Are you tired of Indian weddings yet? I’m not! I’m finally in Mumbai and I’m attending one on Friday and another on Sunday. I’m looking forward to more colors, more jewelry and more fun. I’ve bought a ridiculously gorgeous (and expensive!) green and red sari so I’ll finally be a part of the fun. Maybe I’ll [...]
Jaipur City Palace is beautiful and magnificent. And for my purposes of taking pictures or people, pretty slim pickings. I followed these schoolchildren around for a while until they kept asking, “One photo madam. One photo!”
As we entered Rajasthan we started to notice a definite trend, most of the women were veiling their faces. Their saris were tunic-style and exposed less skin. Surprising to most Westerners is that India is an extremely modest and conservative culture. And these were not conservative black Muslim veils. They were gauzy, seductive and ultimately I think [...]
Indians have quite a sweet tooth. There are hundreds of varieties both local and national. Every market or bazaar has at least one sweetsmaker, toiling over his pot of boiling milk. Most of the sweets are way too sweet for my taste and without the tartness of a berry or lemon that I prefer. But [...]
I’ve been offline for the last week or so as we traveled through the Shekhawati and back into Jaipur. I’ve also been shooting more film (with the engagement ring!) and so I don’t have as many pictures to show you all. Shekhawati was somewhat disappointing. I’m not sure what we were expecting, but this wasn’t [...]
It was another night of weddings in Pushkar. Laura and I have been unable to figure out why this time is so auspicious for weddings. Some people tell us it’s the weather, others the moon. We’re not sure.
Pushkar is a very small village without even a railway station. There are almost no paved roads outside [...]
Our second night in Jodhpur Laura and I are sitting on the roof of our hotel, listening to fireworks go off around the city. We both wondered casually what they were for. After we finished eating, Laura walks downstairs to find out and comes back and says, “Weddings, all over the city, tonight!” We grabbed [...]
One of the first things Laura and I found as we were traipsing about Jodhpur was this procession coming down the street, headed by a band. At first we assumed it was a wedding, but it turns out that there are many other reasons perfectly respectable Brahmins will march and dance down the street. We [...]
You’ve all been waiting for it. And I have as well. The real India, the colors, the saris, the beautiful women. I’m here to tell you that I’ve found it in Rajasthan. We’ve been the last few days in Jodhpur, but an extreme bout of stomach flu kept me from posting about any of it. [...]
