Thursday, October 11, 2007

Images of India

We have seen all the incredible images that are conjured-up in the great novels of India: elephants, camels, colourful saris, lush green gardens, snow-capped mountains, wretched slums, beggers on wheels, overflowing trains and buses, snake charmers, piles and piles of suitcases for a single traveller, aggressive monkeys, and now this:


This young lad gave a spell-binding performance of acrobatics and spin atop this 20-foot bamboo poll.


A Pushkar monkey, moments before he leapt in my direction and sent me running.

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