Vandana Rajagopalan
Vandana > April 29, 2006 - back in the US ! time gain of 12 hrs makes the almost 24 hr flight time seem less. grocery shopping for food gets me this lady watering the $1.48 plants.
Vandana > April 28, 2006 - one last day in India; at rest, and some shopping..Just an overview shot of a residential area in Delhi - the bikes, the people, a guy on the left to iron your clothes (!)
Vandana > April 30, 2006 - It's going to sound like' the dog ate my homework' but I cannot find the cf card with pictures from the last 2 days ! Returned back to US safely on 28th evening after an exhausting, but wonderful trip to India. Time warp, diarrhea ( yes,  it really happens !), and an  almost all day flight have taken their toll and I'm in the photographic slump. A drive thru the local park. Other pics from India.  More as they get processed..
Vandana > April 27, 2006 - Hand-painting, the art of 'Mehndi'. At the Hanuman Temple in New Delhi, I got my hands painted by Jagmohan who has been doing this for the last 25 years. His exquisite craftsmanship earned him a princely sum of one dollar and two quarters.
$1.50 = Rupees 75.
Traditional handicrafts, batik, pottery, madhubani, handwoven apparel, and ofcourse mehndi are waging a battle against  walmartization.Wonder who will win :(
Vandana > April 26, 2006 - Delhi Monday market scene - Bovine apparel fantasy.
Vandana > April 25, 2006 - back to Bangalore after a hectic, tiring south india over a total of over 2000 km on road - Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala..Rains have come to Bangalore reducing some heat..on the road with the constant reminders of colorful Indian movies on the walls
Vandana > April 24, 2006 - in Munnar, Kerala - an extremely beautiful 'hillstation' with hills of tea plantations. We drove and walked thru tea, drank loads of wonderful fresh tea, smelt tea - this town is all tea. Tea pickers at work here.
Vandana > April 23, 2006 - in Periyar wildlife sanctuary, Kerala. Has reportedly about 900-1000 wild elephants in a forest approachable mainly by boating around it on the Periyar Lake. I saw one clear elephant at a distance, many butts and forms seen thru the forest leaves.
Vandana > April 22, 2006 - in Rajapalayam,a town in Tamil Nadu. a glimpse at the practises that mark every household here - the footsteps marked by red color called 'kaavi', the white powdered design  'kolum'on every doorstep all for good luck and to ward off evil.
April 29, 2006 - back in the US ! time gain of 12 hrs makes the almost 24 hr flight time seem less. grocery shopping for food gets me this lady watering the $1.48 plants.
Vandana > April 29, 2006 - back in the US ! time gain of 12 hrs makes the almost 24 hr flight time seem less. grocery shopping for food gets me this lady watering the $1.48 plants.
April 29, 2006 - back in the US ! time gain of 12 hrs makes the almost 24 hr flight time seem less. grocery shopping for food gets me this lady watering the $1.48 plants.
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