Tag: Jaipur
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INDIA | The Land of Dreams and Romance
In 1896, at age 60, Mark Twain traveled throughout India for three months. As I read his words, I saw my photographs of India… “This is indeed India; the land of dreams and romance, of fabulous wealth and fabulous poverty, of splendor and rags, of palaces and hovels, of famine and pestilence, of genii and…
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Weird but Wonderful | Photo Op
An enterprising, but frustrated, young man orchestrating a family of tourists to have their photo taken in front of an image of the very palace they are standing in. The City Palace, Jaipur, India
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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
