[Leica] IMG : Eyes of India

[Philippe]

Same experience here :-)

I felt more secure over the month I spent backpacking Northern India by train, buses/coaches and rickshaws than during my month’s stay in Chicago two years later. Expect for food on the streets …

Of course the population density required some getting used to. We spent the first two days circling around the hotel for fear of the crowds and more importantly of getting lost. And then proceeded as if we were at home among friendly folks.

Hope I can go again some time ...

Amities

Philippe



> Le 19 déc. 2020 à 04:13, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a écrit :
> 
> 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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