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The world has enough for everyone's Need, but not enough for everyone's Greed.
- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
(2 October 1869 - 30 January 1948)
On the outbound journey the guard had extracted fifty rupees with the promise of a chicken, it would be given to a chef and cooked for lunch on arrival here at Rainager. I expected to see a live chicken somewhere along the way but never even saw a dead one, not in the care of the guard anyway. Eventually a couple of skinny wings arrived on a banana leaf with some rice.
How long we were here for I cannot remember though it can not have been too long or I most certainly would, for as can be seen there is not much here to hold the attention. It is a curious place for the railway to end, a small village with the station set in fields to the south of it. The locomotive ran round the train on arrival, watered again and brewed up. People turned up for scraps of half burnt coals from the raked out ashpan, maybe the chance of some hot water from the boiler and the activity at the station attracted the attention of the younger males from the village. The condition of the locomotives boiler did not lend itself to have much spare hot water to offer, though the converse was true with the fire, the boilers condition and that of the firebox required the fire to be raked through often.
The train was booked to leave at 15:35 so most of the return journey would be undertaken in the dark and I had already decided I could not bear to sit with the guard all the way back to Bankura. So, I went up to the loco and was soon invited up onto the footplate where the alcoholic predicament of the guard was revealed.
North British build CC pacific no.676, a veteran export of 1907, waits to return to Bankura at the Rainager terminus on the afternoon of the 10th of December 1992.
Jama Masjid was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan between 1644 and 1656 at a cost of 1 million rupees. It was constructed by more than 5000 workers.It is one of the largest mosques in India.The mosque was completed in 1656 AD with three great gates, four towers and two 40 m high minarets constructed of strips of red sandstone and white marble.The courtyard can accommodate more than 25,000 persons.
As Laila Ali dons the glove of her father’s sport; back in India, boxing gloves and mehendi go hand in hand for the women boxers at Akola in Maharashtra. Relatively inexpensive when compared to other sport such as tennis and badminton, it is the next best option for young girls who are born tough. A regular cotton-growing small town in Maharashtar, Akola hosts the state championships for women boxers. Every house has a girl with a story… Sania Raut (13) draws inspiration from Laila Ali and Jarna Sanghvi. And Jarna Sanghvi (18) pulled down the kitchen fan and hung a boxing bag when no one was looking. Satish Bhatt (34) is the guardian coach for these women at the Vasant Desai stadium. Coaching a class of over 25 women, he’s grateful for a stadium considering that he operated out of local schools two years ago.
Don't be fooled by what looks like 9000 on this note. It is a 1000 Nepalese Rupee note and worth around £6 ($8)
All Nepalese notes have this image of Mt Everest on the reverse side and thus Nepal has the coolest bank notes in the world - no argument ;o)
Currency for Macro Mondays
I had the great good fortune to catch a glimpse of Mt Everest, from a considerable distance, 3 years ago on a trip to Nepal.
The Himalayas are utterly magnificent.
#63 Magnificent for 122 pictures in 2022
Für ein paar Rupie bekommt man das schönste Lächeln.
Oftmals die einzige Einnahmequelle.
For a few rupees you get the best smile. Often the only source of income,
This man with a wicker basket asked me for some rupee, I wasn't sure for what until he opened the wicker basket and a hissing cobra popped out. I handed over the rupee watched him play and then he invited me to sit next to the hissing cobra. I did...but I wasn't exactly calm next to the cobra.
Taken during a photowalk in Mumbai earlier this year. Was using a nikon ais 50mm f/1.4 that I picked up at a local camera market for 1200 rupees ;)
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Rupee bag is my addition to this awesome round & you can find it in 8 diff colors. :3
All original mesh, as always.
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<3 geek.
I am not scared of death. As per you I am risking my life for 20 rupees but for me I am earning my livelihood. This is my swimming pool. Dare to dive with me?
Local kids doing their Hanuman (monkey god) show for a few rupees in the Vittala Temple complex, Hampi, Karnataka, India. 2002
He pocketed my rupees but this young man wasn't especially charming to his snake or to his customer on this day.
Los niños Indios son muy simpáticos , pero esta niña me acompañó durante un buen rato sin hablar, a pesar de que yo intentaba conversar, no sé, podría ser muda. Me hubiera gustado saber más de ella, pero de repente desapareció. Me dejó tocado !!!
Wish I could have known a bit more about her, even she was friendly with me did not talk any word neither asked me for a rupee just looked at me with these sad eyes !!!
Better on L.
,-)
rajasthan, india.
the situation of women widowed in India is still very tragic especially if they belong to the caste of untouchables, which is why often in order to survive, they also beg.
(in india la situazione delle donne rimaste vedove è ancora molto tragica soprattutto se appartengono alla casta degli intoccabili, è per questo che spesso, per sopravvivere, devono anche mendicare.)
'She' wanted money to have her pic taken, then ran after the car as I gave her only 10 rupees.. there are a fair few trannies in Pakistan
I went to check out the local bus to Bhaktapur at Bagbazar bus stations near Ratna Park in Kathmandu. Supposely the newer part of the city where road are wider compared to the old quarter. Nevertheless it is equally packed with traffics and human among the little shops. I didn't notice any traffic light. More often than not, you find police with traucheon or on horse back guarding at junctions. Vehicles can stop practically anywhere and create a traffic jam behind, until a police came along to drive them away. Saw a few accidents, besides the vehicles stopped in the middle of the road, freezing traffic form both sides, you find mass of human gather around the hotspot, watching both parties arguing with each other. Nepal
"... I think about how many different aspects of India I have seen and how many more I will. The crowded and chaotic streets of Delhi, heads full of lice of the children who tend their hands for a few rupees, cows and people who sleep on sidewalks, the dazzling splendor of the Taj Mahal, and people who spit on the trains at night, rats emerging from the kitchens of restaurants, dark, penetrating eyes of the wrinkled old face, the smell of urine and cow dung, the sadhus shirtless and barefoot living along the ghats of Varanasi , the intriguing and mystical sculptures at Khajuraho and the Kama Sutra, the butterflies as colorful saris worn by the smiling women, old ladies who squatting in their dark rooms prepare food, groups of men chatting in the street, or upload their rickshaw to bend wheels, the smell of incense and flowers. "
- Paola Pedrini -
“…penso a quanti aspetti diversi dell’India ho già visto e quanti ancora me ne aspettano. Le strade affollate e caotiche di Delhi, le teste piene di pidocchi dei bambini che tendono le mani per qualche rupia, gente e vacche che dormono lungo i marciapiedi e sugli sparti-traffico, lo splendore accecante del Taj Mahal, gente che sputa e scatarra sui treni di notte, i topi che escono dalle cucine dei ristoranti, gli occhi scuri e penetranti dei vecchi dal viso grinzoso, l’odore di piscio e di sterco di mucca, i sadhu a torso nudo e piedi scalzi che vivono lungo i ghat di Varanasi, le intriganti e mistiche sculture del kamasutra a Khajuraho, i sari colorati come farfalle che indossano le donne sorridenti, le vecchie accovacciate nelle loro buie stanze mentre preparano da mangiare, gruppi di uomini che chiacchierano per strada o caricano i loro rickshaw fino a piegare le ruote, l’odore di incenso e di fiori.”
- Paola Pedrini -
With an arm outstretched, this Mother and Child wander through the relentless traffic of New Delhi, in search of a few coins.
When I took this photo I gave them 5 or 10 rupees each..they pretended not to be satisfied. Shouting "with a camera like that we want at least 200 rupees each :-)"
Escenas de India 4
Hundred and fifty Rupees = (2,25 US $)
Ciento cincuenta Rupias = (2 €)
Jaipur - Rajasthan - India.
Video "Paseo en RICKSHAW":
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Video "Stamp, Stamp, Stamp, ... Carpets": ** youtu.be/8-emiaMjZeM
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This is not a Statue !
The Boy painted himself For A few more Rupees !
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مجسمه نیست! پسرکی بود که خودش رو رنگ کرده بود و کنار خیابون نشسته بود و گدایی می کرد !
حالت چهرش خفم می کنه !
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عاقبت روزی خواهم آمد.
روزی که غربت از انگشتانم چکه می کند
من خواهم آمد
آن روزی که لبانم
در سکوت دست و پا می زند
آن روزی که سفیدی در چشمانم یخ بسته است
من روزی خواهم آمد که
روح به صلیب کشیده شده ی من
زینت هزاران دیوار شده است !
اما جسمم لبریز از زندگیست
آن روز که خواهم آمد
دائما نجوای مرگ در گوشهایم منتشر می شود
روزی که خواهم آمد
وقت رفتن است !!!
روزی می آیم که هوای حوصله ابریست
چیزی شبیه دیروزم
چیزی شبیه روشن ترین شب های قطبی !
زمانی خواهم آمد که
نبضم هیچ انگشت دستی را حس نمی کند !!!
آن روز خواهم آمد
همان روزی که در قفس رو به پرواز باز است
و من شوق و بال پروازی ندارم.
روز آمدنم
مرداب ها پاهایم را غارت برده اند
و نای رفتنم نیست !
آری همان روز خواهم آمد
زمانی شبیه هیچ ثانیه ای
روزی شبیه هیچ روز
و چقدر آمدنم نزدیک است !
غریبه ای قریب به ساعت صفر!
من خواهم آمد
خواهم آمد ...
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تیکه سنگ
Humayun's Tomb
The Tomb Complex
There are various views regarding internment of the body of Humayun. It is generally agreed that his body was initially buried in the Purana Qila, later moved to a temporary burial tomb in Sirhind, due to the invasion of Hemu in 1556. His body was again brought back to Delhi and buried in the Sher Mandal when Akbar defeated Hemu, and ultimately to the present location when the mausoleum was built by his begum and widow, Haji Begum in 1569. The mausoleum was built at an estimated cost of rupees fifteen lakhs. The Humayun’s tomb marks the beginning of the major building activities of the Mughals.
The building style is a combination of Persian architecture and indigenous building styles. The right combination of the red sandstone building medium with the white marble, the latter used as large inlays, exhibits the maturity of this style. This kind of combination of red sandstone and white marble in the tombs could be invariably seen in the architecture of Delhi Sultanates of 14th century A.D. The earliest example, of course, is the Alai Darwaza which has exquisite white marble decorations over red sandstone background. The Mughals readopted this style of decorative architecture and in a sense revived this technique of construction. The other buildings which used this style of decoration include that of mosque of Jamali Kamali (ca. 1528-29), the Qala-i-Kuhna mosque (ca. 1534) and the tomb of Ataga Khan (ca. 1556-67).
The Humayun tomb is located at the centre of a huge garden complex. The garden complex is divided mainly into four compartments further being sub-divided into many square parts (a typical example of Mughal char-bagh), with causeways and water channels, and water pavilions at regular intervals. The tomb complex is enclosed by a high rubble wall; entered through two entrance gateways, one on the west and other on the south, the latter being closed now. The south gate rises to a height of nearly 15.5 metres and consists of a central octagonal hall flanked rectangular rooms. The first floor of the gateway has square and oblong rooms. On the outside, the gate is flanked by screen-walls with arched recesses. Immediately to the west of the south gateway is an enclosure measuring 146 metres by 32 metres, built against the exterior face of the enclosure wall. The building is a low-roofed one with 25 arched entrances and was meant to house the attendants of the royal tomb. Another building is also located nearby, which along with the above enclosure is a later addition. At present, the western gate is used by the visitors to enter the tomb complex. The west gate is smaller in comparison to the south gate and rises to a height of 7 metres and is also double-storeyed.
The northern, southern and western walls of the boundary wall are built of rubble stone and its interior face consists of recessed arches. On the eastern side, the height of the enclosure wall is subdued and was originally meant as an access to the Yamuna river which was flowing nearby.
The tomb proper is constructed over a huge and elevated platform 6.5 m in height, the face of which is relieved by a series of arched openings on all four sides, except four entrance stairs, one each at the centre of four sides. There are 17 arched openings on each of the four sides, and the corners are champered. The combination of the arched openings and the champered corners gives an aesthetic look to the whole monument.
The building medium in the Humayun’s Tomb is of three kinds of stones, viz., red sandstone, while marble and quartzite. The enclosure walls and the two gateways are constructed of local quartzite with red sandstone dressing and marble inlay. The stairs of platform of the main tomb is also dressed with quartzite. The quartzite is locally available in the ridges of Delhi, while the red sandstone came from the mines of Tantpur near Agra and white marble from the famous Makrana mines of Rajasthan.
The ascending stairs at the centre of each of the four sides of the elevated platform leads to an open terrace, at the centre of which is located is the main tomb. The main tomb is located below the monument and is approached through a horizontal passage to the east of southern stair. The arched openings of the platform contain many miscellaneous tombs.
The main tomb is octagonal on plan and rises into two storeys, at the four diagonal corners of the octagon are four chambers, which also houses many tombs of the family members of Humayun. The octagonal tomb is surmounted by a double dome supported by squinches. The employment of double dome in a mausoleum is first seen here and this gives the builder the advantage of building an imposing structure of enormous height, tactfully concealing the presence of double domes on the outside. While the exterior height gives an imposing look, the low ceiling of the lower dome gives a proportionate height of the interior features. The pattern of constructing double domes was already prevalent in West Asia during this period which was first introduced in the Humayun’s tomb.
The dome of this mausoleum is also a complete one, in the sense that it makes a full circle when completed on the other side too. The outline of the dome represents a complete semi-circle and thus a distinct variation from the earlier varieties of the dome architecture. The main mausoleum, as mentioned above, rises in two storeys and could be viewed in three stages. The lower one consists of eight arched openings of the octagon, above which is a balconied arch openings, over which is the intrados of the inner dome, decorated with red sandstone grilles. The interior face of the main tomb is also relived with different kinds of stone and the white marble as the bordering inlay decorative patterns. The red sandstone jail decorations could be seen at the mid arched openings placed at its lower level.
The extrados of the mausoleum is veneered with white marble stones in contrast to the largely red sandstone building. The dome is bulbous in shape; the skyline is relieved with small pavilions on the four corners along side the main dome.
The Humayun’s Tomb is also famously associated with the tragic capture of the last of the Mughal Emperors, Bahadur Shah Zafar, along with the three princes Mirza Mughal, Mirza Khizar Sultan and Mirza Abu Bakr by Lieutenant Hodson in 1857. The Mughal Emperor along with the princes was captured by Hodson on 22 September, 1857.
Taken in Sambhar. This man started talking about a recent Bollywood movie shoot in his town. The production crew wanted a scooter for the film shoot and he happily rented his scooter. Production company paid him Rs. 10K for renting the scooter for a couple of days. The market value of his scooter is not more than Rs. 5K he said and laughed :)