Not the problem facing a third of Indian districts – but the colour. It is quite fascinating, how much of red pops up when you decide to see India through a view finder.
When i first began working in television, one of the no-no colours was red (the other was white) – both were supposed to cause video noise on telecast. But, later I understood that it was a problem with the way the colours were lit, and the expertise of the cameraman – not the colours in themselves.
when you travel India and neighbouring countries, you see a lot of variants of red – and i love the contrast with the browns and the greens, and click. Here are some of my favourites
This is a Laman woman, somewhere near Ahmednagar – Maharashtra. The Laman’s were traditionally salt selling nomadic. But post independence they were given land and became settled. Their costumes tend to have coins sewn into them, as well as mirrors.
a farm worker in Nepal.
A women’s group in Himachal Pradesh that was gathering that day to work out how to get a road to their village.
A sadhu outside the Kizhaperumpallam temple – one of the sacred Navagrahas, plus a temple to the Lord of the Universe Mahadeva.
Tail lights reflected in the rain, Mumbai !
a woman going to work – Mumbai
A tomato seller, Mumbai
and the little flower girl – selling roses in the rain, Mumbai
Of course, no post on red will be complete without one of my favorite ads of all times – the Coke ad from the 1996 world cup – the colour of passion is red, with Nusrat on the music track – what more can you ask for ?
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Yes, red pervades our environment and what an ad!
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lovely post, Harini! true, red is one of the most vibrant colours and is so seen all over the country – I particularly love your tail lights reflection pic. niiiice!
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Brilliant … nice anthology !!
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To many shades of reds
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