[Leica] IMG : Eyes of India

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Douglas,
The first time I went to Los Angeles, in the mid 1980s, I was so insecure
walking on the streets because there was not a soul to be seen. I was
coming from Mumbai, where if you stationed yourself at Churchgate Station
during rush hour, around 3-4 million people would pass you.

To each his own insecurities!

Cheers
Jayanand

On Sat, Dec 19, 2020 at 1:21 AM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:

> Nice shot, Philippe. What's the story on the bottle opener?
> Jayanand. Never having been to India, the number of people living there
> makes my poor brain hurt. The size of the population seems incredible to
> us living on a green rock beside Britain. It also always reminds me of
> this Flann O'Brien story...
>
> Keats and Chapman were entrusted by the British government with a secret
> mission which involved a trip to India. A man-of-war awaited them at a
> British port. Leaving their lodgings at dawn, they were driven at a
> furious pace to the point of embarkation. When, about to rush on board,
> they encountered at the dockside a mutual friend, one Mr Childs, who
> chanced to be there on business connected with his calling of wine
> importer. Perfunctory and very hasty courtesies were exchanged; Keats
> and Chapman then rushed on board the man-of-war, which instantly weighed
> anchor. The trip to India was made in the fastest time then heard of,
> and as soon as the ship had come to anchor in Bombay harbour, the two
> friends were whisked to land in a wherry. Knowing that time was of the
> essence of their mission, they hastened from the docks into the
> neighbouring streets, and on turning a corner, whom should they see only -
> Mr Childs? No.
> Just a lot of Indians, complete strangers.
> 'Big world,' Keats remarked
>
> Douglas
>
>
> On 18/12/2020 10:42, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote:
> > India is too big and diverse to generalize. The birth rate in my state of
> > Tamil Nadu. which has a population  of 75-80 million people, is low
> enough
> > to be comparable to any developed country in the world. We have a
> > replacement rate of 1.7, which means our population is trending lower
> quite
> > alarmingly.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Jayanand
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 4:03 PM Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> A different place in time.  Much larger families...
> >>
> >> On Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 3:22 AM Philippe via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Probably never posted
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Les+Gens/1982-Kids+of+India-21-6.jpg.html
> >>> <
> >>>
> >>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Les+Gens/1982-Kids+of+India-21-6.jpg.html
> >>> At that time, people, mainly kids, would ask me to take a photo of
> them.
> >> I
> >>> had brought a polaroid along and traded their portraits on the reflex
> >> for a
> >>> polaroid image that I gave them. As was easily predictable, I soon ran
> >> out
> >>> of polaroid instant photo film and had thereafter to resort to a
> >> makeshift
> >>> prototype of Lluis’s cape of invisibility  …
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Stay well and covered !
> >>>
> >>> Amities
> >>>
> >>> Philippe
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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