Sleep

I have had a little problem with motivation lately, so I made a tribute to my condition. Click on the photo to load a slideshow. This is a big file so please be a little patient.

Water

How could a society allow for its people to become so ignorant. With the crisis of polluted water strangling India, you would thing, that someone would step up and help. Corporations only look for a way to make money off the thirsty people, locals look for a way to get the garbage out from under their feet, businesses look for a way to get rid of their waste. All this goes into the closest drain, then goes to the closest river, that runs to the closest beach, which then gets carried off to sea, for you and me.

Click the photo to see a show on water in India.

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For all you nonbelievers who think I'm exaggerating when I say there is a constant smell of urine in Chennai....

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Dirty Water

India struggles with educating the masses about the importance of water sanitation. The above photo is of a fisherman who has polluted the water he depends on to earn a living, by draining the oil from his boat into the Bay of Bengal.

Kathakali: Classical Dance of Kerala

Kathakali is the classical dance-drama of Kerala, South India, which dates from the 17th century and is rooted in Hindu mythology. Kathakali has a unique combination of literature, music, painting, acting and dance. Kathakali literally means story-play and is an elaborate dance depicting the victory of truth over falsehood.

A Striking feature of Kathakali is the use of elaborate make-up and colourful costumes. This is to emphasize that the characters are superbeings from another world, and their make-up is easily recognisable to the trained eye as satvik or godlike, rajasik or heroic, and tamasik or demonic.

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India

One thing to say about India, is that if you are going to be here for a long time, plan on gettig sick at least once a month. Well at least I do that is. But I still have my clothes unlike this fellow in the above picture. Shot in Tamil Nadu in Pondi Bizzar.

Sari

Kanchipuram is the sari-making capitol of India. Hundreds of looms are hidden inside of almost every small home, where some of the most beautiful colors and patterns are woven everyday. Many of the patterns have been handed down from generation to generation within families of weavers. Depending on the intricacy of the design, it takes anywhere from three-days to one-month to weave a sari. The workers are paid about 120 rupees a day (three U.S dollars). The saris are then distributed by the loom-landlords to major sari retailers, where they are sold for 3,000 to 100,000 rupees each.

The slide show on bonded labor, also featured on this website, was shot in the same town. I was granted access this time to show that there are no children working at these looms. Click on the photo and I hope you enjoy the slide show.