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    Grace of India

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    Color - Bundi, Rajastan: Color, lines, and shape. It is impossible, I think, to visit India and not be wooed by the colors. These flashes of brightness in saris, turbans, and even the Basmati rice advertisements painted on a whole street of walls, draw one's senses away from the often polluted and decrepit surroundings. And the sari itself is such a graceful garment. Views[246] Illumination This woman is rinsing her son's soiled shorts and thus, this photo is another example of going about solving daily challenges with grace. For me, however, it's really about catching a moment of illumination. Light abounds in India but moments of illumination are frustratingly fleeting. Views[138] Patience - Bus Ride to Bharatpur This bus ride should have taken 1 ½ hours instead of 5. However, a political protest blocked the main road and our driver decided to venture through the back roads. Unfortunately the roads weren't quite fit for our bus. Eventually a tractor (the second one to give it a go) pulled us out and we went on our way. Remarkably, everyone stayed calm despite these potentially frustrating circumstances. Most waited up in the shade while several passengers helped out with the process of freeing the bus from the mud. Life is hard in India and yet I saw many examples of how people face the daily challenges, both expected and unexpected, with impressive patience. Views[159] Serenity - Golden Temple, Amritsar: This was one of India's magically peaceful spaces tucked inside a congested city with constant honking and unrelenting sun. Grace resided in every corner: a crippled man lowering himself into the water for a holy bath with his strong arms, volunteers stirring huge steaming kettles of porridge in the 5am darkness, visitors gazing in rapt devotion at the temple and, of course, the architecture itself. Views[420] Peace amidst Chaos - Holy Cows: These cows were the only still objects in a swarm of moving vehicles and people. Why they choose to stand in the middle of busy streets remains a mystery to me, but, throughout India, I encountered powerful spaces and moments of peace in the midst of the loud, dirty and crowded daily life of a country with a population of 1,139,964,932 people (2008). This photo is also about the strength of religious faith in India - the cow, a symbol of religious faith seems immune to the conditions surrounding it. Views[602]
     

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