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India: Ancient and Up-to-Date

This was a week-long visit, mainly a business trip to attend a meeting in Bangalore, with a couple of days in Delhi and Agra added on. This is a selection from among the over 500 images I took. I tried to capture not just the monuments and tourist sites, but also some of the people and more ordinary places that I came across. In all, this is a very small slice of a huge country.

I've also uploaded to YouTube a two-minute video clip taken on the drive from Delhi to Agra. It provides a rather vivid sense of what the experience was like.
Doorman at the Fortune Hotel
Doorman at the Fortune Hotel		 Sigma Mall
Sigma Mall		 Vidhana Soudha (Government Building)
Vidhana Soudha (Government Building)		 Cow in the Road
Cow in the Road
Washing her pots and pans in front of the house
Washing her pots and pans in front of the house		 Making a movie
Making a movie		 A couple of pretty actresses
A couple of pretty actresses		 A couple of pretty actresses
A couple of pretty actresses
A young spectator at the movie set
A young spectator at the movie set		 One of the hundreds of stray dogs I saw in India
One of the hundreds of stray dogs I saw in India		 As far as I can tell, this is a student giving his teacher a foot massage.
As far as I can tell, this is a student giving his teacher a foot massage.		 One of the really striking things about traffic in India is the mix of vehicles, animals, and pedestrians
One of the really striking things about traffic in India is the mix of vehicles, animals, and pedestrians
A driver with his auto-taxi
A driver with his auto-taxi		 Coconut vendor and his bicycle
Coconut vendor and his bicycle		 Neighborhood grocery
Neighborhood grocery		 Neighborhood grocer showing off his wares
Neighborhood grocer showing off his wares
Not a very happy subject
Not a very happy subject		 Pretty young woman with a lovely sari and bindi (forehead art)
Pretty young woman with a lovely sari and bindi (forehead art)		 Omar Sharif in his younger days?
Omar Sharif in his younger days?		 Internet cafe and basket full of rubble
Internet cafe and basket full of rubble
Shopkeeper
Shopkeeper		 Why is this woman smiling?
Why is this woman smiling?		 Modern India - An electron microscope
Modern India - An electron microscope		 Electron microscope with operator
Electron microscope with operator
Not-so-modern India
Not-so-modern India		 Dodging traffic near Connaught Place
Dodging traffic near Connaught Place		 Jantar Mantar
Jantar Mantar		 Jantar Mantar
Jantar Mantar
Jantar Mantar
Jantar Mantar		 Jantar Mantar
Jantar Mantar		 Some of the many forms of transport seen on Delhi streets
Some of the many forms of transport seen on Delhi streets		 Entrance to the Red Fort (Lal Qila)
Entrance to the Red Fort (Lal Qila)
Diwan-i-aam (in the Red Fort)
Diwan-i-aam (in the Red Fort)		 Diwan-i-Khas (in the Red Fort)
Diwan-i-Khas (in the Red Fort)		 Red Fort
Red Fort		 Red Fort
Red Fort
Mid-day Traffic in Delhi
Mid-day Traffic in Delhi		 India Gate
India Gate		 Listening to a presentation on the Baha'i faith at the Lotus Temple
Listening to a presentation on the Baha'i faith at the Lotus Temple		 The Lotus Temple
The Lotus Temple
Yankee Fan at the Lotus Temple
Yankee Fan at the Lotus Temple		 Technocrats? Really?
Technocrats? Really?		 Staircase in the lobby of Le Meridien Hotel
Staircase in the lobby of Le Meridien Hotel		 A man and his monkey
A man and his monkey
Taj Mahal - the Great Gate
Taj Mahal - the Great Gate		 The Taj Mahal
The Taj Mahal		 The Taj Mahal
The Taj Mahal		 The Taj Mahal
The Taj Mahal
Inlay on the exterior of the Taj Mahal
Inlay on the exterior of the Taj Mahal		 Optical Illusions on the Taj Mahal
Optical Illusions on the Taj Mahal		 Mosque on the west side of the Taj Mahal complex
Mosque on the west side of the Taj Mahal complex		 The Taj Mahal, an hour later than the other picture
The Taj Mahal, an hour later than the other picture
The Taj Mahal and Me
The Taj Mahal and Me		 White marble elephants with inlays at a workshop in Agra
White marble elephants with inlays at a workshop in Agra		 Craftsmen making marble inlays
Craftsmen making marble inlays		 The Agra Fort
The Agra Fort
One of the residents of the Agra Fort
One of the residents of the Agra Fort		 Agra Fort Diwan-i-Aam (Hall of Public Audience)
Agra Fort Diwan-i-Aam (Hall of Public Audience)		 Agra Fort
Agra Fort		 Agra Fort
Agra Fort
View of the Taj Mahal from the Agra Fort
View of the Taj Mahal from the Agra Fort		 Agra Fort
Agra Fort		 Agra Fort
Agra Fort		 Agra Fort Monkey
Agra Fort Monkey
A phalanx of souvenir sellers accosting a group at the exit of the Agra Fort
A phalanx of souvenir sellers accosting a group at the exit of the Agra Fort		 The souvenir sellers trying to shove their way into the minibus
The souvenir sellers trying to shove their way into the minibus		 A friendly game of cards
A friendly game of cards		 One of the kibitzers at the card game
One of the kibitzers at the card game

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Guest 24-Jan-2011 19:49
Wonderful portraits. I really enjoyed seeing the many contrasting faces of India in this gallery.
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