The Last People

Woman outside a temple in Jaipur.

Rickshaw puller in Jaipur.

A vagrant sits at the same spot everyday, almost lifeless, in front of the Clock Tower, Jodhpur.

A beggar outside a church in Salem, Tamil Nadu.

A chai wala on the streets in Jaipur.

Man carrying junk(old newspapers+other stuff) in Jodhpur.

Drifters in Jaipur.

The working class, Jodhpur.

Street side dwellings & dwellers in Jaipur.

Kid(street performer) at a platform in Rajasthan.

…in Delhi.

…in Maharashtra.

…in McleodGanj, Dharamsala.

A dress shop in Asansol.

…under the clock tower in Jodhpur.

Rag pickers in Bombay, Jaipur, Jodhpur.

Women in Sarojini Nagar Market, Delhi.

Sewing machines in Bareilly.

A sweater dress for 30Rs. on a street in Jaipur.

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Inspired by August Sander’s work.

Goodbye Jodhpur.

Things didn’t seem to have changed here much except those YSL for 60rs selling carts around the clock tower weren’t to be found and the famous Omelette man had shifted to a new spot.

I was here for 5 days. Came here from Jaipur Lit Fest. Took too many photos.

Tomorrow, I’m in Delhi; hoping to stay on till the fashion week begins…and ends.

Moving on once again: Blue City to Scotland of the East

“In the depths of winter I finally learned there was in me an invincible summer.”
-Albert Camus

Shillong is also known as Scotland of the East. It’s got a lot to do with plaids, English homes with well laid chimneys emitting smokes from fireplaces, and the lakes.
Next up: Blanket fashion.

Jodhpur: conclusion

Women are mostly about floral and paisley prints like following some sort of custom. Men are mostly colorful only on their heads. I hung around in this Sardar Bazaar market because everyday the market sees new people. Other than the regular tourists, there is an influx of people from nearby villages and it’s packed on the weekends. It is close to the railway station. Most places near the railway stations in India have markets where they sell mostly clothes+just about everything that a traveling person(or even a non-traveling person) might need. Considering all that I assume I pretty much got everyone from in and around Jodhpur..or maybe that’s a bit too ambitious. In a market like this you find cheap goods even by the local standards. Here, the probability of finding international brands is extremely high. Either they are export rejects or a few seasons old stock but they look perfectly fine. Comme Des Garcons and YSL cardigans sell for 60Rupees on push carts parked around the clock tower.

Bespectacled in Jodhpur

Taches & turbans in the blue city

…still in Jodhpur(blogphorically speaking), about 30 rupees away from the railway station in to the old city near the Meherangarh Fort. The other day they said a man was only looking down from the top of the fort and fell, broke his both arms and legs, but survived. So it goes. And I’d been reading Slaughterhouse Five.

Photos are from around the shifting Clock Tower area in Sardar Bazaar where the Lonely Planet recommended Omelette man stands surrounded by sights, sounds, other omelette competitors, photographers, and occasional cows.

The only person out of place in a turbantached scheme of things.

“I write in order to attain that feeling of tension relieved and function achieved which a cow enjoys on giving milk.”

Jodhpur Bling

Photos from the Clock Tower market, Old city, Near Mehrengarh Fort, Jodhpur…taken in December 2010.