Archive for January 18th, 2008

Jan

Red… Where Worlds Meet

Posted by: gargi in Gender Issues, India, Photographs

Coca Cola meets kumkum - only in India…..
The red powder on the plate is kumkum - a powder that is traditionally a symbol of fertility. Married women in many parts of India use kumkum either as a round on their forehead or in the parting of their hair. traditionally,it is not worn by unmarried girls or by widows. Usually it is given as part of offerings at temples.

the crate at the bottom is coca-cola - considered, by many, to be the parent of Santa Claus…..

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Jan

The Golden Hills

Posted by: gargi in India, Photographs

There are tons of things to do in and around the house in Lonavala and now that the house is more or less settled, I have begun exploring around…..

Winters in the Western Ghats - means hues of brown and green. Stark, Majestic and imposing. The green usually makes way for Golden, leaving the hills looking like gold. There is a majesty about the landscape of Maharashtra - the sheer ruggedness of the mountains, and the starkness of the plateau, the solidity of the coast. IT is an attractive land… not beautiful or handsome in terms of ‘looks’ or in a conventional sense of the world. But, attractive in terms of character and personality - a character and personality that is noble, steadfast and enduring..The attractiveness of innate strength of character…..

Cow Grazing…..