Who needs a supermarket?
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under photography
Corner store, redefined
Most of my daily needs are met by small-time bodegas scattered throughout neighborhoods. The above shot comes from a strip of road between Darjeeling and Ghoom.
It’s like this in much of the developing world, where supermarkets and giant shopping centers are still a very new concept.
Tags: darjeeling, economy, food, ghoom, grocery, india, market, photography, shopping
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
Essentials: eggs, vegetables and cell-phone minutes
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under photography
Traveling today, so here’s a Madagascar flashback:
Bare necessities: food and communication
In Tolagnaro, if you’re not a farmer, if you don’t fish, if you don’t work at the Rio Tinto mine, you probably have a small market stall.
Tags: economy, emerging nations, food, ft dauphin, madagascar, market, photography, poverty, shopping
It’s the most wonderful time of the year…
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under photography
My budget hotel room in Paharganj needed a little color; a home/party decorations shop in Khan Market that has gone completely Christmas-themed was happy to assist. If I weren’t leaving Delhi in two days (and it weren’t so environmentally unfriendly), I would have bought a six-foot fake tree, too.
Unfortunately, after one evening, the blue, red and gold lights had all crapped out. I sucked it up and went back to purchase another strand today. I’ll be more gentle this time.
I’m praying that as I’m traveling through the holidays, wherever I stay has at least as one electrical outlet. Perhaps I can decorate a palm tree.
‘Tis the season.
Tags: christmas, holiday, india, lights, photography, shenanigans, shopping
Ronald and Tommy do India
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under notes, photography
Khan Market, in Delhi, a new and old city
It’s been more than five years since I was in Delhi, India’s capital. It’s at once a very old and very new city. It is and isn’t how I remember it.
This afternoon, I had a meeting at Khan Market, a favorite shopping center of expats and middle-class Indians. It has all the hallmarks of old India — still loud, a bit cramped, stores and traffic are chaotic, you might get run over by a motorbike and you can spend four hours shopping for saris and bangles.
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Tags: chicken seekh kebab, emerging nations, india, market, mcdonald's, shopping, tommy hilfiger
Window shopping for a machete
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under gear, photography
Deadly objects anyone?
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Tags: kenya, kisumu, machete, photography, shenanigans, shopping
Welcome to Wal-Mart…er… Nakumatt
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under notes, photography
Nakumatt is the Kenyan version of Wal-Mart. It’s everything you need, in bright clean aisles — food, clothing, bicycles, motorcycles, cheese graters, camping gear, stoves, refrigerators, hair gel (the mohawk is going strong).
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Tags: agriculture, emerging nations, kenya, kisumu, market, mountain bike, nairobi, nakumatt, photography, shopping, supermarket, wal-mart
