My Trip to Jaipur, India

Photos: Passport & Plate - Bamboo Chicken

kartickdas — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 16:34:00 GMT

Ingredients
1. Chicken, 2 garlic, onion and ginger paste, little oil, salt to taste, turmeric power , small pieces of green chilly and little black peeper powder and yogurt .

2. A cylindrical piece of green bamboo with one end open and the other is blocked with its node.

How to prepare this recipe
1.chicken is chopped into small pieces 2. Mixed with garlic, onion and ginger paste, add little oil, salt to taste, turmeric power , small pieces of green chilly and little black peeper powder and yogurt . 3. Marinate for 30 minutes .4. Pour all these into a green bamboo whose one side has a node to block. 5. Seal the open side with preferably bamboo leaves . 6. Put the bamboo in fire made from burning of wood . 7. Burn the bamboo slowly and give on little turn while burning. 8. put it out of fire when the green bamboo turns black.9 Serve on green banana leaves garnished with onion and cumin leaves.

The story behind this recipe
I visited 'Araku Valley' a hilly tourist spot in Andhra pradesh, India two years back. While travelling a tribal village I notice the tribes were preparing the chicken in this way

Photos: My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

kartickdas — Fri, 24 May 2013 18:35:00 GMT

I am a hobbyist photographer but do photography seriously. Though I like to shoot anything which draws my interest but I prefer to shoot anything which has human involvement. A photograph without a human element does not attract me anymore. I am an avid traveller. I generally select mountains, forests, river, sea sides and streets of busy cities. Whenever I travel a beautiful place I always try to shoot the natural beauty of the place including some human elements or man-made objects like house, hut or boat etc. Inclusions of these give an idea of proportional size of that object with the nature My aim of travel photography is not only to get some stunning photos of nature rather the interrelationship between both the nature and humans. And also its impact on social, economic and culture of the people and also on the Biodiversity of that area A few years back I had been to Kashmir, a province in India. There, I visited some very beautiful places but Dal Lake at Srinagar was the best. I liked its beauty and uniqueness. There everything was floating starting from houses, shops to field for cultivation I took some shot at different times of the day to capture the mood of the place. I am sending some photos which depicted beauty, nuances and usefulness of this spectacular water body. I am strongly built with 6’ height and 85 kgs of weight. And not suffering from any life threatening disease.

My Trip to Jaipur, India

kartickdas — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 01:10:00 GMT

Jaipur is a place of historical importance and the capital of Rajasthan, a province of India. It is the place of the clan called 'Rajput' - marshall race of India. This place is carryiny the glorified history of patriotism through its castles and monuments.

Photos: My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

kartickdas — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 00:30:00 GMT

I mostly prefer the documenting side of photography. I like to shoot children most. I am moved by their smile, happiness, and sufferings. In travel photography we generally concentrate on the natural beauties of the place but I always try to find out the human interventions in a particular area I visit. The people, their culture, heritage, occupation, food, cloths, rituals etc. attract me more. I use mostly compact cameras (sometimes mobile phone camera)to capture the candid moments. Sometimes use SLR (Canon 1000D with 18-55 mm lens). I always try to shoot from as close as possible of my subjects. To me travel photography means portraying of that place I’m visiting with its natural specialties and of course the human elements. I was very much thrilled to see the scopes in this contest. I would be a great opportunity for me if I get such a golden chance to improve my photography.