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Black & White in the Streets of Bombay

Submitted by Vishal on Thu, 2009/09/17 - 12:50am

men drinking tea near a roadside barber
Been back from my India vacation for a fortnight now, and only now getting round to sorting through the pictures I took. I didn't do as much street photography as I would like -- I'm still not comfortable taking pictures like that -- but I did manage more than I ever have, and I think I am starting to come out of my shell. Unfortunately it will be several months before I can practice the form again.

Another thing I haven't done in a long while is take Black & White photos. I love them, but other than a few experiments with my brother's camera when he was in college, and then a few shots when we first got a digicam, I have never tried it. Another problem I've tried to overcome, and I hope you like these....

Townie to Burbie

Submitted by Vishal on Tue, 2009/08/11 - 8:34am



Took the excellent BRTS bus all the way from Rajabhai Tower to Thane. Excellent ride, but I wish I had the SLR on me to pull off quicker shots. I'm far too shy about using my camera in public, though (it's a necessary precaution when I'm in a more restrictive place like Dubai).

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Foundation

Submitted by Vishal on Wed, 2009/01/21 - 12:27pm

Nearly finished Jigsaw Puzzle of Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa
A man walks in front the letter E of a large roadside sign

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The Ten Rupee Book Club 001

Submitted by Vishal on Fri, 2008/03/21 - 3:01pm

Stack of Ten Rupee Books 001
Over the past five years I've been amassing an eclectic collection of cheap used books on my trips to Bombay. At Rs.10 apiece (around $0.25 US) they aren't expensive or significant (most of them are, in fact, the very opposite), but they are valuable to me, insomuch as they are weird -- and I love weird. I have read very few of them; Of the hundreds (and by now, thousands), I have only finished a handful. There have been plans ever since I started blogging to talk about them, to read and review them, but this has so far not happened.

I was reminded of this recently when Dan blogged about his bookshelf, and in the comments I lamented that most of my books were in boxes (he suggested I just take a picture of the box). "That's it," I said to myself, "enough dawdling!" I looked through a small box of them and chose seven -- none of which I have read -- but which I think are interesting. Maybe this will give me the impetus to actually read some, but for now I will talk of their weird and wonderful subjects, their pretty and often breathtaking covers, and their all-round coolness. I hope you find them as fun as I do.

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