Delhi Street Jams, Vol. 2
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Two weeks ago I came home from a bike ride to watch crews set up what could have been mistaken for an Indian carnival tent on a sidestreet near my apartment: four walls of purple and orange curtains, without a roof and lit by generator-powered flood lights.
At first, I assumed it was a wedding and got excited to gate crash. Then, after speaking to our block’s chowkidar (watchman), I learned it was a pooja (prayer service), though for what I couldn’t quite understand. Decorum won out, and I respectfully decided not to interlope.
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Tags: delhi, india, multimedia, party, pooja, prayer, religion
≤20 Seconds: Hermits of Havelock
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Tags: andaman and nicobar, beach, crab, environment, havelock, hermit crab, india, island, multimedia, shenanigans, wildlife
A year-in-review
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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
≤20 Seconds: Delhi’s wonderful chaos
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This is the colorful, chaotic India that is old Delhi. It’s also the antithesis of my slow, island life of the last couple (and next couple) weeks.
Tags: chaos, delhi, festival, gobind singh, guru, holiday, india, multimedia, party, religion, sikh
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
Multimedia re-cut: Tourism, friend or foe to Maasai facing drought?
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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
Of drums and elephants
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The wedding party breaks up
On a recent evening while I was transcribing in my room, drums exploded outside my window (hit play above). They echoed through the neighborhood here at Tutti Chowk, Paharganj, and by the time I got down to the street, what I believe was a marriage procession had turned down enough alleys that I couldn’t find the drum gang and only heard the banging in the distance.
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Tags: delhi, elephant, india, market, marriage, multimedia, paharganj, party, photography, shadi, wedding, wildlife
