It is just seven o’clock in the morning.
But the film crew have been busy since dawn.
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Picture taken in Fort Cochin
Putting On A Show: Mollywood Revisited
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Who Will Buy?
A hard sell
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For a gentle man.
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Pictures taken in Kannumpuram, Fort Cochin.
Wandering Westward: Capitol Venture
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Picture of the Capitol, Washington DC, viewed from the east.
Mobility Issues
Transporting festival paraphernalia to and from the temple.
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Picture taken in Fort Cochin
Inside The World Of Fashion
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Picture taken in Cochin
Factory Acts
Scenes from a rubber factory in the Koottickal hills, Kerala.
The pungent tang of latex, combined with dramatic contrasts of light and shade, made our visit strangely powerful.
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Threewheeling..
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Picture taken in Fort Cochin
The Leaf Sweeper
A leaf sweeper fixes his broom.
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Picture of the leaf-sweeper beside a pile of burning leaves, taken in Fort Cochin .
The Human Chain
Women labourers form a human chain, raising concrete to the top floor of a construction site.
Such building projects invariably use poor, itinerant women from adjoining states, rather than cranes.
They are cheaper.
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Picture taken in Fort Cochin.
The Sandman
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Picture of boys sanding wooden pallets, taken in Fort Cochin.
The Cobbler’s Tale
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And, if you have thirty-five minutes to spare, I commend this little gem of a documentary:
View this movie at cultureunplugged.com
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Picture taken in Palace Road, Fort Cochin
Northern Exposure: Part 2
Light work.
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Picture taken at Humayun’s tomb, Delhi, during a tour of northern India.
Saturday’s Child
Saturday’s child works hard for a living
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Monday’s child is fair of face
Tuesday’s child is full of grace
Wednesday’s child is full of woe
Thursday’s child has far to go
Friday’s child is loving and giving
Saturday’s child works hard for a living.
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Picture taken in an “open-all-hours” photographic studio and printers, Kunnumpuram, Cochin.
Workshop
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Pictures taken in Palace Road, Cochin.
The Apprentice
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In India, working for the family business starts at an early age.
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Picture taken in Cochin.
Temple Traders
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Finally we had arrived in Hampi,
The primary goal of our travels.
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Hampi is a city long deserted.
All that remains are the ancient stone temples and palaces: some remarkably intact; others in various degrees of dilapidation.
But the vast site provides excellent opportunities for those wishing to make money,
From both tourists and pilgrims.
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Family businesses
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And children’s market stalls:
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Young men
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And old men:
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All ply their trades
In an exotic world where religious piety and financial profit seem reluctant to part.
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Work, Rest And Pray
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A makeshift market has arisen outside the temple walls.
Here vendors offer religious images, books, clothes and refreshments.
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Others rest beneath blue tarpaulins, acquiring a sickly cyanotic hue .
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But further down the hill lies an important annexe of the temple.
A giant statue of the bull Nandi, gate-keeper and mount of Lord Shiva and Parvati.
Devotees leave their offerings behind this mystical beast’s ample haunches
And seek blessings from the shrine’s priest.
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We head back to the car park
And rescue the car.
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Monthly Measures
Every month the thing in the corner must be seen to:
The fish caught and the water changed.
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A Perception Of Emptiness
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We had planned to use the swimming pool.
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But it seemed we were to be disappointed.
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Fortunately, the hotel had a second pool!
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Under Construction
Across the road from me, the construction of a three-story, apartment block continues.
Some days it is extremely busy.
Other days, less so.
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