Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It is written: Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2000 17:17:30 -0800 From: wvl <wvl@marinternet.com> Subject: [Leica] Police problems in India OT I'm not disputing anyone else's reality about photograohy in India. However, I had no problems with police concerning photography during the five weeks I was in India last Spring. I traveled about 3500 km by rail in every class and must have exposed at least 60 rolls of medium format and 35mm film which included shots in rry stations, aboard trains, and even shots of cooperative police and soldiers themselves. I flew around the North and photographed airport scenes and within terminals at small airports that were also military bases. There are a lot of soldiers with .303 Enfields standing around in all these places but none ever bothered me. Namaste, Bill Lawlor - ------------------------------ Sure Bill, I agree that mostly it's not a problem, but most people who go to India to do a job of work (I'm not suggesting you are a mere tourist, BTW) end up with a few absurd stories about the Indian poliss. I suppose it depends on their threat perception as well. As for airports, I'm very surprised; the only airport in India I've been to in the north was Srinagar (Kashmir) and security is super tight there. Ciao, Rob. Robert Appleby and Sue Darlow Via Bellentani 36 41100 Modena Italy Tel/fax [39] 059 303436