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    A women celebrates Ganesh Chaturi festival in Mumbai, India. : by victoriaphoto, Views[531]
         		 Men bring a statue of the Hinud god Ganesh into the water at Chowpatty beach, Mumbai. After bringing the statue of Lord Ganesh to the Ocean, they will then immerse the statue in water, drowning it, in tribute to the God.: by victoriaphoto, Views[958]
         		 A family celebrates Ganesh Chaturthi Festival at Chowpatty Beach, Mumbai. During this celebration, many religous rituals are performed. This includes offerings of food, flowers and coconuts to the statues of Lord Ganesh. The most colorful offering is that of red powder. While people offer the red powder to the Ganesh statues, they also throw it on people as well.: by victoriaphoto, Views[506]
         		 A women peaks at the camera during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India. This festival is held in honor of the Hinud God, Lord Ganesh, who has an elephant head. The festival is held for 11 days each year. : by victoriaphoto, Views[599]
         		 A beautiful place. An amazing journey. Some fantastic God-loving people. Some truly awesome tales of faith. Experience just got a new definition. And finishing the experience at this beautiful and peaceful monastery at Sangla, Himachal Pradesh.: by sameer, Views[492]
     
    A 100 miles and climbing upto 16000 ft just to reach this place. Worth it? Yes, yes and definiely YES. The beautiful town of Sangla which was our final destination of the trek. This town is completely unadulterated from the spoils of the outside world. Protected by Nature.: by sameer, Views[358]
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         		 On we walked forgetting and forgiving everything behind. Just walked and walked, disconnecting our minds from our legs and pushing ourselves for that ten extra steps and then another twenty. Until we reach our destination and taking in every little detail from the trek.: by sameer, Views[336]
         		 by n_00gage, Views[215]
         		 Bridging the boundaries. Stepping out of ones comfort zone into the unknown is the most difficult part of our lives. But only when you do that do you see that the grass is definitely greener on the other side.: by sameer, Views[354]
     
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         		 Return to Innocence. Simplicity and Happiness- These kids have nothing. No electricity. No entertainment. No malls or movies. But you still cannot find a single child or adult there who is not satisfied with what he has and smiles to a complete stranger with the purest hearts.: by sameer, Views[752]
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         		 This exposure and renewed contact with the outside world have brought about even more significant changes on the socio-cultural front. In Turtuk, girls constitute the majority of students in the local high school, and in recent years several of them have made their ways into colleges in Leh and beyond. Going by the present trends, one may hope that these young women will have fulfilling, unfettered lives which lay beyond the wildest dreams of their mothers or aunts.: by sandipanmukherjee, Views[1132]
     
    The economic condition of Turtuk started to pull around when restrictions were lifted a few years ago and the obscure hamlet once again opened its doors to the world. Since then Turtuk, in spite of its remoteness, has become a popular tourist destination in Nubra, thanks to its breathtaking landscape and beautiful people. : by sandipanmukherjee, Views[1243]
         		 However, while in Buddhist Ladakh women have always enjoyed a status equal with men, in the orthodox Muslim Balti community women have had little control over the society, household or even herself. And during those long years after the partition when the world had forgotten Turtuk and its neighbours, the status of women only diminished in the impoverished and isolated society. : by sandipanmukherjee, Views[855]
         		 The women of Turtuk, as elsewhere in Ladakh, are adept in agriculture and are a common sight on the fields. This is a custom from the old days: men went away trading, supplied fodder for the animals, or were employed as porters or pony drivers, and women had to manage both homes and farms. : by sandipanmukherjee, Views[1362]
         		 The Nubra Valley is a far-out high altitude desert nestled between the Himalayan and Karakoram ranges. Most of Nubra is inhabited by Buddhist Ladakhis who speak Ladakhi; but on the western end along the Shyok River, in Changmar, Bokdang and Turtuk, people are Balti – they speak Balti and are Shia and Nurbakshia Muslims by faith. Once upon a time Turtuk, now the last village on the Indian side, was a prosperous little settlement on the Caravan Route from Leh to Baltistan. The ancient trail was broken during India-Pakistan partition and Turtuk found itself stranded on the LOC (seen in the distance). Men lost their occupation and the pressure of population upon scarce resources became oppressive.: by sandipanmukherjee, Views[1071]
         		 New dawn, Sr. Felix on her usual stroll, but with a longing to meet Alice, soon: by sajitha, Views[189]
     
    Alice returned home, Sr. Felix reads the note & live the moments again: by sajitha, Views[158]
         		 Melting glaciers : by ankitjn, Views[226]
         		 pahalgam : by ankitjn, Views[239]
         		 Palitana temple at 2221m.: by ankitjn, Views[237]
         		 Dragon lizard : by ankitjn, Views[273]
     
    Instant moment caught in back yard : by ankitjn, Views[251]
         		 She cannot hear, yet shares stories & gossips of convent with Alice on a note: by sajitha, Views[165]
         		 On meeting Alice, her usual jolly nature sets in: by sajitha, Views[200]
         		 Sr. Felix, an octogenarian nun, fighting sleep to meet her dearest niece Alice: by sajitha, Views[256]
         		 Getting in touch!: by imagineer, Views[223]
     
    Path meges with sky and water.: by imagineer, Views[259]
         		 Walk through the place!: by imagineer, Views[240]
         		 On my way back to the
         		 I forsee the route: by imagineer, Views[247]
         		 After being able to separate the guys from my camera I keep moving around! There is this family, very quiet and standing still. It surprises me so I stare a little!...they are actually observing as well! But again, what?: by looks, Views[229]
     
    Building castle of stones!: by imagineer, Views[215]
         		 My attention is constantly pulled towards the children. I can notice something different about those kids. It's not the way they play or smile...could be their eyes...I'm able to catch some of them staring at the horizon. What are they looking for? I am sitting and I know I still have a few minutes before ten Indian guys surround me!: by looks, Views[283]
         		 Nearby the water it's another world, no less beautiful but much more disturbing. The place has its own colors, its own magic. I look one way and there is a family bathing, the other, a group of children playing in the mud with crows trying to eat whatever they can find. I can smell behind me the incense and hear the prayers of a Sadu. I sit and observe.: by looks, Views[286]
         		 Here I am in Calcutta, searching for the best places to visit, still not really grasping where I am. Living a dream and only waking up when reality hits me. I feel envelop by the amazing colors and smells at the Flower Market. I am floating...but the landing is fast enough; I just need to turn the corner.: by looks, Views[258]
         		 by sudhyasheel, Views[185]
     
    A farmer rushing his cart for the fields: by saumya1989, Views[372]
         		 An Old lady taking water for her house: by saumya1989, Views[430]
         		 A bunch of kids along with an elder guy is all smiles, as they pose with their photographs. I had done a small Help-Portrait session with these kids on my visit to Huchukpara, whereby I gave them a print of their portraits. None of them ever had a printed photograph of themselves before and this simple gesture lit up their priceless smiles! Notice Sujoy’s cheeky smile as he flashes his trademark unbuttoned pose in the photo.: by sudhyasheel, Views[842]
         		 Sujoy in a rare introspective mood while staring at his own photograph.
         		 Seema studies at night under a solar charged lamp. She is confident that with the extra hours that she is putting in, she will give a tough competition to the students of other districts in the approaching board examinations. : by sudhyasheel, Views[730]
     
    Sujoy and his gang are having a ball (literally!) at the local ground. An intense game of football is underway on the swampy fields of the village under the blazing sun. It rained heavily just a few hours back and now the sun is shining in its full glory. This fickle weather is ironically very symbolic of the winds of change that Huchukpara is witnessing of late. : by sudhyasheel, Views[870]
         		 In the quaint hamlet of Huchukpara in Suri (Birbhum,West Bengal), Sujoy (the boy with the unbuttoned shirt) and his friends proudly pose in front of his Solar powered house. The Solar Panel can be seen at the background on top of an improvised bamboo pole. In this remote village with no electricity, Solar energy is literally lighting up a lot of lives and smiles.: by sudhyasheel, Views[1253]
         		 The makeshift seating arrangement, in the form of camels. The tourists wre seated on the camels, giving them a better viewpoint, and without the hassles of frequent feet stamping, frequent view blocking and such stuff. On a deeper observation, the camels also seemed to spectate the race, as much as we humans spectate a running race in olympics. Overall, all the images prove that nature is appreciated even in a desert, devoid of greenery, and still providing entertainment to others. : by maheshramesh, Views[594]
         		 The camel race at Sam sand dunes in Jaisalmer, is an annual event, which attracts a lot of audience, that include the foreigners/tourists and the nearby villagers. The tourists sat comfortably on camels to view the race, giving them a great height advantage over the ones standing and watching. The others? well, some decided to hop on to the nearby water tank, that shows the amount of interest they have in this annual race.: by maheshramesh, Views[514]
         		 We must have seen and heard about horse race, dog race, even elephant race!. But it was quite surprising to see camels race! I always thought camels were very patient and usually sluggish. But in the last day of the desert festival at Jaisalmer, the camel race saw a huge crowd, with tourists and villagers from nearby villages, in equal numbers. The camel race was interesting to watch. So interesting that the race is an experience in itself!: by maheshramesh, Views[589]
     
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