A year-in-review
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india, kenya, madagascar
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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Why I’m out here, reason No. 1
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
There were many reasons why I called it a day in St. Louis and hit the road. Let’s talk about one in particular:
The decline of the American foreign correspondent corps. Sure, the Bigs will continue to pay for top-shelf international journalism. But the papers just a rung or two down on the ladder (indeed, most of the Top 100) should still have bodies in the field across the oceans but don’t, the Post-Dispatch included.
So their readers miss global news. And not just the big international crisis — death, mayhem, flooding, war, locusts, Olympics, genocide, plague — stories. They miss knowing the impact of their local decisions, their local companies, their local products, their local families.
That led to my journalistic model: sell locally focused, international stories to these papers on the cheap. Today, finally, I’ve proven my model, if only once.
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Tags: delhi, economy, harley-davidson, india, journalism, motorcycle, mumbai, photography, published
Harley rumbles into India
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
For the last week and a half, I’ve been working a story about Harley-Davidson’s attempts to enter the Indian motorcycle market. Here are shots from a posh launch party in Mumbai, a Sunday morning ride through the city and a portrait of Delhi’s leader of a motorcycle club.
Tags: business, delhi, economy, emerging nations, harley, harley-davidson, india, journalism, milwaukee, motorcycle, mumbai, photography
Nothing like a little sea breeze in your face
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
The ocean at Mumbai from the back of a Harley Davidson
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Motorcycles are wicked fun
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under kenya
My favorite mode of transportation
Mom, so you don’t freak out, no, I have not been driving one. Not yet, anyway. Continue reading this entry » » »
Tags: kenya, motorcycle, photography, shenanigans, tourism
