Archive for sunset
per Padova
Posted in pictures, Travel with tags clouds, flight, France, Padova, sunset on March 21, 2013 by xi'an
from my office
Posted in pictures with tags bois de Boulogne, La Défense, Paris, sunset on February 6, 2013 by xi'an
India snapshot (#21)
Posted in Statistics with tags boats, flowers, Ganges, India, sunset, Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi, votive candles on January 12, 2013 by xi'an
We went before sunset on a boat ride along the Ganges, terminating in the main ghat,Dashashwamedh Ghat (दशाश्वमेध घाट), in a pleasant temperature announcing the return of warmer weather. As we were slowly drifting with the motor off, some passengers released a marigold bowl with a lit candle in the midst…
India snapshot (#2)
Posted in pictures, Travel with tags India, Rajasthan, sunset, women rights on December 30, 2012 by xi'an
Definitely a snapshot, caught once again from the car as we were driving in the sunset towards the Ranthambore National Park…. And illustrating my impression of a very harsh land for women as they could be seen carrying wood, water, food, or fodder along the roads, but also working in the fields, carrying gravel on construction sites, looking after children, and very very rarely having chai with pals on a roadsize shack, unlike the male part of the population. (Obviously, looking at a place solely from the viewpoint of a car backseat is a sure way for oversimplification, but the opposition was nonetheless striking!)
