Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/06/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Safety is a real concern indeed. Yet, I loved the busy streets so full of variety, colours, smells, sounds, dust, honks, in a word; Life. Would it still be India otherwise? http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Noir+et+Blanc/Dehli+-+Red+Fort+-+Aug+15+1982-2-2.jpg.html Bien cordialement de Metz Philippe Le 8 juin 10 ? 17:30, Richard Man a ?crit : > > I haven't seen the video yet, but your description seem just like > Bangalore > in 2004 when I visited there. Our friend (an Indian native from the > area) > joked that the Bangalorean dogs are the smartest dogs and they were > - they > could navigate the traffic much better we ever could have. > > > On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 7:47 AM, Lawrence Zeitlin > <lrzeitlin at gmail.com>wrote: > >> Jayanand, >> A question. I spent several years in India from 1984 through 1987 >> as a >> Fulbright Professor at the Univ. of Delhi. The road traffic at the >> time was >> horrendous, much worse even than that of Boston, Athens, or Atlanta. >> Today's >> New York Times featured a video on India's traffic death rate, the >> highest >> in the world. The video looked identical to those of my home movies >> taken a >> quarter of a century ago. Same mix of pedestrians, animals, mopeds, >> motor >> tricycles, autos, trucks, busses all interacting without discipline >> or >> regulation. Are the conditions still as bad or was the Times >> engaging in >> yellow journalism? >> >> >> http://video.nytimes.com/video/2010/06/07/world/asia/1247467632515/india-s-highways-of-death.html >> >> Larry Z >> >> >> > > > -- > // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> > // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> > // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> > [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all > previous > replies in your msgs. ] > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > NO ARCHIVE