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A wonderful 1952 construction by Hungarian-French artist Victor Vasarely
From his Black& White period, naturally.
Spotted at the Fondation Vasarely - one of those "must see" places if you are ever visiting Aix-en-Provence.
HOTEL TAMPHA, IMPHAL, MANIPUR !!!
A SMALL HOTEL BUT COMFORT STAY !!!
SOMETIME, IT IS STILL MY TRANSIT QUARTER !!!
EXPLORE: Highest position: 145 on Thursday, October 24, 2013
A wonderful 1952 construction by Hungarian-French artist Victor Vasarely
From his Black& White period, naturally.
Spotted at the Fondation Vasarely - one of those "must see" places if you are ever visiting Aix-en-Provence.
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A beautiful participant from the state of Manipur being helped by her colleagues in dressing up for the final performance during the National Youth Festival in Amritsar, India. She was late to arrive on the scene and everybody seemed like they were anxiously waiting for her to arrive. As soon as she arrived, everyone yelled, “There she is!” and within a few seconds three of her friends were around her to help her put on the make up and jewellery. She looked like a princess who was getting dressed for some special occasion. She looked majestic!
Photo taken on : 25.12.2010
Place : Polo Ground, Race Course, Central Kolkata, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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Loktak, Lok = "stream" and tak = "the end. The largest freshwater (sweet) lake in northeast India, also called the only Floating lake in the world due to the floating phumdis. It serves as a source of water for hydropower generation, irrigation and drinking water supply. The lake is also a source of livelihood for the rural fisherman who live in the surrounding areas and on phumdis, also known as “phumshongs”.
Once upon a time elections used to be about colour and festivity...now with a strict code on election spending there is more security than flags !!! so the end result ... i found myself staring at the barrel of a INSAS rifle ....
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I was documenting the Siddi race the lost tribe of Africa.. The indomitable Lions of Gujrat .
But strange is the Hand of God I think I am being asked to document the Manipuri people culture traditions..
One day I will as my humble tribute to Gambhir Singh..
Picture of Gambhir Singhs family house in
Kubong sent to me by Atom Bimol
A day trip with my host family to the river about an hour out of the village through winding mountain roads.
Sanaleibak Manipur. View of Imphal valley while returning from Andro. Photo is stitched and touched-up from a series of shots.
But before I continue Happy Dasshera to all of you ..
I have a pain within me and I thought of bringing it out to exorcise it ..
I shoot chronicle Bandra ..where I live my urban chaotic backyard and in this documentation I have no agenda no politics I have been graciously adopted by Bandra .
The Gen Next my daughter my granddaughters Marziya and Nerjis are born in Bandra ..in a way they endorse my connection to Bandra .
My Bandra is in all its humility Bandra Bazar Road .
I came to live here after the 93 riots I lived as a nomad at Pali Naka Veronica Street Ranwar and finally De Monte Street .
When I shot the street video of alcoholic vagrant migrant Gambhir Singh I knew nothing about Manipur ,,he in his alcoholic stupor made me aware of Manipur forced it poetically on my consciousness .
I wont go into details my Gambhir Singh YouTube video went viral and Gambhir Singh became the biggest story ..it was a very simple story down to earth story of a lost mans reunion with his birthplace his family friends well wishers of Manipur .
He was saved by the love of the Manipuri people they collectively brought him back to Khumbohg Imphal .thanks to Patsoi police station and the officers Priyobratan Singh Yumnam and officer Amitabh Singh Arambam.
And Bandra Police Station .
The Gambhir Singh news spread like wild fire I gave interviews to online news agencies Der Spigel others .
I gave interviews to national news from Bandra Police station that helped in his well being and finding him.
I gave interviews from my house late in the night..
I was not hunting for a few minutes fame but Gambhir Singhs story to some extent was my own story too I was a incorrigible alcoholic for many years ..my wife and kids fought with my demon and pulled me ashore away from Yacht Canara and Janta .
Its been over 25 years I have not touched a drop of booze.
Fr Jaun a Christian Jesuit priest from St Peter Church Bandra helped cleanse me and Jesus and the Church have been part of my growing up..I am 68 years old almost .
Anyway after Gambhir Singh left I spoke to one of the local news of Bandra he did not do the story he was out of station I think if he did give it a mention I am not aware .
But what hit me the hardest was the other local news I spoke to the editor I know him since I came to Bandra in 1983 .
He was obnoxiously unmoved by the Gambhir Singh story ,,he said Gambhir Singh was not from Bandra and when I told him about the news of him online and in regional national papers ..he literally slapped me with a distasteful remark,, Gambhir Singh is a drunkard .
So what was Mary Magdalene Jesus transformed her from a prostitute to a Saint .
I am a Muslim bought up in Church environment I learnt Compassion I learnt humility humanity at home and through my Christian priestly mentors .
From that day till the present I broke of all ties with him.. he is not my role model he is just a hollow conceited man living in a world of his own biased imagination.
This is the truth irony of the local press of Bandra .
I think we do a better job than them as photographers chroniclers documentarists .
I am Christian in more ways than one and Bandra made me that and this is not about religion but culture and upbringing..
Thankfully I am not a skull cap Miya I have a skull and I need not cover it with narrow mindedness .
You will never see my posts pictures poetry or stories in newspapers .
I stay the fuck away from them.
Happy Morning ..
A model depicting Radha's attire from the very famous Rasa Lila dance form of India's Northeastern state "Manipur" at Northeast festival, New Delhi.
One of the largest fresh water lakes in India... the rings that you see are artificially made so that fish can be grown in captivity.
Sangshak, a Naga village situated on a hilltop north-east of Imphal, was in March 1944 at the centre of fierce fighting between the British & Indian troops and the Japanese army in a bid to control the Ukhrul Road that led to Imphal and Kohima.
"The men of the 153rd Battalion's C Company were positioned on the extreme south-western edge of the plateau where it declined in a shallow curve round to the south. They had a perfect field of fire westwards across the slopes of West Hill and southwards across a pint-sized football field - the only one in the Naga Hills, on the only patch of flat ground between Sangshak village and the defenders' perimeter. This was the way the enemy was expected, and indeed arrived, in the last rapidly fading light of the afternoon." —'The Battle at Sangshak' by Harry Seaman