Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/12/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> -- > >> Don > >> don.dory at gmail.com > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information