Bombay

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215 gandhiji 01 02 03 building's water supply protected from the searing heat by an umbrella 200 the square paper kites India children duel with from the city rooftops 08 04 05 modern tailors 06 bike spiffied-up with old CDs 07cartwallah at the railway station 14 Elephanta caves on an island in Bombay's bay 36 Chor bazaar 188 Chor bazaar Bombay 189 Chor bazaar Bombay 190 191 these are hung everywhere from shop fronts to the grilles of taxis, they are sold as lucky charms by old women in the mornings 192 seeking shade on Bombay's Cowpatti beach 193 223 219 220 221 No spiting This family are breaking the re-bar from the sidewalk which has been torn up for sewage works, in order to sell it by weight 222

Children

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Sleepers

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Bollywood

09 Bollywood Bollywood Bollywood Bollywood, a young French girl who had been travelling India alone for six months. At least as beautiful as the film's female lead. Bollywood Bollywood, Khan

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Goa

21 In Old Goa the Portuguese churces go back as far as the sixteenth century 183 In Old Goa the Portuguese churces go back as far as the sixteenth century 184 In Old Goa the Portuguese churces go back as far as the sixteenth century 185 girls playing ball in front of the convent school in Goa 186 making stone mortar & pestles under the rising Banyan trees 187 188 Suraj (the sun) over a door of a home in Christian Goa 189 190 191 192 193 beautiful old Banyan trees 194 in the ruins of an ancient Portuguese church this strange lapidary design on a tomb in the floor among others with ordinary coats of arms. It reminds me of Hieronomous Bosch's work 195 189 The whole family, Shiva the most powerful of gods & his wife Parvati with their son, Ganesh, between them. They ride Shiva's bull. 218

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Rajasthan

10 11 12 13 15 hand-carved stone tracery to hide the women of the court from the world 16 17 18 19 20 Barber 21 Barber 22 the incredible old fort of Chittorgarh that is so vast it holds 135 temples 23 24 25 26 27 27 3428 Chittorgarh 29 Chittorgarh 30 Chittorgarh 31 Bikaner 3332 Indian eagle 35 among the milling tourists at Chittorgarh was this putrefying corpse of a dog 37 38 Brahmin priest 39 40 56 57 looking out toward the desert from Jaiselmer's rooftops 58 These stones are cut out of sandstone & line the ramparts to be pushed off at an enemy that might swarm up the fortifications. These wedged accidentally during the recent earthquake 59 Jaiselmer, the golden city 60 Jaiselmer, the golden city 61 Jaiselmer, the golden city 62 Old womanJaiselmer, at twilight 63 Jodhpur 64 Jodhpur Palace 65 66 The mausoleums of the Rajas in Jaipur. The present Raja's is under construction. 67 68 69 market at Jodhpur 70 77 78 The palace at Jodhpur 79 The palace at Jodhpur 80 The palace at Jodhpur 81 82 84 85 86 Pushkar 87 The empty lake at Pushkar 88 91Pushkar temple 89 traditional Rajasthani decorative painting- room at the hotel 9092 93 hand carved stone tracery 94 95 hand carved stone tracery 96 hand carved stone tracery 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 the swastika put to its original 3000 year old purpose: good luck. 116 117 119 120 121 123 Udaipur, the blue city 124 Udaipur, the blue city 125 Udaipur, the blue city 126 Udaipur, the blue city 127 128 129 130 131 Udaipur's marble palace on the lake 132 Udaipur, the blue city 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 water pots 147 148 149150151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 The steps up to Udaipur's Jagdish temple 168 a wedding procession, the bride & her sisters 169 wedding procession, the groom 170 171 wild parrots 172 173 174 56

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Temples

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Himachal Pradesh

175 Beas river 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 The dentist 185 186 Beas river 187 shop in Himachal Pradesh's capital, Shimla 194 195 196 197 198 Marikaner 199 201 202 making moonshine in the mountains 203 204 205 weighing hash 206 in Shimla the people keep their plants safe from the monkeys with wire cages 207 shrine in the midst of an old pine forest 208shrine in the midst of an old pine 210 209

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Monkeys & other animals

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