Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar http://www.parrikar.com/blog Satyam Shivam Sundaram (Truth, Divinity, Beauty) Mon, 14 May 2012 06:19:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Salvador do Mundo http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2012/05/14/salvador-do-mundo/ http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2012/05/14/salvador-do-mundo/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 04:22:16 +0000 Rajan P. Parrikar http://www.parrikar.com/blog/?p=10051 Note: To see full-size images in this post, please view the original post by clicking here.

Seen on a morning drive through the lovely Goan village of Salvador do Mundo (Saviour of the World).

Church of Salvador do Mundo (1565)
5D Mark II, Zeiss ZE 50 f/2 MP

 

Clara D'Souza of Salvador do Mundo
5D Mark II, Zeiss ZE 50 f/2 MP

 
 
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Autumnal scenes from my spiritual home – Mjóifjörður, in the Eastfjords of Iceland.

Reflections
5D Mark II, 24-105L

 

Colour
5D Mark II, 24-105L

 

Autumn glory
5D Mark II, 24-105L

 
 
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The Dhangars are a community of shepherds with small pockets of ancient settlements scattered around Goa. On an early February morning this year I dropped by the village of Mopa in north Goa, in the settlement known as Dhangarwadi. The Dhangars of Mopa are now in danger of losing their traditional habitat if the proposed monstrosity of a new airport goes through. You can always count on corrupt and immoral Goan politicians to defile the last bit of purity left in Goa‘s environment.

For an account of the Dhangars of Goa, download this scan of the chapter from People of India: GOA (Anthropological Survey of India).

 

Sonu Vithu Varakh of Mopa, Goa
5D Mark II, Zeiss ZE 50 f/2 MP

 

Sonu Vithu Varakh and wife Janabai
5D Mark II, Zeiss ZE 50 f/2 MP

 
 
]]> http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2012/04/26/the-dhangars-of-mopa/feed/ 1 Markarfljótsgljúfur http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2012/04/23/markarfljotsgljufur/ http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2012/04/23/markarfljotsgljufur/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 04:52:37 +0000 Rajan P. Parrikar http://www.parrikar.com/blog/?p=10004 Note: To see full-size images in this post, please view the original post by clicking here.

Canyon of the Markarfljót river (fljót = river, gljúfur = canyon), over 100 metres deep, in the Icelandic Highlands.

Markarfljótsgljúfur
5D Mark II, Zeiss ZE 50 f/2 MP

 
 
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A glorious misty morning in the village of Siolim, Goa. The path cuts through a paddy field and joins the wards of Sodiem and Maniem.

Mirth
5D Mark II, Zeiss ZE 100 f/2 MP

 

Lone ranger
5D Mark II, Zeiss ZE 100 f/2 MP

 

Parade
5D Mark II, Zeiss ZE 50 f/2 MP

 

Holy Cross High School in Gaunsavaddo, Siolim
5D Mark II, TS-E 24L II

 
 
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The tiny village of Flateyri in Önundarfjörður in the Westfjords of Iceland is surrounded by spectacular scenery. However, dangers lurk in this idyllic setting. On October 25, 1995, a deadly avalanche rolled over the settlement burying homes and killing 20. (The population of the village is only ~200.)

The panorama below was taken around 1:15 am. The quality of light was not to my satisfaction and there was howling wind to contend with. The camera was mounted on the pano rig made by Really Right Stuff.

Notice the ‘deflecting wall’ in the foreground (around 1/3 of the way in), erected after the fatal avalanche. Click on the photo to fire up a larger view.

Flateyri
5D Mark II, Zeiss ZE 50 f/2 MP
Click on image for a larger view

 

See this short video clip from NOVA that talks about the Flateyri avalanche.

Video downloaded from Teachers’ Domain, http://www.teachersdomain.org.
©2006, 1997 WGBH Educational Foundation. All rights reserved.
Adapted from NOVA: “Avalanche!”. A NOVA Production by the WGBH/Boston Science Unit in association with La Cinquieme and Sveriges Television. Stock footage courtesy of Icelandic National Television Service, 365 Media/Channel 2 Iceland, and Stephen Kroschel. Animation courtesy of David Woolard and Paul McGeoch, Pictures on the Wall.
This resource was adapted from NOVA: “Avalanche!”
Teachers’ Domain Collection funded by National Science Foundation.
 
 
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The Goan way.

The balcão in a traditional Goan house reifies the Goan idea of leisure. Where the matriarchs repair to in the evening for relaxation at the end of the day’s chores. These are now fast fading scenes. Who needs leisure in the Facebook era when you have so many ‘Friends’ to ‘Poke’ and ‘Like’?

This image was taken a couple of months back in the village of Oxel…

The Goan balcão: Corine Lobo of Oxel
5D Mark II, Zeiss ZE 100 f/2 MP

 

…and this one in 2007.

Enjoying sundown - in Oxel
5D, 70-200L f/2.8 IS

 

Dusk in Divar
5D, 24-105L

 

Window leisure - in Camurlim-Bardez
5D Mark II, Zeiss ZE 50 f/2 MP

 

Outdoor conference - in Madkai
5D, 35L

 
 
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Decadence fit for a Maharaja. The Maharaja of Jodhpur, that is.

The imposing Umaid Bhawan Palace serves as the grand pooh-bah’s digs. Half of it is now a hotel, which is how this photographer-peasant got to snore under the same roof as His Royal Whateverness.

Umaid Bhawan Palace, Jodhpur
5D, 35L

 

Central Hall
5D, 35L

 

Rotunda
5D, 17-40L

 

Room
5D, 17-40L

 

Al fresco dining: traditional Rajasthani food
5D, 24-105L

 
 
]]> http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2012/04/06/umaid-bhawan-palace/feed/ 3 Windows to the City’s Soul – 15 http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2012/04/04/windows-to-the-citys-soul-15/ http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2012/04/04/windows-to-the-citys-soul-15/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 05:18:26 +0000 Rajan P. Parrikar http://www.parrikar.com/blog/?p=9833 Note: To see full-size images in this post, please view the original post by clicking here.

This is the final edition of this series. The photographs in this project are an attempt at conveying a sense of the character of Panjim. I wish I could have undertaken this exercise some 25-30 years ago when much of the city of my childhood was intact and before a good portion of it was permanently disfigured by third-rate concrete designs, the kind you see all over India today. The march of progress necessitates change, true, but it did not have to be this version of change. What has been lost is irretrievable. Whatever worthwhile that has managed to escape the philistinism of the past two decades should be nurtured through judicious public policy. Here’s hoping for the best.

All the posts dealing with the heritage of Panjim are consolidated here.

Vaz Mansion, Avenida Pe. Agnelo
5D, 70-200L f/2.8 IS

 

Historic Mhamai Kamat House (19th C)
5D Mark II, TS-E 24L II

 

Barbearia Indiana (1926), near Municipal Garden
5D Mark II, Zeiss ZE 50 f/2 MP

 

Sales de Andrade House, Cortin
5D Mark II, Zeiss ZE 50 f/2 MP

 

Sales de Andrade House - wide
5D Mark II, TS-E 24L II

 

Navdurga Tailors (1955), 18th June Road
5D Mark II, Zeiss ZE 50 f/2 MP

 

Singbal's Book House, Church Square
5D Mark II, TS-E 24L II

 

Latin Quarter
5D Mark II, TS-E 24L II

 

Grungy, central Panjim
5D Mark II, TS-E 24L II

 

Ladies Specialists
5D Mark II, Zeiss ZE 50 f/2 MP

 

Tatty, Latin Quarter
5D Mark II, TS-E 24L II

 

Fugue in β Major
5D Mark II, Zeiss ZE 50 f/2 MP

 
 
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All the posts on Panjim (capital of Goa) are consolidated at this link.

Bablo Naik House
5D Mark II, TS-E 24L II

 

Rajadhyaksha Building
5D Mark II, TS-E 24L II

 

Bharneys, central Panjim
5D Mark II, Zeiss ZE 50 f/2 MP

 

Institute Menezes Bragança building
5D Mark II, TS-E 17L

 

Home of heritage activist Percival Noronha, Fontainhas
5D Mark II, TS-E 24L II

 

Latin Quarter
5D Mark II, TS-E 17L

 

Wall, Latin Quarter
5D Mark II, Zeiss ZE 50 f/2 MP

 
 
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