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    Harsh as everyday life seems to be, religious holidays give a chance to distract from difficulties and challenges that life brings. Although people from different parts of the world have different mentalities, traditions, opportunities, and income, they care about the same needs: love, health, joy… During Diwali, the festival of lights, music is heard in the mountains until the sun goes down. by: luvishthexplorer Views[160] Nikhil's story is full of drama. After the loss of his parents, at the age of 9 he found himself on the street without a roof over his head. The only chance to survive was to become a beggar. Many years he knocked about the country, got leprosy, and returned to Himachal Pradesh in some time. 'I would like to change my life but now who will employ a cripple?' by: luvishthexplorer Views[159] Amin, 46, left his home in neighboring Nepal where the chances to find a job came to naught and tried his luck in India. Following the same route every day, he carries heavy bags full of sugar from the warehouse to the shops. Almost all of his salary Amin sends to his family – they are waiting for his return at home. by: luvishthexplorer Views[197] On Indian roads you stop to be surprised of anything while watching cows, motocycles, cars, people and tuk-tuks all together. The flock of goats blocks the traffic for ten minutes until the shepherd manages to gather and hurry them. Sheep wool is used in production of shawls which mowen sell in the market later on. by: luvishthexplorer Views[164] Welcome to the land of mountains: Himachal Pradesh. Here is the place where the beauty of nature and ugliness of people’s poverty coexist. If ten years ago men used horses as pack animals only, now enterprising locals try to make them one of the main attractions, organising horse riding tours. The horse-herd leads horses to another village where they start to entertain tourists. by: luvishthexplorer Views[150]
     

    Surviving the game in a harsh land

    Sunday, 9 Nov 2014 | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

    Two years ago I was about to start my B.S. in Law, but sitting on the roof of my house one day, I turned my head up and saw the Milky Way crossing the sky. The only feeling I got was to capture that moment. The law books were replaced by manuals of physics ... Read more >
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