eye on Design | India | Baubles and Bangles
In India, a Hindu woman isn’t fully dressed for her wedding unless she is wearing sixteen adornments, but even in everyday life, Indian women are bejeweled and bedazzled. Bring on the bangles…
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Style Moment | Marigolds in Jaipur
“It was as if all my life I had been seeing the world in black and white and, when brought face-to-face with India, experienced everything re-rendered in brilliant technicolor. Keith Bellows (born 1952) Vice President of the National Geographic Society
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Weird but Wonderful | Snack Time
Mr. Moturam, making jalebi, a sweet treat, in the Clock Tower Market, Jodhpur, India.
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India | Extreme Color
These colors are not found in nature. These colors are dazzling. Resplendent. Glorious. Spectacular. These are the colors of Jodhpur’s Clock Tower Market in India.
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India | Twenty-four hours ago
I’m in Connecticut and it’s snowing. Twenty-four hours ago, I was standing in the bazaar in the center of Old Delhi, dripping with sweat and covered with dust.
