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Siguiendo en el sur de India, Kerala, mirando el océano no se pueden ver grandes olas, pero el oleaje en estas playas es fuerte, las olas se forman y rompen directamente en la orilla, son fuertes, envuelven y arrastran todo lo que se encuentra a su alcance, por eso prácticamente nadie se atreve a bañarse en estas playas en primavera.
Following in the south of India, Kerala, looking at the ocean, you can not see big waves, but the waves on these beaches are strong, the waves form and break directly on the shore, they are strong, they wrap and drag everything you find at your fingertips, that is why practically nobody dares to bathe on these beaches in the spring.
Gadsisar Tank is situated south of the city walls of Jaisalmer. It was once the main source of water supply to the city and is surrounded by small temples and shrines. It looks quite beautiful with its elaborate arched way and calm waters. Winters are even chirpier with a variety of water birds that flock here and there. An interesting legend finds its place in the construction of the beautiful arched gate.
It is said that a beautiful and renowned courtesan offered Maharaja to pay for its construction. However, Maharaja considered it derogatory to take money from a prostitute and let the gateway be built with it, more so, the one through which he would have to pass every time he goes to the tank and comes back. He refused the offer.
The offended lady waited for her opportunity and when Maharaja went out of the city, she got the gateway built and crowned it with a Krishna temple, so that the king could not break it, when he came back.
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We ate at Karim's historic restaurant located near Jama Masjid in Old Delhi (one of the largest masjids in India). The restaurant was started in 1913 by Mohammed Aziz, who was a chef in the royal court of Mughal Emperors. His idea was to bring royal-quality foods to the locals. Karim's has now expanded to other sites, but still today, the fourth generation is still running the place at this original site in Old Delhi.
The highlights of our visit were the delicious naan bread, the mutton stew and the tandoori chicken. Besides the food, I was impressed with the way their kitchen areas are divided up into station by types of food. This photo is of the main curry station and this proud chef is in charge of making sure all the various mutton curries are cooked to perfection.
Ganga Aarti in Varanasi.
Every evening, as dusk descends, it's time for the Ganga Aarti to be performed at the holy city of Varanasi.
It's a very powerful and uplifting spiritual ritual.
An Aarti is a devotional ritual that uses fire as an offering.
The offering is made to the Goddess Ganga, goddess of the most holy river in India.
The Varanasi Ganga Aarti takes place at holy Dasaswamedh Ghat.
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The Jat - one of the hidden tribes in Gujarat (India).
Dhaneta Jat girl.
The Jats who live in Kutch are particularly conscious of their identity as a group and their sense of unity comes from a perception of shared historical traditions and a belief in common ancestry.
Originally the Jats were herders who lived in an area called Half in Iran. Five hundred years ago these shepherds migrated from Half and came to Sindh and Kutch to search for new grazing lands. They crossed the Rann of Kutch and settled there taking up farming, they became known as Dhaneta Jats. Some have devted themselves to the study of the Koran and are known as the Fakirani Jats. All the Jats in Kutch are Muslims and have similar marriage and dowry customs.
The Dhanetas are the largest of the Jat Communities. They live throughtout north western Kutch. The Dhanetas live in the Banni, herd cattle. The men care for the animals and women remain in camp looking after their families.
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Given its natural rate of population growth and aging characteristics, India is adding about 13 million new workers every year to its labour pool. India's economy has been adding about 8 million new jobs every year predominantly in low paying, unorganised sector.[13] The remaining 5 million youth joining the ranks of poorly paid partial employment, casual labour pool for temporary infrastructure and real estate construction jobs, or in many cases, being unemployed.
Labour relations
About 7 per cent of the 400 million-strong workforce were employed in the formal sector (comprising government and corporates) in 2000 contributing a whopping 60 per cent of the nominal GDP of the nation. The Trade Unions Act of 1926 provided recognition and protection for a nascent Indian labour union movement. The number of unions grew considerably after independence, but most unions are small and usually active in only one firm.
In 1997, India had about 59,000 trade unions registered with the government of India. Of these only 9,900 unions filed income and expenditure reports and claimed to represent 7.4 million workers. The state of Kerala at 9,800 trade unions had the highest number of registered unions, but only few filed income and expenditure reports with the government of India. The state of Karnataka had the fastest growth in number of unions between 1950s to 1990s.
In 1995, India had 10 central federations of trade unions, namely (arranged by number of member unions in 1980): INTUC, CITU, BMS, AITUC, HMS, NLO, UTUC, UTUC-LS, NFITU and TUCC. Each federation had numerous local trade union affiliates, with the smallest TUCC with 65 and INTUC with 1604 affiliated unions. By 1989, BMS had become India's largest federation of unions with 3,117 affiliated unions, while INTUC remained the largest federation by combined number of members at 2.2 million. The largest federation of trade unions, INTUC, represents about 0.5% of India's labour force in organised sector and unorganised sector. In 2010, over 98% of Indian workers did not belong to any trade unions and were not covered by any collective bargaining agreements.
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Doll:
- Sharaya: Barbie Dolls of the World India 2012 on Made to Move body
Fashion credits:
- all outfit: her own besides two bracelets on her right arm
- earrings: made by me
Diorama:
- niche: made my mom for our project Indian souvenir shop for dolls
- colourful picture on wall in niche: photo frame - gift by my cousin
- candlesticks. made my mom
- buddha: decoration from mini Zen garden from shop Kik Textilien
- gold pedestal with motive elephant: stand for pencils and pens, repainted from silver on gold
- elephant: decoration from our local flower shop
- purple-blue box: home decoration from shop Jysk
- gold circle stands: decoration on table-napkins
- gold oriental vase - from my job
- oranges: from doll Sindy Pedigree
- bananas: from one notebook
- apples: handmade gift by my friend Katka/Kate
- blue bowl with fruits and white stand on other fruits: Mattel - Barbie
- pink rug: from old sweater :-D