Bomblasted

Hello All. I'm going to keep the words to a minimum for this post because I've been busy and I've got a lot of photos to show for it. The following experiences have changed me. I've been humbled, inspired, aggravated, amazed, confused by it all, sometimes many feelings going through me at once, and at other times, complete numbness. Change is my only constant, and I am constantly changing.

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(Super?) Natural Phenomena

This one is for you, LanBam!

I've been busy this past week because I've been helping in the making of a small scale documentary on happiness and what it means to people in different classes of society. But life is always so much more complicated than just that. It was quite an experience. The film is an ongoing process, a conjoined effort of many people and is still in the making. A glimpse at some of the people we spoke to and the journey in between it all..

Jakub & Mamoni, film maker and journalist, respectively.

Tabla Makers

















In Kalighat. They make idols here for the puja's.



Ganesh




Street Life..Real Life..Live to Survive life..



Bamboo



Buildings in North Calcutta



This series made possible with the Nikon D80.



The Botanical Gardens




Giant Lilly Pads

Snake Trees
Crew and Friends for Life. Nilanjana and Niki.

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By Jakub

We met these wonderful boys and men constructing in a small area of the botanical gardens. They were more than happy to talk to us.

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The Great Banyan Tree, Botanical Gardens



No amount of photos (from any angle) could capture the beauty and energy of this magificent Tree..I felt the energy from this tree when I touched her. I knew the mother tree was long gone, but these were her children, and her children's children growing on and strong. What a vast and beautiful bosom of life she is.
Enlarge the first photo of the series to learn more about this 250 year old tree.

Giant Lilly Pads



Coffee from the Chaiwalla..

With Sugatoda...

By the train tracks...

On the Hooghly.



Morning Boat Ride on the Hooghly (x2)


Boat Men.




Interviews with Intellectuals


Devil's Advocate.

Southern Gem.



I went to a Bengali Wedding..



Mummy and Shumita

Pop and Sub Uncle (Shumita's husband)

Rituals



I hope these can inspire you to feel colour light and change in a fraction of the beauty that it really is, brought to you by my handy 50mm pentax film camera and by my new Polish friend, Jakub's Nikon D80.
I'm not done updating this post cause theres a lot of material to work through. Check back in a day or so for more updates.
Bisous mes amis,
Rohini
Happy 4.20.
xoxo

*All the above highlighted were taken with Jakub's Nikon D80 which he kindly let me shoot with during and in between the interviews.