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  Eli : Swami

The Heart of my city

Eli said May 7, 6:19 PM:

 

I live in Kolkata (earlier called Calcutta), the capital city of the state of West Bengal. There are beautiful places and tourist resorts within and around this city, and there are the everyday scenes of the ordinary man's life.
Here are few glimpses of the ordinary man's life in the city. These shots were taken using an inexpensive cell phone camera and they don't boast of high quality digital photography.

…..But they are vibrant with life.

  Eli : Swami

Re: The Heart of my city

Eli said May 7, 6:21 PM:

 
A typical roadside scene
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  Eli : Swami

Re: The Heart of my city

Eli said May 7, 6:22 PM:

 
Vending Hand made cold drink in summer

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  Eli : Swami

Re: The Heart of my city

Eli said May 7, 6:26 PM:

 
Serving free drinking water when the mercury touches 42 deg centigrade by a charity organization to common man on street



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  Eli : Swami

Re: The Heart of my city

Eli said May 7, 6:29 PM:

 
A cool dip (Temperature was 40 deg centigrade)


Dip_in_pond
  Eli : Swami

Re: The Heart of my city

Eli said May 7, 6:32 PM:

 
Washing … yes same pond where they take bath


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  Eli : Swami

Re: The Heart of my city

Eli said May 7, 6:35 PM:

 
Voting Campaign for General Elections 2009
(it does not matter if the traffic is disturbed, the city is tolerant)


Vote1 Vote2
  Eli : Swami

Re: The Heart of my city

Eli said May 7, 6:39 PM:

 
A typical fish seller


Fishseller2
  Eli : Swami

Re: The Heart of my city

Eli said May 7, 6:41 PM:

 
A shop owner taking bath in front of his own shop at noon (temperature 40 deg C)


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  Eli : Swami

Re: The Heart of my city

Eli said May 7, 6:43 PM:

 
A Busy Railway Platform is a nice place to sit and relax


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  Eli : Swami

Re: The Heart of my city

Eli said May 7, 6:44 PM:

 
Roadside bath


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  Eli : Swami

Re: The Heart of my city

Eli said May 7, 6:46 PM:

 
This is how the common man travels inside a local train


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  ~KES : Communicator

Re: The Heart of my city

~KES said May 7, 6:57 PM:

 

Clean… and artsy.  One of my favorite forms of art is taking grunge and mixing it with beauty.  On my converter that's 104*F… worthy of a dip in a bucket :-)  I love this… send more culture. It is fun to exchange with you Eli… Hugs to you in Kolkata & good job with the cell phone communicating this way.

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  Eli : Swami

Re: The Heart of my city

Eli said May 7, 6:48 PM:

 
Returning from school with mother


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  Eli : Swami

Re: The Heart of my city

Eli said May 7, 6:50 PM:

 
Typical Market Scenes


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  Eli : Swami

Re: The Heart of my city

Eli said May 7, 6:52 PM:

 
Roadside Repairing


Repairing
  Eli : Swami

Re: The Heart of my city

Eli said May 7, 6:53 PM:

 
Too Heavy?


Hvy_weight
  ~KES : Communicator

Re: The Heart of my city

~KES said May 7, 7:02 PM:

 

wow… lunch!!!  Can you show inside a restaurant too?
This is too cool… you are becoming great with light paintings.
I just found this site… HUGE LUNCH!  ~k

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  Eli : Swami

Re: The Heart of my city

Eli said May 7, 7:07 PM:

 
Burra Bazar, a busy wholesale market


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  Eli : Swami

Re: The Heart of my city

Eli said May 7, 7:11 PM:

 
A Typical Fruit Seller


Fruitseller
  Eli : Swami

Re: The Heart of my city

Eli said May 7, 7:16 PM:

 
Vehicles Stranded due to Voting Campaigns (2009)


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  Eli : Swami

Re: The Heart of my city

Eli said May 7, 7:18 PM:

 
Typical Fish Market


Fishseller3
   Meenakshi : Connection

Re: The Heart of my city

Meenakshi said May 7, 9:35 PM:

 

Very enjoyable, Eli! I've never been to Calcutta but all my friends who're from there just love the city. 

  Eli : Swami

Re: The Heart of my city

Eli said May 8, 6:25 PM:

 
Selling Flowers for Daily Worship

(almost every family worships personal God twice a day, and street side flower vendors are a common sight)


Dailyworshipflowers
  Eli : Swami

Re: The Heart of my city

Eli said May 8, 6:31 PM:

 
Street Side Eatery - Very Cheap
(…and very risky for health..cooking and eating both done on the footpath)



Eatery_kitchen Eatery_diningbench
  Eli : Swami

Re: The Heart of my city

Eli said May 8, 6:35 PM:

 
Drinking Water After Lunch at the Eatery


Thirsty
  Eli : Swami

Re: The Heart of my city

Eli said May 8, 6:38 PM:

 
Hand Tubewell (Hand pump?)


Hand_tubewell
  Eli : Swami

Re: The Heart of my city

Eli said May 8, 6:40 PM:

 
Green Coconut is a Safe Summer Drink, but it is Costly


Green_coconut
  Eli : Swami

Re: The Heart of my city

Eli said May 8, 6:42 PM:

 
May I Repair Your Shoe Please
(Roadside Cobbler)


Roadside_cobbler
  Eli : Swami

Re: The Heart of my city

Eli said May 9, 6:57 PM:

 
Roadside Tea Vendors
(Very common sight in my city)


Teastall1 Teastall2 Teastall4
  Eli : Swami

Re: The Heart of my city

Eli said May 9, 7:00 PM:

 
Resting at Kali Temple


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  Eli : Swami

Re: The Heart of my city

Eli said May 9, 7:04 PM:

 
A busy street at noon

Rickshaws1
  Eli : Swami

Re: The Heart of my city

Eli said May 9, 7:06 PM:

 

Carrying goods in a van-rickshaw (this is a cheap and popular mode of goods transportation in my city)

Van_rickshaw1
  Eli : Swami

Re: The Heart of my city

Eli said May 9, 7:46 PM:

 
See more in Now I can see the moon HERE
  ~KES : Communicator

Re: The Heart of my city

~KES said Aug 29, 8:18 AM:

 

Dreams of Artists™ is putting the spotlight on our friend and huge contributor to this group, Swami Eli.  What follows is a very creative form of art. He has created a the world's first: 
Gallery of India from his cell phone
…continued HERE 

Enjoy!!!
~Kes

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  sea-sh-elle : one planet one karma

Re: The Heart of my city

sea-sh-elle said Sep 4, 2:16 AM:

 

i really enhoyed looking at you heart of my city .. here is one of mine .. taken yesterday

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  Lee : organics

Re: The Heart of my city

Lee said Sep 4, 4:56 AM:

 

Schleswig _Holstein - so picturesque!  Thanks so much se-sh-elle! Fun website!!! Go ahead and start a new thread and fill it up with a tour of your area…
Please post again soon!  Lee

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