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Common man's lifeEli said May 7, 7:01 PM: |
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Re: Common man's lifeJenny said May 7, 10:23 PM: |
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wonderful Eli, it reminded me a little of Samoa when I went there. Although Samoa is a lot less populated and I didnt take any photos of the markets.  |
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Re: Common man's life~KES said May 7, 10:59 PM: |
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They have umbrellas too… and a McDonalds as a back drop.  |
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Re: Common man's lifeTaikunping said May 8, 1:59 AM: |
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Hi Eli, Kathy and Jenny  |
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Re: Common man's life~KES said May 8, 3:47 AM: |
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Here are a few pix from our South African event & pix along the way… just a few for this as I have a lot for other times. 
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Re: Common man's lifeTaikunping said May 8, 8:01 AM: |
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amazing, catching views from all around the world…  |
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Re: Common man's lifeEli said May 8, 6:49 PM: |
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Selling Fruits in Hot Summer and taking a nap while waiting for customer (or is it tiredness due to heat?)  |
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Re: Common man's life~KES said May 8, 9:07 PM: |
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He is praying that a customer will come buy some fruit. Or he partied all night and is snoozing on the job :-) |
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Re: Common man's lifeTaikunping said May 9, 1:33 AM: |
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thanks Eli, your home is very different to where I am living, in the countryside with lots of cold, wet weather. We all belong to the same human family, even though we live in different locations.. |
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Re: Common man's lifeJenny said May 9, 5:50 AM: |
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love your photos Eli. This is country New South Wales Australia, about 3 hours from where I live.  |
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Re: Common man's lifeEli said May 9, 6:29 PM: |
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Workers at a construction site (Temperature was 42 deg C) - The Common Man (Shot using an inexpensive cell-phone camera) 
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Re: Common man's lifeEli said May 9, 6:34 PM: |
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A Common Man Selling Tea by the Roadside  |
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Re: Common man's lifeEli said May 9, 6:40 PM: |
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A Common man carrying stuff in a van-rickshaw - this mode of transporting goods is much cheaper and popular.  |
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Re: Common man's lifeEli said May 9, 6:46 PM: |
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Hot Noon Sun and Cycle Rickshaws Waiting for Passengers  |
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Re: Common man's life~KES said May 9, 6:54 PM: |
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These are the cell phone version of National Geographic, Eli. |
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Re: Common man's lifeEli said May 9, 6:53 PM: |
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The faces of the common man were captured using the cheapest available cell-phone camera. They don't boast of high quality digital photography. |
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Re: Common man's life~KES said May 9, 7:03 PM: |
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well… as I view it from Hollywood.. technical is what it is.. It is the communication and the aesthetic quality of the artist … you that is coming through loud and clear and says something that just reminded me of a mini version (hehehe) of national geographic stuff… Keep shooting… It is successful and we are blessed by your presence. |
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Re: Common man's lifeEli said May 9, 7:11 PM: |
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Kathy, here is a typical Indian Sweets Shop …yummyyyyyyyyyy !!!!  |
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Re: Common man's lifeEli said May 9, 7:27 PM: |
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And a cakes & Pastries Shop (Monginis chain)  |
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Re: Common man's lifeEli said May 9, 7:39 PM: |
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Typical small street side shops selling cold drinks, ice creams and other stuff  |
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Re: Common man's lifeEli said May 9, 7:48 PM: |
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Tops and shirts for the common man … yes they are cheap and sold by the roadside  |
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Re: Common man's lifeEli said May 9, 7:49 PM: |
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Domestic cooking gas cylinders being unloaded for distribution at roadside  |
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Re: Common man's lifeTaikunping said May 10, 12:14 AM: |
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We have clothes markets in the street still sometimes, but they are few and far between now. They used to be more common when I was a child. We still have a local one, both indoors and outdoor a couple of miles from home where they sell meats, cheese, fish, pottery, shoes, clothes, cottons, ribbons etc |
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Re: Common man's lifeEli said May 10, 7:19 PM: |
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Sunset over river Hoogly (not my cell phone camera)  |
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Re: Common man's lifeEli said May 10, 7:22 PM: |
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This is about 150 yards away from my house…a nice place to relax in summers 
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Re: Common man's lifeTaikunping said May 11, 12:38 AM: |
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Hi Eli, our rivers are really small compared to this one……is river travel one of your means of transport, living so close by. Our canals in this country are being cleared bit by bit, they used to be one of the main forms of transport in England, before all the motorways. Many country folk used to live on the canals, transporting goods and horses used to pull the barges along the tow paths. |
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Re: Common man's lifeEli said May 11, 7:07 PM: |
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The River “Ganges” (locally called Hoogly) has speedboats. There are regular “ferry services” for office time passengers. One of my posts in this thread ”Crossing the Bridge” shows the Howrah Bridge which runs across this river. This connects the two sides of my city. Road traffic is congested, and many people prefer using the ferry service rather than using the road transport. Goods transportation is also done using the river route. If ever I get an opportunity to take some pics of these activities, I'll post them. |
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Re: Common man's lifeDave [no longer around] said May 11, 7:29 PM: |
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Wonderful Eli, |
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Re: Common man's lifeTaikunping said May 12, 12:30 AM: |
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Thanks Eli look forward to the river pics, speedboats wow, it seems like 2 different cultures, 2 ways of life…..I've always thought I would like to take a break and try living on a canal barge, slow and steady and gentle. Someone on TV recently had invented a rudderless canal boat - this would propel the boat forwards and backwards without having to turn around in a narrow canal, this would make things a whole lot easier on our waterways. |
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Re: Common man's lifeEli said May 12, 7:21 AM: |
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Hi Tai,  |
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Re: Common man's lifeEli said May 12, 7:27 AM: |
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Ferry Service Modern and Traditional co-exist even today 
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Re: Common man's lifeTaikunping said May 12, 8:28 AM: |
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“The New Howrah Bridge was re-christened as the Rabindra Setu in the year 1965, in the honour of the country's first Nobel laureate Gurudev Rabindra Nath Tagore. The city of Calcutta was renamed as 'Kolkata' in the year 2001.” |
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Re: Common man's lifeEli said May 12, 9:29 AM: |
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The white sweets are made of milk solids |
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Re: Common man's lifeEli said May 11, 7:11 PM: |
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A daily bread earner (Porter, carrying potato bag) 
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Re: Common man's lifeEli said May 12, 6:27 PM: |
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Concrete Jungle (The face of modern Kolkata city) 
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Re: Common man's life~KES said May 12, 10:47 PM: |
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Eli, this has been the best tour of India I have seen via a cell phone!!!  |
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Re: Common man's lifeTaikunping said May 13, 1:13 AM: |
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Our local town doesn't have tall building like this, infact the tallest building there was the one I worked in for 5 years in local government - 7 levels, and if I remember the one across the road had 5! Wonderful skies linking our villages, towns, cities and countries… |
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Re: Common man's lifeTaikunping said May 14, 12:45 AM: |
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Just tried to rectify a spelling and it's taken the whole of the post away, think I'd put about where I live in England it is very flat as it was a glaciated valley, there are a few hills here, but not very high. Your country looks flat too on the photos Eli  |
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Re: Common man's lifeEli said May 14, 5:02 AM: |
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When it Rains in Kolkata This is one of the most common sights during rainy season in Kolokata. No, it is not flood, it is waterlogging. Almost 80% of the city roads are under water due to poor drainage system. In my area, the water recedes after roughly 3 days, and people wade through water or hire Rickshaws at 10 times the normal fare to cross the waterlogged area. (These two photos are not shot by me, they are collected from Internet) 
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Re: Common man's lifeLee said May 14, 5:07 AM: |
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That is amazing… looks like so much fun !! spirits in play. Your pictures of your armchair tour are sensational… I feel we can all put sayings around the world to your artworks. Lee |
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Re: Common man's lifeEli said May 14, 5:03 AM: |
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A beautiful bird in Kolkata “You can call it providence; I call it capturing God’s creation in a moment. Well this bird gave me more than a moment. Perched on a railing outside one of our office windows just a couple of feet away, this feathered beauty spent more than an hour posing for all the shutterbugs in the office. And yes I do make time for capturing stuff like this. I remember a time in Kolkata when one could see so many birds, but with development and the felling of trees such sights are a feast for one’s eyes.” [mod fix - it was a repeat of the one above Lee's post so I put in an interesting story so not to loose the rest of the threads in case it got deleted… ~kes] 
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Re: Common man's lifeEli said May 15, 5:57 PM: |
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Food and Hunger Shots of a restaurant and … 
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Re: Common man's lifeTaikunping said May 16, 12:24 AM: |
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Your pictures show good contrasts, maybe one day there will not be such huge differences between those that have and those that don't…. |
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Re: Common man's lifeDave [no longer around] said May 16, 4:56 AM: |
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Eli, |
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Re: Common man's lifeEli said May 16, 7:25 AM: |
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Tai, Dave, thank you very much for the kind words and appreciation…I feel humbled. 
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Re: Common man's lifeTaikunping said May 16, 7:40 AM: |
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Thank you Eli for posting and showing us your country….In our country the big changes are happening. In our life and in our friends lives there have been many redundancies, losses from business closing and reduced working hours, and most recently pension suspension……we have to adjust and accept this balancing process for the sake of all of humanity. We are all changing so much with this process, but I think the changes are for the better… |
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Re: Common man's lifeEli said May 25, 2:42 AM: |
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Kolkata is suffering … Cyclone Aila has hit the city hard … Much damage … need light and prayers |
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Re: Common man's life~KES said May 25, 3:25 AM: |
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Thanks for letting us know. Please be safe.  |
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Re: Common man's lifeTaikunping said May 25, 9:11 AM: |
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Sending prayer energy |
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Re: Common man's lifeEli said May 25, 6:50 PM: |
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Kathy, Tai, please accept my humble thanks. The Cyclone has moved away from the city and is said to have weakened.  |
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Re: Common man's life~KES said May 25, 11:19 PM: |
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We have experienced another miracle Power of Light continues to shine light on all who bested this storm calming our mother earth. Meet my son, Sean.  |
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Re: Common man's lifeTaikunping said May 26, 12:29 AM: |
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wonderful news Eli - I believe prayer always helps, it's good to join forces for the good of all |
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Re: Common man's lifeEli said Jun 23, 4:38 AM: |
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We often suffer from power outages… Can you guess at least ONE reason? 
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Re: Common man's lifeTaikunping said Jun 23, 6:13 AM: |
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sure can Eli…  |
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Re: Common man's life~KES said Aug 29, 8:11 AM: |
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This has been such a precious gift you have created for Gaia, Swami Eli. Sending admiration to you in India. Thanks for sharing your culture.  |
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Re: Common man's lifebarblovesroses said Oct 28, 5:31 PM: |
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Having just joined this group I was priveleged to view this thread today and I feel honored to have been granted the ability to share in it even at this late date so far after its origin. |
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Re: Common man's life~KES said Oct 28, 6:04 PM: |
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Hi Barb!!! how awesome you brought this to present time. Eli did all of the pictures with a cell phone from India. It truly is a work o art. I will grapevine him that you are here.  |
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