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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Children run at full pace to keep up with a fast moving truck to steal Coal from a Government truck transporting Coal from a mine at Dhanbad, 2010 - <span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Photo Subhash Sharma.</i></span></td></tr>
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Soon to be released Bollywood movie 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag' - is reportedly based on legendary 'Flying Sikh' - Indian Olympian and super sprinter 'Milkha Singh' who could run as if there was no tomorrow.<br />
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I encountered sprinters of a different kind who too would run for sheer life to steal coal or go hungry...literally as their daily existence depended on that....Guess if these children were instead put in a athletic school will they not make super runners ? In an irony of sorts, India's sport's talent, be it in running, hockey or archery comes from the hinterland where sheer hardships and often times desperation trains and hardens them.<br />
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....On my asking how they could run so fast one of these boys remarked : 'Jab G... pe Polisiya Daanda padne kar darr lagta hai... toh apne aap aag ki tarah bhagna aa jaata hai ' as they burst out laughing..<br />
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Early Monday morning, came across this small group of Jain Sadhavis walking. I just stood there & watched them walk. Peacefully,steadily,definitely. Minimum baggage....no mobile, no tablet, no wallet, no ego. </div>
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The Jain holy-men and women are known to walk from one place to another,they never take a bus or a car but walk.walk.walk.Many times barefoot. They prefer to be constantly on the move and don't settle in one place. Aka home. Who needs a home when the entire world is yours or some might philosophize that even if you can own everything nothing will belong to you...you just have the journey....</div>
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The best way to experience the world, to assimilate, is to Walk; All the Greats of the world have walked endlessly from the Buddha to the Mahatma. </div>
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When was the last time you WALKED , not to your office , or to the store or for some work but to NOWHERE...aimlessly...not wanting to reach anywhere but enjoying the 'now'. </div>
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Go take a walk... you'll discover the world....maybe 'yourself' too....</div>
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Some pictures from a Trip to Istanbul.<br />
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Subhash Sharmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321322713534543599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7678758734847241219.post-49821173595045133882012-01-16T14:58:00.005+05:302012-01-16T15:55:39.068+05:30Indian Photojournalism loses its Heavy Weight<span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Homai Vyarawalla</span>, widely acknowledged as India’s first woman photojournalist passed away at Vadodara on Sunday 15 Jan, 2012 she was 98.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPD-g78NjcircBUgq_UORpGq2uDbfH0vXdsngR_sR-0x3GUOGNTeoWxx0Ljf9tnMAUNDWFOtIX1skrXeGEWs4rtLBx_068MS-CowQnTDA2aJanDW7i8F6IBoKbWc2VOp72XFR2mam-4sGO/s1600/homai7a.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 312px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPD-g78NjcircBUgq_UORpGq2uDbfH0vXdsngR_sR-0x3GUOGNTeoWxx0Ljf9tnMAUNDWFOtIX1skrXeGEWs4rtLBx_068MS-CowQnTDA2aJanDW7i8F6IBoKbWc2VOp72XFR2mam-4sGO/s400/homai7a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698160803788031554" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Homai Vyarawalla at Work (Creative Commons via Flickr)</span><br /></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I particularly enjoy this above photograph of her,</span><br style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">as seen clearly she was <span style="font-style: italic;"> ‘the man amongst the boys’</span> an irritated Homai is directing other chaotic male photojournalists into some order & semblance during a photo shoot with Indian Prime minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(& also kudos to the photographer who made the picture for capturing the candid moment.inspiring.)</span></span><br style="font-family:verdana;"><br style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">In this interesting Documentary about her , she lovingly talks about her versatile <span style="font-weight: bold;">Rolliflex</span> and numerous angles you can work with it , a detailed demo on how to use a <span style="font-weight: bold;">Speed Graphic</span>, her <span style="font-weight: bold;">f1.5 contax lens</span> ! and numerous super interesting anecdotes on being a female photojournalist ……..</span><br style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />http://www.cultureunplugged.com/play/719/Homai-Vyarawalla</span><br style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Notice her love for all things Photography</span>, seen just behind her in the interview, what looks like a Berlebach wooden tripod which she uses as a flower pot stand! </span><br style="font-family:verdana;"><br style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Her funny side</span>;<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">‘…in those days girls were not supposed to even carry a handbag…if noticed people would ask “Are you going out to give someone a haircut!! And I was carrying a camera and all accessories around my neck……as opposed to girls of other religions I could even walk the streets at night….. Being a Parsi helped, people thought Parsis could do anything (….read crazy)!’</span></span><br style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />& it’s heartening to know that<br />as Homai recounts…<span style="font-style: italic;">”In those days painting was not as viable as photography…I could earn more as a photographer than being a painter..”</span></span> <span style="font-family:verdana;">(<span style="font-style: italic;">oh...the Times they are a changin'</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">now</span>) </span><br style="font-family:verdana;"><br style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Those were the times of camaraderie</span>…….<span style="font-style: italic;">”It was freezing cold..in the middle of the night I heard a colleague photojournalist whose was not having space to sleep ……I called Mastram are you there…..you can come over here, there is lots of space here,……you sleep under the bed and I will sleep on it.</span> (laughs)</span><br style="font-family:verdana;"><br style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-style: italic;">& some wisdom....<span style="font-weight: bold;">“I can only tell you that….. we had control of our Manual cameras….and these modern automatic cameras....they have control over you.”</span></span><br /><br />……many wise words. A MUST watch. Highly recommended</span><br style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Some of her images & interview can be seen here:</span></span><br style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-second-part-of-the-interview-with-homai-vyrawalla/20110303.htm</span><br style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />Having met her,I can feel the loss.She was a superwoman & a true Photojournalist. An inspiration.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />May her soul rest in peace. </span>Subhash Sharmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321322713534543599noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7678758734847241219.post-41805994086432829742011-11-24T16:59:00.004+05:302011-11-24T17:06:20.550+05:30Oh! Kolkata !!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDh76uS8bVZ4qyRUbYv31blxdcs3R1MBjM_4wvoDqPful1BIvuCZ3L9KXo6j0RKljqbzWVoZn09cz6WRG5dtbAsvfZK62-l-KG0uKvfkcFFoiE0_i-WBgJU-YQyjsgzk-V0rV-QMy9Aw88/s1600/Oh+Kolkata%2521+by+Subhash+Sharma.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDh76uS8bVZ4qyRUbYv31blxdcs3R1MBjM_4wvoDqPful1BIvuCZ3L9KXo6j0RKljqbzWVoZn09cz6WRG5dtbAsvfZK62-l-KG0uKvfkcFFoiE0_i-WBgJU-YQyjsgzk-V0rV-QMy9Aw88/s400/Oh+Kolkata%2521+by+Subhash+Sharma.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678523813803757474" /></a><br /><br />Oh! Kolkata!! , The City of Joy – The City of Poets, Artists and Philosophers - is a city of many moods and Avatars and colored in as many hues. The erstwhile capital of British India, Kolkata, is a beautiful collage of the English imperial culture and the traditional Bengali way of life, interspersed with all the elements of a modern metropolis.<br /><br />Kolkata formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal & located on the east bank of the Hooghly River. The city has a population of about 14.2 million, making it the third-most populous metropolitan area in India and the 13th-most populous urban area in the world.<br /><br />The name ‘Kolkata’ has its roots in Kalikata , the name of one of the three villages (Kalikata, Sutanuti, Govindapur) in the area before the arrival of the British. ’Kalikata’ , in turn, is believed to be a version of Kalikshetra (Bengali Kalikkhetro - Land of the goddess Kali ). Thus, while the city's name has always been pronounced ‘Kolkata’ in the local language, its official English name was changed from ‘Calcutta’ to ‘Kolkata’ in 2001, in order to reflect the original pronunciation. In part, this was a move to erase the negative legacy of British rule.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Kolkata is a city to be felt, heard and smelled, as much as it is to be seen . If you delve deeper, bereft of pre-conceived judgments your experience is sure to be one that will leave a deep impact on you. Especially during the ‘Durga Puja’ in october every year, when every true Kolkatan worth his salt and Shondesh wants to be in the city, Kolkata is not to be missed for it’s visual, artistic, gastronomic & celebratory splendor paralleled by few other in the world.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">‘Oh! Kolkata ‘ is my ode to the city and it’s people.</span><br /><br />http://subhashsharma.photoshelter.com/Subhash Sharmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321322713534543599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7678758734847241219.post-35811413148237405852011-03-16T00:38:00.006+05:302011-03-16T00:58:00.067+05:30AWARD: 2nd Prize MFI photo Contest 2011<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvzqmZKOrwijjyJRTsvg64i1GmF502PNRFMtP1N_zVj-1Jvq0PxxBW-YbyxwJEqO_CZDT1Gxk8RsFktsfIRrKI82IqoHutTXxqrDclz60HoKnRzOzJ2-_DLOTsgYKp5iZgFjzm832G0xVE/s1600/Braj+ki+Holi.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvzqmZKOrwijjyJRTsvg64i1GmF502PNRFMtP1N_zVj-1Jvq0PxxBW-YbyxwJEqO_CZDT1Gxk8RsFktsfIRrKI82IqoHutTXxqrDclz60HoKnRzOzJ2-_DLOTsgYKp5iZgFjzm832G0xVE/s400/Braj+ki+Holi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584386339575512290" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" >Holi celebrations in the Braj region of India</span><br /><br /><br />I am very happy to inform that my above moody single "Braj Ki Holi" has just won the 2nd prize in the Arts and Culture category at the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Media Foundation of India Photo Contest 2011</span> .<br />The award ceremony will be held in May, also a book of all the prize wining images is in the works.<br /><br />...........With the Holi approaching this weekend .....I guess I 'll just relax this time ........maybe stroll down Juhu beach .....no pics.........just want to be on the other side of the lens.......color in hand........and have loads of fun.Subhash Sharmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321322713534543599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7678758734847241219.post-7932675804828830752010-12-10T00:13:00.011+05:302010-12-10T00:44:22.166+05:30Good time at CHIPP,Shanghai 2010I had a great time at the CHIPP 2010 award function at Shanghai where all the Gold award winners were invited.<br /><br />We had a great time interacting with hundreds of local photojournalists and the exhibition at the Shanghai Art Museum followed by a grand Gala Banquet which was attended by the local photojournalists and also the top officials from the administration.<br /><br />All in all had a great time.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixM1PAixf7-iMNBtkDRs0dkjJS3oD02n7CxQHCBQqzmwY-MVMA3knYpgZIJwoTxIZuBbZ2qsdZQJnP_MWaRibkQlSJWwTX3UNhEaEjiy9UrP8lvVjtsMcWVitBnMIOcMEd-3BAiF3MJutf/s1600/1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixM1PAixf7-iMNBtkDRs0dkjJS3oD02n7CxQHCBQqzmwY-MVMA3knYpgZIJwoTxIZuBbZ2qsdZQJnP_MWaRibkQlSJWwTX3UNhEaEjiy9UrP8lvVjtsMcWVitBnMIOcMEd-3BAiF3MJutf/s400/1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548757393873009970" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;">(R to L) The gold award winners Daniel , Iain, Lilac, Me & Alex (flying)</span><br /> <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmVWP-WCMtW5nBJwUTnmTiqquOGiU-ZCSKGuoBARyEeKyT4U1FyDK9w5b320nt1ro7kOrCS5cMJwYHXC4sw5EIEx3_ygNcW93BdNJMt0gY6148fevdmo3fEghKiFTnvKanI-kXmnEnKnFh/s1600/2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmVWP-WCMtW5nBJwUTnmTiqquOGiU-ZCSKGuoBARyEeKyT4U1FyDK9w5b320nt1ro7kOrCS5cMJwYHXC4sw5EIEx3_ygNcW93BdNJMt0gY6148fevdmo3fEghKiFTnvKanI-kXmnEnKnFh/s400/2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548757313823061666" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;"> Me and Iain went some camera shopping in Shanghai.</span> <span style="font-size:78%;">Trying a remote trigger</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYf32CWFMMrXSNpspG43MSlavNwBLpMmh22kk2lmijliZCCYGdAyyj17qKU0UV2X8Yuaf6U_7LMWiazHWQqFhh7iSh1u1VLGtNX0DJSeuUItowBIaluTla1C3K5dFoSp7axGKvlIhYW07X/s1600/3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYf32CWFMMrXSNpspG43MSlavNwBLpMmh22kk2lmijliZCCYGdAyyj17qKU0UV2X8Yuaf6U_7LMWiazHWQqFhh7iSh1u1VLGtNX0DJSeuUItowBIaluTla1C3K5dFoSp7axGKvlIhYW07X/s400/3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548757218476483570" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;">Outside a Mosque in Shanghai</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKH8IyIknL5G0uxRMAMBpsHlbMVxOKm4RH4NAKNIuGeft3ojHgtwdj3ekQh1xIu5sBknukcq9WPvXF5ecPyzDVaLlfhQo8La-YXK2nzSnhxNXjqLV0jpIxGxexb6j7lI-Bh68BpUy7010n/s1600/4.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 365px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKH8IyIknL5G0uxRMAMBpsHlbMVxOKm4RH4NAKNIuGeft3ojHgtwdj3ekQh1xIu5sBknukcq9WPvXF5ecPyzDVaLlfhQo8La-YXK2nzSnhxNXjqLV0jpIxGxexb6j7lI-Bh68BpUy7010n/s400/4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548757140304714578" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ6H8VevnOmMsIY9I0b3XyGN5jciQkoGndAEZDFsTS1e3siHI-f7twF9kckF_QYOsIgSGuMPyh5zNW82SHYEJjuyld22R3IqyoQv9Nt9kZxnOk4l7J365SVkIv-ZNb9nazmWwxjglrWBz8/s1600/5.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ6H8VevnOmMsIY9I0b3XyGN5jciQkoGndAEZDFsTS1e3siHI-f7twF9kckF_QYOsIgSGuMPyh5zNW82SHYEJjuyld22R3IqyoQv9Nt9kZxnOk4l7J365SVkIv-ZNb9nazmWwxjglrWBz8/s400/5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548757054133998626" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;"> A cook in Shanghai trying very hard to make a 'vegetarian meal' for me.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg180sK5oOhUor8GJ7p8xRVjXnGFhEzgS2MuDPBmvg_ruKMyUQzbjWnFXGcXRPm6iqla3H9jgM9oM-QLIVOgHGR3P-lo8UicGFVcEh_hC9d218zPK4tkg7oloUdW8lWSkW_W63rqJKW-355/s1600/6.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg180sK5oOhUor8GJ7p8xRVjXnGFhEzgS2MuDPBmvg_ruKMyUQzbjWnFXGcXRPm6iqla3H9jgM9oM-QLIVOgHGR3P-lo8UicGFVcEh_hC9d218zPK4tkg7oloUdW8lWSkW_W63rqJKW-355/s400/6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548756973149879618" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;">The Hong Kong skyline</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9SPaOMrfVX3R-DBktawqfDy95so1sVSwZlt1AWmY-DNJbCY8Ty3p5kyK1f6HMp9tk3PqjGU1aEBK9nj9k33t4ZyfytA1V8_chykTgko8aJjQpkAiWLR8aSs4oQbqW3c4HAYRuw6xNaRl3/s1600/6.jpg"><br /></a>Subhash Sharmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321322713534543599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7678758734847241219.post-91639011100550974572010-06-04T15:43:00.006+05:302010-06-04T15:57:19.530+05:30AWARD : CHINA international Press photo Award 2010<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVjCQy6n6lbGNIvNMDmwFSNSBxS3Wn3yCrANNOo6JmxghNeOv2NuCWzF3MTkGlmw3okXBF_OVesmGUx5FA3ISGSaDh7oLz8D49GJlEc61fLVmD9OPqGty-TOvT1JykALBnb_YQwzfcofhh/s1600/1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVjCQy6n6lbGNIvNMDmwFSNSBxS3Wn3yCrANNOo6JmxghNeOv2NuCWzF3MTkGlmw3okXBF_OVesmGUx5FA3ISGSaDh7oLz8D49GJlEc61fLVmD9OPqGty-TOvT1JykALBnb_YQwzfcofhh/s400/1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478861570397596482" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTXZMyDwlGvYPUiHBFr3S68iIkUjazvmPjsAU8HxtuNJM5YxUX1UAN-FcqTlZ_4rb66a4tyQzJmToda84l493G9S_AmkilnhK-KJkxR_H2zXgeHnpaI0SMgwE4V-U32kXjqxzuQ612rjPi/s1600/2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTXZMyDwlGvYPUiHBFr3S68iIkUjazvmPjsAU8HxtuNJM5YxUX1UAN-FcqTlZ_4rb66a4tyQzJmToda84l493G9S_AmkilnhK-KJkxR_H2zXgeHnpaI0SMgwE4V-U32kXjqxzuQ612rjPi/s400/2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478861436358753810" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYuV-NyvYZrrYSi9I1ClPk1uqoEj39qicY9pp2fOwDdWY55j1Kc-z3fJIK4dUenYs2HlN61SicAfPDQ3xcatahhJT0rahP4j1T-ye7sAOCRJx9iXKL4l0Ni8nIa_R3M_pCNa0hEuECCJqK/s1600/3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYuV-NyvYZrrYSi9I1ClPk1uqoEj39qicY9pp2fOwDdWY55j1Kc-z3fJIK4dUenYs2HlN61SicAfPDQ3xcatahhJT0rahP4j1T-ye7sAOCRJx9iXKL4l0Ni8nIa_R3M_pCNa0hEuECCJqK/s400/3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478861242386591570" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I am very happy to inform that my work "The Coal thieves Of Jharia" has won two awards at the presitigious China International Press Photo Award 2010.<br /><br />1. GOLD PRIZE : Economy Science & Technology News Singles.<br />2. SILVER PRIZE : People in the News & Portrait Stories.<br /><br />The wining images can be seen here:<br />http://www.chipp.cn/content/node_536.htm<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><table style="width: 100%;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><span class=""></span><td style="vertical-align: middle;" align="left"><div class="gwt-Label"><br /></div></td><td style="vertical-align: middle;" align="right"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Subhash Sharmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321322713534543599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7678758734847241219.post-5243548180841290072010-02-10T11:59:00.023+05:302010-02-10T12:36:38.716+05:30Coffee Table Book:"Braj Ki Holi:The Divine Colours of Lord Krishna" available for pre-orderFinally, after almost 3 years of hard work,photography, design and redesign my Coffee table book, <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"Braj Ki Holi: The Divine Colours of Lord Krishna"</span> is available for pre-order.<br />To pre-order pl send details to <a class="linkification-ext" href="mailto:indiansoulbooks@gmail.com" title="Linkification: mailto:indiansoulbooks@gmail.com">indiansoulbooks@gmail.com</a>, you'll get a 10% off on the MRP of Rs.1500.<br /><br />Its a lavish production with lots of colour and mood with an emphasis on the images,meant to bring out a smile on your face.The book will be launched in the last week of February and will be available from all the major retail book stores starting March.<br />Here are some sample pages from the book:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHY_-dhfKGUGIejWaQK79VmHCCRwENmKZNuultH6_E5SkL4UWkL1urpNY1pl-H2oRW6GcRxY_KARQsFzRbHPysgrrdOrpvq76qK1TG9IosM7zGcia5IXqL7qR2FPPVBv8dv7N8qB9VpFkN/s1600-h/Braj+ki+Holi+front+jacket.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 279px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidyl5M2kFzxVPUnk9BPn8ZmYpCrtsATJHMtSqxWv_iCUjJ5YY2n7_o13dpkUe1YzqMytfvuX-vzbSIHrBvpe5jWEIEYINFpvN6cyfB3kKn9Sa99w8BCVeg_xE4rpfv5x5-xkZgP6JQFdg9/s400/aMumbai+india+slums+%282%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382366470064461554" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBp0JIQF4csx1ftP85Kc9QTopqww06K1kMA1pg9ItV6keqaEhJ_IfxNVALdi3ghSRr9Gsl0xgMWfA4haA8M-0WI0ZSNbH7d693iTaud9VOGqTAtANRst0Zbk8jI_pVuZk6SO26ZJX1hafn/s1600-h/Mumbai+horse+racing+%289%29.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBp0JIQF4csx1ftP85Kc9QTopqww06K1kMA1pg9ItV6keqaEhJ_IfxNVALdi3ghSRr9Gsl0xgMWfA4haA8M-0WI0ZSNbH7d693iTaud9VOGqTAtANRst0Zbk8jI_pVuZk6SO26ZJX1hafn/s400/Mumbai+horse+racing+%289%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382366359105994514" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB2KHbG0gZM06VenxbEuGhuNxpMQFX6W6L8YbthbQMW2wrCYEbzI9IwGxahz1A6lSGfcVhbJps4Bml__VABiNpEF_s_4hplPrY_b7YMH3dZHBOVZPCg4HVwx06YUrosjdYKGpmHvsMqSLx/s1600-h/aMumbai+india+slums+%2812%29.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB2KHbG0gZM06VenxbEuGhuNxpMQFX6W6L8YbthbQMW2wrCYEbzI9IwGxahz1A6lSGfcVhbJps4Bml__VABiNpEF_s_4hplPrY_b7YMH3dZHBOVZPCg4HVwx06YUrosjdYKGpmHvsMqSLx/s400/aMumbai+india+slums+%2812%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382366099554432514" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; font-family: verdana;">The Territory of Joy - Poor Mumbaiker's on their day Off.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">These are some of the images from a recently concluded group photography exhibition at the London School of Economics,UK.<br /><br />The photo essay is about the Poor of Mumbai on their day off and documents the activities they pursue in order to recharge themselves to face their harsh realities.<br /><br />More images from the exhibition can be seen here:<br /><br />http://www.photoshelter.com/usr-show/U0000mCG87xLc654<br /><br /><br /></div></div>Subhash Sharmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321322713534543599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7678758734847241219.post-34833182550167833212009-07-28T20:19:00.007+05:302009-07-28T21:59:34.501+05:30Haji Ali in the rains.....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDjmaHah3HYjjOg9Ehcb56qx-fgDJX8sB3lRqcDgVhFHPJ8NdabD-rEri2SdtDYaO7ybZ75lZXG08N3EwI9I3IeNPk59tG8Z3QCGSkRjzOfo18XNgbv7Bg4uZM7vLA6V0cuApsde56rnzT/s1600-h/26-Haji-Ali-Mumbai-Sufism.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDjmaHah3HYjjOg9Ehcb56qx-fgDJX8sB3lRqcDgVhFHPJ8NdabD-rEri2SdtDYaO7ybZ75lZXG08N3EwI9I3IeNPk59tG8Z3QCGSkRjzOfo18XNgbv7Bg4uZM7vLA6V0cuApsde56rnzT/s400/26-Haji-Ali-Mumbai-Sufism.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363524344013057874" border="0" /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">Haji Ali in the rains..........its mesmerizing........for some photos and for some prayers........</span></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5YmuZlSvao055DMp0byUD1zzyLkGpeEBbIMeCdi6dtg2wRDsiRlH-NBrVImC0uUpqRX726QIewL42ZqNCtVpyOa-xM2gwCw_cvMs08-Tx1pcFAl16Q5FTQBKO0Ej3K70qECR1JWFrd3-F/s1600-h/26-Haji-Ali-Mumbai-Sufism-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5YmuZlSvao055DMp0byUD1zzyLkGpeEBbIMeCdi6dtg2wRDsiRlH-NBrVImC0uUpqRX726QIewL42ZqNCtVpyOa-xM2gwCw_cvMs08-Tx1pcFAl16Q5FTQBKO0Ej3K70qECR1JWFrd3-F/s400/26-Haji-Ali-Mumbai-Sufism-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363524200271778578" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizDUv57ZbqGYKJkDeJp7QvMq-GOSor1h4rpU8X7bb4OFtufckuIsBpj1YipRwMYG1JuowaLhIpVUaxsbyvT5phoMq9AbUiILacOE8KOORPHn_ivz3LgZ5tbyxVXAWKEt1DzFd0FcHSAIBR/s1600-h/26-Haji-Ali-Mumbai-Sufism-5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizDUv57ZbqGYKJkDeJp7QvMq-GOSor1h4rpU8X7bb4OFtufckuIsBpj1YipRwMYG1JuowaLhIpVUaxsbyvT5phoMq9AbUiILacOE8KOORPHn_ivz3LgZ5tbyxVXAWKEt1DzFd0FcHSAIBR/s400/26-Haji-Ali-Mumbai-Sufism-5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363524068220067906" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzMio8Iq7EDo-EZ7vftxUp06ut_wf3W1FfObmeN-PETZGA1W9mrwd33a00r7My5hwcrygBO1IXQQ8JnV4G4y0NYk1YFoQUINLkl-NNWx7z8su5wF-gJBHM-b2DA2FubNUY6dsRL_dcRU9C/s1600-h/26-Haji-Ali-Mumbai-Sufism-4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzMio8Iq7EDo-EZ7vftxUp06ut_wf3W1FfObmeN-PETZGA1W9mrwd33a00r7My5hwcrygBO1IXQQ8JnV4G4y0NYk1YFoQUINLkl-NNWx7z8su5wF-gJBHM-b2DA2FubNUY6dsRL_dcRU9C/s400/26-Haji-Ali-Mumbai-Sufism-4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363523877397644546" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNKUu6WCLfZ1Zqw3YixtPmKfI6QqD6rdKU9VDoTxY1ks40ks2aS6OEDqn6XrRQHVi-SirGvHJbMjOeGlCSNIpr7v6CSO4C3-fvQnCp0D83ZV9g5oUkAtK0JptLoj_Oryy-uceLzZA57XUu/s1600-h/26-Haji-Ali-Mumbai-Sufism-6.jpg"><br /></a>Subhash Sharmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321322713534543599noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7678758734847241219.post-80452063948425641022009-06-10T00:03:00.004+05:302009-06-10T01:01:01.388+05:30The BRIDGE<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3hS2uSelcO-c00T2NdQ0113Qwr_RSdmEVz5G3woVJz3GWbCxYN9wHW9jUZTQnPFogkplIq05am5NPpiKl3jbJo4uGnA37tEqotaZlobJHJ6PLvO6a2dNfrUAYFhsTEK-Xs9Rwv1zJePtL/s1600-h/24-Mumbai-The-Bridge.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 264px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3hS2uSelcO-c00T2NdQ0113Qwr_RSdmEVz5G3woVJz3GWbCxYN9wHW9jUZTQnPFogkplIq05am5NPpiKl3jbJo4uGnA37tEqotaZlobJHJ6PLvO6a2dNfrUAYFhsTEK-Xs9Rwv1zJePtL/s400/24-Mumbai-The-Bridge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345402300040565202" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> the Bandra-Worli sealink</span></span><br /><br />The 'much anticipated' Bandra-Worli Sealink Bridge has been declared to be opened shortly to Mumbai's traffic within a month's time.<br /><br />The <span style="font-style: italic;">positive</span> effect this BRIDGE will have on the city's life is for time to tell , but the <span style="font-style: italic;">ill</span> effects are already being felt by these fishermen of Mahim.<br /><br />It has been reported that there has been a huge decrease in the fish catch not only near the city but also as far as Vasai and Uttan in the neighbourhood of Mumbai which has prompted the fishing community to stay out of the seas much earlier than the usual 15th June deadline each year till the end of the monsoons. This is to ensure that more time is available for the breeding of fish to take place and they get a good catch post-monsoon.<br /><br />At present, most of the catch is young fish, which has to be discarded. The fishermen have been asked to stop fishing till end of the monsoon and allow the young fish to mature. They have also been instructed to use nets with the mesh size not less than eight inches, as anything less makes it difficult for young fish to escape.<br /><br />Environmental degradation as a result of huge construction activities near the shoreline coupled with indiscriminate fishing have been attributed as the root cause of this problem.Subhash Sharmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321322713534543599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7678758734847241219.post-6861166031214042562009-05-05T19:34:00.008+05:302009-05-05T20:06:29.856+05:30'SLUMDOG' Mumbai<div><br /></div><div>The street dogs are an essential part of the Mumbai landscape,</div><div>infact they have melted so seemlessly in the citscape that it is difficult to imagine the streets of Mumbai without them.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here's a look at some of the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">SlumDOG landscape </span> in Mumbai .<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0YBtYZ1klutc291uO6llg2BUiZpDx83qMlwKX4AIl6BKT-P3wB7-5C88HYnN2EF80HXQVkP4e-VSpstzSArxBVhT8DRWJwyHSShEOK1RQuRgYocKtAS5YS9UoPip6jJXM4E_nHLlMbXVl/s400/22+slumdog+mumbai+3.jpg" style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmybS8NiHnGsrp6ZRG23TfFhJshN49WmiVivFahMP0Lyxi2HuzFVuMSN6aXdHbnmuWJ7w7jz9PwUslCOadH_qajjV-c9oiZD1pvuYjOjzW0q3kauX2ckjDS6kY29zN-QJ0y0WTSpD-A-BA/s400/22+slumdog.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332341384516417234" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqo2hMBrNBV46-Rb7iHM1RcBHNwUoDWA7YdQBnoF6iWwLRkVwWxZqI0XiASCJ-SxphaUUxQNbXFggjj0mnXzs3w0HOEYTnBrUWQJLrTB5-z_hfHqmcGbXPsP18kRJa2vcl4IWvYzBsgxhs/s1600-h/22+slumdog+mumbai+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 229px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqo2hMBrNBV46-Rb7iHM1RcBHNwUoDWA7YdQBnoF6iWwLRkVwWxZqI0XiASCJ-SxphaUUxQNbXFggjj0mnXzs3w0HOEYTnBrUWQJLrTB5-z_hfHqmcGbXPsP18kRJa2vcl4IWvYzBsgxhs/s400/22+slumdog+mumbai+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332341243228737458" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSdMdi9P7CPcZT_Mp31jvvV9k5Y75zVTxWOIKwvNIXGlFvfroG8eG1uW8wKMP2Us0IF-iYq0QaVR3fdgleadij-X0iRpQ56II8ly4NUkHcv4fKO9FHXJSOV1s-acArBmXTr2YSBqhmUZlR/s1600-h/22+slumdog+mumbai+5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSdMdi9P7CPcZT_Mp31jvvV9k5Y75zVTxWOIKwvNIXGlFvfroG8eG1uW8wKMP2Us0IF-iYq0QaVR3fdgleadij-X0iRpQ56II8ly4NUkHcv4fKO9FHXJSOV1s-acArBmXTr2YSBqhmUZlR/s400/22+slumdog+mumbai+5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332341112124267810" /></a><br /><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Some street DOG debates:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">“All stray dogs should be killed as a long-term solution…..” ,</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div> <p class="txt" style="margin-top:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt; margin-left:0in;line-height:15.0pt"><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">says Brihan Mumbai Corporation chief Jayraj Pathak.The BMC in fact plans to put forth a proposal to the High Court and then the Supreme Court on the issue.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="txt" style="margin-top:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt; margin-left:0in;line-height:15.0pt" id="font_text"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Most free-roaming dogs in Mumbai belong to an ancient canine race known as the Pariah Dog, which has existed all over Asia and Africa ever since human beings started living in settlements. They are, and have always been, scavengers–that is, they live on garbage created by humans. In addition to scavenging, they are widely kept as pets by rural and urban slum households</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The size of stray dog populations always corresponds to the size and character of the human population of the area. Urban India has two features which create and sustain stray dog populations:</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1) Large amounts of exposed garbage, which provide an abundant source of food</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2) A huge population of slum and street-dwellers, who often keep the dogs as free-roaming pets</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Mumbai has over 12 million human residents, of whom over half are slum-dwellers. At least 500 tonnes of garbage remain uncollected daily. Therefore conditions are perfect for supporting a particularly large population of stray dogs</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> According to unofficial figures Mumbai has around 2 lakh stray dogs.</span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style=" ;color:black;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">But animal lovers have a point here when they answer this question……</span></span></o:p></span></span></p> <p><strong><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">If stray dog population control is the issue, wouldn’t it make more sense to kill the dogs or take them away?</span></span></span></span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></b></span><b><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></b><span class="bodycopy"><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Removal or killing of stray dogs seems to be the most obvious method of controlling the population, but it has actually proved to be completely useless. This is because even when large numbers of dogs are killed, the conditions that sustain dog populations remain unchanged. Dogs are territorial and each one lives in its own specific area. When they are removed, the following things happen:</span></span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list .5in"><span style=" ;color:black;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">·</span></span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span class="bodycopy"><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The food source – garbage – is still available in abundance, so dogs from neighbouring areas enter the vacant territories.</span></span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list .5in"><span style=" ;color:black;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">·</span></span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span class="bodycopy"><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Pups born and growing up in the surrounding areas also move in to occupy these vacant niches.</span></span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list .5in"><span style=" ;color:black;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">·</span></span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span class="bodycopy"><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The few dogs who escape capture and remain behind attack these newcomers, leading to frequent and prolonged dog-fights.</span></span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list .5in"><span style=" ;color:black;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">·</span></span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span class="bodycopy"><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Since they are not sterilised, all the dogs who escape capture continue to mate, leading to more fighting.</span></span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list .5in"><span style=" ;color:black;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">·</span></span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span class="bodycopy"><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">In the course of fights, dogs often accidentally redirect their aggression towards people passing by, so many humans get bitten.</span></span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list .5in"><span style=" ;color:black;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">·</span></span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span class="bodycopy"><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Females with pups become aggressive and often attack pedestrians who come too close to their litter.</span></span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list .5in"><span style=" ;color:black;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">·</span></span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span class="bodycopy"><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">They breed at a very high rate (two litters of pups a year). It has been estimated that two dogs can multiply to over 300 in three years.</span></span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p><span class="bodycopy"><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Since dogs who are removed are quickly replaced, the population does not decrease at all. </span></span></span></span><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="bodycopy"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Since removal of dogs actually increases dog-related problems, the effective solution is to sterilise the dogs, vaccinate them against rabies and put them back in their own areas.</span></span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p></div>Subhash Sharmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321322713534543599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7678758734847241219.post-70886843170827900072009-04-27T21:01:00.005+05:302009-04-27T21:31:42.747+05:30the ELECTIONs are here.....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiywDbprkBOmFceQoGVo904bV2zbtTKzHkS8eyaorZItAaJaXAUlZnoLD3r410krexFk9qUnSSfpHy1_w50lwsS65gebezfC6JJ2IaXBiZywaozQzHCswXIqoMdVlg2IRzpMHLJLc64SvIJ/s1600-h/21+elections+09.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 260px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_PqxZjQy-mGqWnfeFtf2hRoJiwPe-KUE-jC1KFg0j9GU37Eu7GiDPqfizn11TOhOxMM6E-ggivfz9hYyOFDw33BdkQ6igYAPaJgDnTc2_pMCONVD3Boou_uWON1kA54K_oEn4NfWJew4X/s400/21+elections+09+3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329400238774916642" /></a><br /><div>Mumbai goes to the polls on the 30th April.</div><div>Its time to be responsible and exercise the vote wisely to let the politicians know for once whose the boss....</div><div><br /></div>Subhash Sharmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321322713534543599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7678758734847241219.post-71163420307875904752009-04-08T15:30:00.003+05:302009-04-08T15:42:50.295+05:30Mumbai's PARSI Colonies<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLcpKXgUdaGqsCbT5buxbtgsij3VlyDnqClh5hAlPyEwqRLqNDHG_Yp3iInka6zowN_978L1aqXmdVv8bOwTpcf2fkOGp2CI9ajH7aN0esDP3GL8WYFHcKVU71v2gVqRe4OwenGCCPRDn-/s1600-h/6+Cama+park+andheri+%285%29.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1J5dkF2-tH10vOBOTKMogiSiBEA8LifV_w22x_Daa93yjBE00UMu6KKDeuKdIlV8Ads6S3YRT9JCgt6XP1arJ7UW47mDklBuYjnI5U0vR7ybOwcb9YL5sH_crBkPeoYjamcvzpYTaZw5J/s400/1+TATA+colony+Bandra+++mumbai%286%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322260837160776946" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />The PARSI community of Mumbai stays in numerous walled colonies all across the city,<br />popularly they as known as the Parsi Colonies.<br /><br />Some interesting facts about the Parsis:<br /><br />Indian census data has established that the number of Parsis has been steadily declining for several decades. The highest census count was of 114,890 individuals in 1940-41, which includes the crown colony populations of present-day India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Post-independence census data is only available for India (1951: 111,791) and reveal a decline in population of approximately 9% per decade.<br /><br />According to the National Commission for Minorities, there are a "variety of causes that are responsible for this steady decline in the population of the community", the most significant of which were childlessness and migration (Roy & Unisa 2004, p. 8, 21). Demographic trends project that by the year 2020 the Parsis will number only 23,000 (less than 0.0002% of the 2001 population of India). The Parsis will then cease to be called a community and will be labeled a 'tribe'(Taraporevala 2000, p. 9).<br /><br />One-fifth of the decrease in population is attributed to migration (Roy & Unisa 2004, p. 21). A slower birthrate than deathrate accounts for the rest: as of 2001, Parsis over the age of 60 make up for 31% of the community. The national average for this age group is 7%. Only 4.7% of the Parsi community are under 6 years of age, which translates to 7 births per year per 1000 individuals (Roy & Unisa 2004, p. 14).<br /><br />The gender ratio among Parsis is unusual, as of 2001, the ratio of males to females was 1000 males to 1050 females (up from 1024 in 1991), due primarily to the high median age of the population (elderly women are more common than elderly men). The national average was 1000 males to 933 females.<br /><br />Parsis have a high literacy rate: as of 2001, the literacy rate is 97.9%, the highest for any Indian community (the national average is 64.8%). 96.1% of Parsis reside in urban areas (the national average is 27.8%).<br /><br />In the Greater Mumbai (formerly Bombay) area, where alomost 70% of all Parsis reside, 10% of Parsi females and 20% of Parsi males do not marry (Roy & Unisa 2004).Subhash Sharmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321322713534543599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7678758734847241219.post-10551728846571952202008-10-09T20:09:00.004+05:302008-10-09T20:17:27.516+05:30City bird : The Flight of the Pigeon<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk72rVYLdVO1loKNaL9mb_nSACvTTIhN5-U7BwTlDq8KlXjmpNEsYap-_Wf_boSP1-JoNjmb2llddurzqFBy0C27nPvVB8ciu4mMXeXc23jvpujGEwW0skLPMMu2mNe9SCRNxLvepEkukY/s1600-h/19+pigeon.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk72rVYLdVO1loKNaL9mb_nSACvTTIhN5-U7BwTlDq8KlXjmpNEsYap-_Wf_boSP1-JoNjmb2llddurzqFBy0C27nPvVB8ciu4mMXeXc23jvpujGEwW0skLPMMu2mNe9SCRNxLvepEkukY/s400/19+pigeon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255165528616336322" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />The Pigeon is one bird that has adapted successfully to the of the city.<br />It is the 'city bird' along with the crow.<br /><br />It is a delight to see these beauties flap their wings and take to the sky, the sight is both liberating and refreshing.Subhash Sharmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321322713534543599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7678758734847241219.post-1595649232192125382008-10-09T19:56:00.003+05:302008-10-09T20:08:15.264+05:30Fishermen<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDy0RNgmnJw-PCCzUUAGhVjfDl7RCcXCDQVxm_m1_-xpwCaNhqf5WmK57yZ5arju6aZ7h-dmOmlFWOX2OJg77d8TJMAzEr09J5q8W21oT2VZgOq_Omr7SbDevillVKKkp6dd3d1s_ljQ4Q/s1600-h/20+fishermen.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDy0RNgmnJw-PCCzUUAGhVjfDl7RCcXCDQVxm_m1_-xpwCaNhqf5WmK57yZ5arju6aZ7h-dmOmlFWOX2OJg77d8TJMAzEr09J5q8W21oT2VZgOq_Omr7SbDevillVKKkp6dd3d1s_ljQ4Q/s400/20+fishermen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255160965851495362" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family: verdana; font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" >Fisher-woman returning home.</span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span></div><br />The Fishermen are the original inhabitants of Mumbai , locally they are known as 'Koli's.<br /><br />Fishing was once a thriving business in Mumbai but the increased sea water pollution and unchecked construction along the sea front have led to a decline in fish catch over the years.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSrB7co4ryeUZz6Zi5val2C_wEkQy4ZEBiXdYGRiOPal60mQ4OGyzhCmKjtrYP3HX0Hhyi3Zs0ezsEmZcpbVMl6VJ9fxQgmAQY25Q1zzXWnEgZfs40WdUSbrjJPVmSllDMR1_4WaiCL3ZR/s1600-h/20+fishermen2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSrB7co4ryeUZz6Zi5val2C_wEkQy4ZEBiXdYGRiOPal60mQ4OGyzhCmKjtrYP3HX0Hhyi3Zs0ezsEmZcpbVMl6VJ9fxQgmAQY25Q1zzXWnEgZfs40WdUSbrjJPVmSllDMR1_4WaiCL3ZR/s400/20+fishermen2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255160834752161250" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-style: italic; font-family: verdana;font-size:78%;" >Fisher folk at work</span><br /></div>Subhash Sharmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321322713534543599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7678758734847241219.post-56863082095623640082008-10-01T11:12:00.006+05:302008-10-09T19:55:48.045+05:30The Sacrificial Goat<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPTVw_2gmkBt2mUPlQOm1wu7u4iDIO-GjlCRjl8qsxkUybqZu9YGFGt78kjB7WUerbYhqrrGPS0_GfbfwdBD-ogp3momqPIOg_reUmASTZCkeYvuOs655caB8L0AokbGMN5NBULRWYLW_F/s1600-h/18+ramadan+sacrifice+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPTVw_2gmkBt2mUPlQOm1wu7u4iDIO-GjlCRjl8qsxkUybqZu9YGFGt78kjB7WUerbYhqrrGPS0_GfbfwdBD-ogp3momqPIOg_reUmASTZCkeYvuOs655caB8L0AokbGMN5NBULRWYLW_F/s400/18+ramadan+sacrifice+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252058774209151650" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Shakurbhai purchased this goat(he-goat) a few years ago while it was small and vulnerable, it was well fed and looked after over the years.<br /><br />He takes pride in walking with the goat in his locality and is popularly identified as the " Shakurbhai with the tallest goat" in his neighbourhood.<br /><br />With time he has become fond of the goat and now he plans to sacrifice it on Eid this week.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOyxOqzJjDi4ZdyApMZLKnVuDWyIyu8zu6sTnskiSsVyisXLADELIARomBybWRKM_ZJES8gsIEpKs8tjh6fDC-qMWgdNFVBO2hRYx7yAoa5HD77WGsau4ceei9aDWRSCFs7jkVXyhFOfCw/s1600-h/18+ramadan+sacrifice.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOyxOqzJjDi4ZdyApMZLKnVuDWyIyu8zu6sTnskiSsVyisXLADELIARomBybWRKM_ZJES8gsIEpKs8tjh6fDC-qMWgdNFVBO2hRYx7yAoa5HD77WGsau4ceei9aDWRSCFs7jkVXyhFOfCw/s400/18+ramadan+sacrifice.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252058979032534178" border="0" /></a>Subhash Sharmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321322713534543599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7678758734847241219.post-68116862862963368362008-10-01T10:59:00.003+05:302008-10-01T11:09:28.205+05:30Flying High : Going places<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM_HhQpd6lTdaoZVhpey9kWcHi5Pyiq0Ojz6tzsftaeol0CkFyoufsNx7Otemj2Lu0mfZQargZu1VBwkWo354Et2iX1-tcQgqL2Rv4G7uXD6K3GzPqh9jwmqVPTs_1sX4QabISTXrpZaz1/s1600-h/18+ramadan+flight.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM_HhQpd6lTdaoZVhpey9kWcHi5Pyiq0Ojz6tzsftaeol0CkFyoufsNx7Otemj2Lu0mfZQargZu1VBwkWo354Et2iX1-tcQgqL2Rv4G7uXD6K3GzPqh9jwmqVPTs_1sX4QabISTXrpZaz1/s400/18+ramadan+flight.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252053507549646706" border="0" /></a><br />Here everyone seem to be going somewhere, albeit the means differ .<br />Some are on the flight, the others on the bus whereas this man and his son prefer the walk.<br /><br />India seems to be going places, flying high!Subhash Sharmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321322713534543599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7678758734847241219.post-37475993672990082772008-10-01T10:49:00.003+05:302008-10-01T10:57:37.826+05:30Wirefree in Dharavi<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcBX4Y4ShGa0IxWAGRNBVnIR-WFFGE2c8dB-RuuAdYKsGqikLZ0a7KLrchcRYkmOIlPAzPsfDTchFeEkSCEBBIuY2kJ3-z1b5C7m-SZlLDCjBPAvQFpo0z_vTumc9zZc881MjM9ZIWAF5h/s1600-h/18+ramadan+wireless.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcBX4Y4ShGa0IxWAGRNBVnIR-WFFGE2c8dB-RuuAdYKsGqikLZ0a7KLrchcRYkmOIlPAzPsfDTchFeEkSCEBBIuY2kJ3-z1b5C7m-SZlLDCjBPAvQFpo0z_vTumc9zZc881MjM9ZIWAF5h/s400/18+ramadan+wireless.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252051314868663154" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" > wirefree in Dharavi</span><br /><br /><br />The Telecom revolution is here to stay and the increased competition amongst the Telecom companies translates into a lot of smiles for the customers,like this man in Dharavi;even his goat seems impressed.Subhash Sharmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321322713534543599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7678758734847241219.post-74525677338118017072008-09-20T19:29:00.003+05:302008-09-20T19:38:24.370+05:30Religious Tolerance : The true Indian spirit<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBoIsvXHGbKsIuQaKrzEreDtzPtsYmzRu_u1akjvYoRuo9zl_wmJy2LG_68sqgePlwBWh2aZWv5cSbY7X0OGzs0DpVaqSPKBPNxOkd6ZoLUbm_1InUFvptlXVWnHxzvrYEj0bjMU9xK1Zp/s1600-h/ramzaan.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBoIsvXHGbKsIuQaKrzEreDtzPtsYmzRu_u1akjvYoRuo9zl_wmJy2LG_68sqgePlwBWh2aZWv5cSbY7X0OGzs0DpVaqSPKBPNxOkd6ZoLUbm_1InUFvptlXVWnHxzvrYEj0bjMU9xK1Zp/s400/ramzaan.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248102961452251586" /></a><br /><br />A Busy Mumbai traffic wades patiently & discreetly to make space for their brethren to offer Namaaz during Ramadan.<br /><br />Religious tolerance and spiritual freedom have been the hall marks of the Indian way of life. <br /><br />A true <span style="font-style:italic;">Mumbaikar</span> respects and understands this and has adopted it as a way of life.Subhash Sharmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321322713534543599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7678758734847241219.post-69127176866026063492008-09-20T19:19:00.005+05:302008-09-20T19:27:00.169+05:30Ganesha once Again<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUmxG_8oKT7EgkFI3m3kzjrbtZ2qntEHcDXFwigPArMzUepCtBIlRDQAJ2n4Bn83-mBAatD6yGX2mvJfweUZpGXvmybwhMYtvk4FCuxqqHx4rTBTdtXQG8Uw2_06EyMEGrcYSD40aAJHqv/s1600-h/ganesh+visarjan+3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUmxG_8oKT7EgkFI3m3kzjrbtZ2qntEHcDXFwigPArMzUepCtBIlRDQAJ2n4Bn83-mBAatD6yGX2mvJfweUZpGXvmybwhMYtvk4FCuxqqHx4rTBTdtXQG8Uw2_06EyMEGrcYSD40aAJHqv/s400/ganesh+visarjan+3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248100469859153778" /></a>Mumbai once again bid farewell to it's favourite Elephant headed god '<span style="font-style:italic;">Ganesha</span>' with chants of ' Phudchya Varshi Lavkar Ya'.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp16NL60EWqan2yOvCZRyMkiunnKJIynUP2Pr2xq0cbjB5_PDkj-WwVe4n9sg_KMKOBsK3tuvTLqhHs431faj5INBO2xfqAUx-gR8_5zo-yqlK9DI9B6jzVGdFvFHGk5TtxcnSXR3lXmQ6/s1600-h/ganesh+visarjan+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp16NL60EWqan2yOvCZRyMkiunnKJIynUP2Pr2xq0cbjB5_PDkj-WwVe4n9sg_KMKOBsK3tuvTLqhHs431faj5INBO2xfqAUx-gR8_5zo-yqlK9DI9B6jzVGdFvFHGk5TtxcnSXR3lXmQ6/s400/ganesh+visarjan+1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248101363362793778" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMUkBGN_gDKnYUbtCg2r83IB-rCVeT87UlKDVMSFHPjohgm8GQPpT8YptfUkgiEOFnofAo0AJeElQgQcWC0tQR6fKXJ7qcM-KAHlXjnre7elPJ2Tx7PqdRYypS98LFnku0sp1KQIzwDTg8/s1600-h/ganesh+visarjan+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMUkBGN_gDKnYUbtCg2r83IB-rCVeT87UlKDVMSFHPjohgm8GQPpT8YptfUkgiEOFnofAo0AJeElQgQcWC0tQR6fKXJ7qcM-KAHlXjnre7elPJ2Tx7PqdRYypS98LFnku0sp1KQIzwDTg8/s400/ganesh+visarjan+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248101292068415410" /></a>Subhash Sharmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321322713534543599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7678758734847241219.post-37281285120318869002008-09-20T18:44:00.005+05:302008-09-20T19:14:32.402+05:30Children of the Rooftops<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLrveRgH-S-j-o2kG_jB8AWAOcLfBR3pPB0icmVn5571jz76MXZz-IJvpB_M3DbA2ocMdGxFerqZ2ApyPONaoyzUSH4TJbxfaGlrN1htzo_Qp4dd8eMLVjwkZc032hn6IHF7V8rsoZinGL/s1600-h/childrens+of+the+rooftops+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLrveRgH-S-j-o2kG_jB8AWAOcLfBR3pPB0icmVn5571jz76MXZz-IJvpB_M3DbA2ocMdGxFerqZ2ApyPONaoyzUSH4TJbxfaGlrN1htzo_Qp4dd8eMLVjwkZc032hn6IHF7V8rsoZinGL/s400/childrens+of+the+rooftops+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248092310966276818" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">M</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">unni with brother Raja on the rooftop of their house,its their 'playground' by default</span></span></span><div><br /><br />'<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Open Spaces</span>' in Mumbai are a rare luxury, more so in the shanties.<br /><br /><div>In the absence of open spaces and play grounds these children play on the rooftops of their houses.They don't dare go on the crowded streets below so are forced to spend most of their free time here.</div><div><br /></div><div>There is little care and concern for the need of play grounds for children; Housing the ever growing population seems to be the priority with one and all.<div><br /></div><div>Consequently many childhoods in Mumbai are being lost forever by each passing day in this mad quest for ' <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">development </span>'.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVIUGnODCp5fPvQeLYUAFVxKS6QuBry_kuFseKWAKqdDXvRT5NVpUz1pvnFsACZSFl-HNNI7SeeV92UjuRDVZBudXnmz0mGr-SLGfxpbh2h28zqIiYWB6YXx6MBPh3CscfPu9_EEkVqiX3/s1600-h/childrens+of+the+rooftops+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVIUGnODCp5fPvQeLYUAFVxKS6QuBry_kuFseKWAKqdDXvRT5NVpUz1pvnFsACZSFl-HNNI7SeeV92UjuRDVZBudXnmz0mGr-SLGfxpbh2h28zqIiYWB6YXx6MBPh3CscfPu9_EEkVqiX3/s400/childrens+of+the+rooftops+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248091452901151778" /></a> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Playing with the pigeons</span></span></div></div></div>Subhash Sharmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16321322713534543599noreply@blogger.com0