Going to the sarkar and they’re gonna get married…
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Earlier this month, I had the honor of photographing the civil wedding (read: navigating the web of India government) of two Delhi friends, Poh Si Teng and Mayank Misra. They were some of the first people I got to know in the city.
The wedding day had ups and downs and they invited me to be there for the whole thing: getting dressed, car rides in Delhi heat, power cuts, paperwork, Indian bureaucracy, tangling with the sarkar, the eventual success and a fine celebration afterward.
Many congrats Poh Si and Mayank.
Tags: celebration, delhi, india, mayank misra, photography, poh si teng, sarkar, shaadi, wedding
Falling stars
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Chamrod flowers on Lodi Gardens
In March, the dying flowers of Chamrod, as it’s called in India, cover patches of Lodi Gardens and other green spaces in Delhi. Just another one of nature’s details.
Tags: delhi, environment, flowers, india, lodi, lodi gardens, photography, trees
Blue skies over Delhi
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The tomb of Sikandar Lodi
A fine sky over the resting place of the namesake of my favorite place in Delhi.
Tags: delhi, india, lodi, lodi gardens, photography, sikandar, tomb
Cozy in Lodi
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Resemble anyone?
More Lodi lovers. On the green lawns outside the octagonal tomb of Mohammed Shah.
Tags: delhi, india, lodi, lodi gardens, love, photography, shenanigans
Getting dressed up, Desi-style
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Thankfully it's not me in the sari. Not 'til Halloween, anyway...
My former roommate Pujya (right) helps fix a sari on her friend Tennille before they head for a wedding reception. Pujya may be teaching me how to wrap a sari since I am going to be dressing like a woman this Halloween (2010 is an even year, no?), and India does conveniently have a traditional sect of cross-dressers, the hijras.
Also, sis, I may need to borrow some gold to pull this one off proper-like.
Tags: culture, delhi, halloween, india, photography, sari
Pose for the photo, white people
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Photos with ferengi
Last month, I went touring with Joel, Katie, David and Julie. Next to the four of them, it’s painfully obvious I’m not white. I might not look completely Indian, but the touts, crazies and gawkers prefer to stare at and bother the pasty folks.
Fine by me.
Indians also generally get a bit frenzied and/or silly around a camera.
Put the two phenomenon together and I got to laugh incessantly. Enjoy some other weird photos below. Continue reading this entry » » »
Tags: agra, culture, delhi, india, photography, posing, shenanigans, taj mahal
And we’re back… briefly
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under notes
Thailand was blur of diving and food and photos and fantastic new friends. More about all that later.
I’m in Delhi for not quite two days before I head for Sikkim and teaching. I’ve got loads of errands to run in the interim and some friends to see and a giant bag to repack, so I don’t expect to be blogging until I get settled back in near the Himalayas. (Though I may post a few fun photos from the travels last month.)
My parting shot is at the drunk, airport cabbie who took me on a three-hour extravaganza today in the midday heat because he apparently doesn’t know any (and I mean ANY) major landmark in South Delhi. Not Sarvodaya Enclave, not Mother School, not Hauz Khas village, not PVR Saket, not Aurobindo Marg, not IIT, not Qutub effing Minar.
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