Brickmakers of Akurdi
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under photography
Family of brickmakers
India’s construction boom requires bricks. Bricks are labor intensive. They are carefully molded and dried in the sun. Then they’re intricately stacked amid charcoal, for firing in what essentially an open kiln.
Here, a family of brickmakers are getting ready to fire another batch of bricks (more photos below).
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Tags: akurdi, brick, construction, emerging nations, india, journalism, photography, pune
Keep the dung fires burning
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under photography
Resourceful, them Gorkhas, huh?
Dung rolled into balls and left to dry in the sun. It’s pretty common in the developing world to recycle animal waste into fuel. Or as plaster. Or flooring.
This comes from a front-step of a house in Ghoom, near Darjeeling. During the winter across northern India, poor people use these dung fuel for heating fires. They’re also used year-round for cooking.
Tags: darjeeling, dung, emerging nations, energy, fuel, ghoom, india, photography, poverty, recycling
Unexplored Andamans: A scientist’s playground
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Click a photo for a larger view
More often thought of as paradise for beach bums and scuba divers, the Andaman Islands are also a scientist’s playground, an alluring cache of uncharted island biodiversity. The archipelago lies about 1,200 kilometers from India in the middle of the Bay of Bengal.
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Tags: andaman and nicobar, andaman islands day gecko, conservation, emerging nations, environment, india, island, journalism, Phelsuma andamanensis, photography, wandoor, wildlife
These are times of tall men and short character
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under notes
On a wall at the Tibetan Refugee Self Help Center in Darjeeling
Click the photo for a larger image. I’ve retyped below (with reasonable punctuation) for better reading.
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Tags: dalai lama, darjeeling, emerging nations, india, philosophy, refugee, tibet
Not exactly Tyson, Perdue or KFC
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under photography
Pretty healthy for an Indian chicken
I’m not saying that this chicken’s life is perfect, especially since this shot was taken in front of a butcher shop, but I feel far better eating meat here in India where farming remains a less corporate endeavor.
Tags: andaman and nicobar, chicken, corporate farming, economy, emerging nations, environment, factory farming, food, india, little andaman, perdue, photography, tyson, wildlife
A year-in-review
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under notes, photography
2009 kinda kicked ass
This past year pretty much rocked. And the New Year came in fine manner. No kisses, but a bonfire amid the palm trees (above), new friends, lobster, a decent cigar (thanks, C!), champagne and even the Harry Connick, Jr., band playing Auld Lang Syne at midnight (never leave home without the iPod).
I meant to post this sooner, but here’s a little look back at my new life (as chronicled on this blog):
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Tags: andaman and nicobar, antananarivo, beach, beer, circumcision, conservation, delhi, diving, drought, economy, emerging nations, environment, festival, fishing, food, ft dauphin, gear, havelock, health, hiv, holiday, india, island, journalism, kenya, kibera, kisumu, lemur, maasai mara, madagascar, market, motorcycle, multimedia, mumbai, nairobi, party, photography, port blair, poverty, preparation, shenanigans, shopping, thailand, tourism, travel, wildlife
Have yourself an underwater Christmas
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under notes, photography
During my time away from modern telecommunications, I became a PADI-certified open water and deep water diver. It was a somewhat expensive, incredibly rewarding Christmas(ish) excursion. I find diving to be a near perfect combination of the exhilaration of exploration and the relaxation of meditation.
I also couldn’t waste an opportunity to commit journalism and reported a story on the nascent dive industry in India, a country where most children are never even taught to swim. There’s beautiful unexplored water here which, of course, creates some tension between divers, the environment and, of course, local fishermen.
Tags: andaman and nicobar, beach, dive, diving, emerging nations, environment, fish, havelock, heaven, india, journalism, padi, photography, tourism, travel, water, wildlife
