I’ve found God. Via text message.
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under notes
Every day, I receive three or four text messages that are pure spam. Thankfully, I don’t pay for them.
Lately, they’ve been Valentine’s Day themed, as though I needed such tugging of the heartstrings. Other times, they’re offering me all manner of calling plans or Bollywood ring tones. Jai Ho (the popular diddy from Slumdog Millionaire) is still not old.
But frequently they are extolling the virtues of religion and offering to help me find it.
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Tags: baba ramdev, bible, cell phone, god, india, kenya, mobile, religion, sai baba, shenanigans, sms, spam, text message
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
Published: Kenyan males line up for circumcision
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under multimedia, notes, photography
This story, datelined Katito, Kenya, was published this week by GlobalPost.com.
The story contains photos, text and video, as part of a larger series on the issue of male circumcision as an HIV prevention tactic in sub-Saharan Africa.
Bits and pieces of the project, reported in early fall during my stay in Kisumu, have appeared on the blog. Now it’s all available in one place.
Tags: circumcision, health, hiv, kenya, kisumu, multimedia, photography
Here, kitty, kitty, kitty… (photo)
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under photography
My best and favorite safari photo
I’ve been editing more photos from several days spent in and around the Maasai Mara.
This leopard was close enough that it could have eaten me (or at least nibbled for while) if it had wanted.
Sammy Mwai, our safari driver, was very good and put us directly in the big cat’s path.
F5.8, 1/200th of a second, ISO 100.
Tags: kenya, leopard, maasai mara, photography, safari, tourism, wildlife
Multimedia re-cut: Tourism, friend or foe to Maasai facing drought?
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under multimedia, photography
You haven’t watched this one yet. Re-cut and reposted with new audio, photos and narration to make it better, faster, stronger. Longer, too.
Tags: conservation, drought, journalism, kenya, maasai, maasai mara, multimedia, photography, poverty, tourism, travel, wildlife
Things Africa taught me
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under notes
I’ve now arrived in India and am getting settled and spending a little time with family in Pune. I’ve also been coming up with a list of lessons learned from seven weeks in Africa. In no particular order, here goes:
- French, that language I really thought was useless, is so not useless. Especially if you’re in Madagascar in non-tourist towns, trying to report and the only people you meet competent enough in English to be a translator are either employees of the company you’re writing about or activists in the community.
Reef flip flops are awesome. Seriously. Reef. Write it down. Best sandal I’ve ever worn. Damn near the best thing I’ve ever put on my foot. For example, when I accidentally stepped into two and a half feet of quick mud and lost a flip flop (again, thanks Sara from London, for a great laugh), I immediately paid the local who pulled me out another 500 shillings (a little more than $7, probably his weekly wage) to get back in the mud and retrieve my flip flop. (Dear Reef, I’m hoping for an endorsement deal. “Backpack journalist in Third World swears by Reef sandals.” Sounds good, no?)- I like parentheses.
- Eat bananas. Leg cramps suck.
- Save some bananas for the lemurs.
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Tags: antananarivo, beer, emerging nations, health, kenya, kisumu, lemur, madagascar, nairobi, poverty, raila odinga, shenanigans, tourism, travel, wildlife
Potraits from Kibera
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under photography
Somali mom
Dry cleaner
Disabled grandfather
Shy grandkids
Charcoal brick maker
I spent several days on trips to Kibera, a sprawling slum of Nairobi. People there aren’t always eager to have their pictures taken, but these portrait subjects all agreed. I met them in the company of NGO workers who advocate for clean water.
Tags: emerging nations, health, journalism, kenya, kibera, photography, poverty, slums, water, water access
