Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/06/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Not to me it wouldn't Thx for showing Simon On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 6:49 PM, philippe.amard <philippe.amard op sfr.fr>wrote: > 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 op 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >