Out with the tide…
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
Lazy afternoon
…or you’re done for the day.
Above, Havelock fishermen empty their boats for the afternoon; they’ll return to the sea at night or the next morning when the fish are more active and the tide is high enough for them to clear the coral-strewn flats.
Perhaps I’m romanticizing just a little, but these are the opposite of industrial fishing. They’re traditional fisherfolk who have been sustaining their families on small catches for generations.
Tags: beach, boat, fishing, havelock, india, photography, poor people, poverty, tide
$3 holler, y’all
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under united states
A worthy fight and it only takes $3.
Countries need to develop? Yes.
Electricity is vital to people who live in severe deprivation? Absolutely.
Irrigation can end hunger? In some cases.
Big dams are the way to do it? Not a chance.
Tags: africa, dams, deprivation, documentary, donate, ethiopia, hydroelectric, irrigation, kenya, poverty, slumchella
Gully water tap
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
Work with what you've got
Water in India, like in many developing countries, isn’t exactly accessible to all. Here, in a busy gully in Old Delhi, amid bustling sari shops and dhabas and the like, a water tap is something a focal point for nearby residents.
During an afternoon visit, I watched this man come with several buckets to fill and dishes to wash. He had to fight for time with a nearby snack vendor who had similar intentions.
Tags: delhi, gully, india, labor, old delhi, photography, poverty, washing, water
We gotta reduce, re-use, recycle
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
Bad news bears, or something
Dharamshala kids form their own recycling brigade. Basically, they’re on the poorest rungs of society. School is not so much an option or concern; sorting through trash to boost family income is their vocation.
They were collecting and sorting their glass and plastic along the spiritual hiking path surrounding the Namgyal Monastery.
This is reality in an over-poor, over-crowded country. At least it helps mitigate the ever-growing volumes of trash 1.2 billion people produce (though to be fair, India’s waste output in raw terms remains far behind the United States).
Tags: dharamshala, economy, environment, india, namgyal, photography, poverty, recycling
Children of the fort
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
Brother and sister
Young ones wandering at Agra Fort. Maybe looking for tourists to harangue. Or to be harangued by tourists (read: me).
Tags: agra, agra fort, children, cute, india, photography, poverty, tourism
Rural village drive-by
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
Gaon ke log
Several weeks ago, we took a weekend out of town to stay at a fort hotel in Rajasthan. Along the way, we passed fields of sarson (mustard) and atta (wheat) and channa (chickpea). The five hour trip took us over back country roads through rural India.
Domestic scenes and courtyards like the one above (nothing spectacular — the taxi didn’t stop) were common.
It’s really beautiful out there. Simple and and poor and beautiful.
Tags: cattle, farming, india, photography, poverty, rajasthan, rural
Delhi winter: Keep the home (and street) fires burning
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
Not exactly a warm hearth
Delhi winters are cold. Maybe not by U.S. standards, but here only the very rich (and not even most of them) can retreat to insulated buildings and central heating. Hence, if it’s 38 degrees outside, it’s pretty close to 38 inside.
The middle class survives on electric space heaters. The poor and laboring classes make due with nightly fires of wood, scrap and garbage. The extremely impoverished huddle together under blankets.
Here, some chowkidars and drivers sit around a burning piece of chipboard in posh Hauz Khas village in December.
Obviously, it’s not exactly chilly in Delhi anymore. But, as usual, I’m behind on posting photos.
Tags: cold, delhi, fire, india, poverty, weather, winter
Gandhiji’s talisman
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test:
Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have seen and ask yourself if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him. Will he gain anything by it? Will it restore him to a control over his own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to swaraj for the hungry and spiritually starving millions?
Then you will find your doubts and yourself melting away.
— M. K. Gandhi
From a wall in Gandhi Smriti in Delhi, now a museum and the grounds of the leader’s assassination.
Tags: delhi, gandhi, history, india, philosophy, politics, poverty, quote, talisman
Now that might be sustainable fishing
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under ecuador
Old man and the sea
This old man was fresh from his dinghy, which bobbed at anchor in the Puerto Lopez bay. As much as I think widespread fishing remains unsustainable, I’m supportive of small-scale local catches, particularly since the lives of so many poor depend on the sea.
The trick — and what I intend to devote graduate school study to — is finding that appropriate balance between commerce and conserving the planet’s cardiovascular system (i.e., the oceans). Continue reading this entry » » »
Tags: conservation, development, ecuador, environment, fish, fishing, ocean, photography, poverty, puerto lopez, sustainable
Graduation day
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under ecuador
Arutam’s school caters to a handful of village children, staffed both by Domingo Vargas, one of the older Shuar brothers, as well as volunteers. At the end of the semester, the school celebrated a graduation of sorts before a holiday. Parents and children attended, and Domingo read aloud the accomplishments of each child.
Edgar, above, who will next year attend the government school, was cause for particular celebration. Education levels are abysmal in parts of rural Ecuador, like much of the rest of the developing world. His graduation and chance at higher education is a big deal. Such an accomplishment has replaced old Shuar rights of passage, and it is a happy occasion worthy of donning traditional clothing. Continue reading this entry » » »
Tags: arutam, children, culture, ecuador, education, en la selva, photography, poverty, volunteering
