An outdoor toilet - a serious public health issue in India.
Going to School
Kids talking
Wires everywhere
One way - only its the wrong way
Replicating this observation.
Wires
Powerline wires seem to lead a life of their own. Going everywhere
Street cooking
Its about 8am and the street vendors are just cranking up. This guy was preparing some sort of something. Offered me one but I declined.
This lady order a mound of fried whatevers
Here is the smiling cook - flipping the just fried whatevers into his pan
A closer look at the frying wok
Around the corner - seems the petrol bank has not yet opened. Here is a long queue of autos waiting for petrol - and I mean a long line, perhaps 50 or so
The petrol queue
Across the street, this guy was making masala tea. He uses fresh ginger - and has a mortar for grinding it (lower right). Here he is mixing the tea
Lots of pouring back and forth
and finally pouring into a cup
Here is his setup - fresh ginger and clean cups in the foreground, pots and gas burner in the background. Cost was Rs 5 for a cup of tea. It was tasty
Charminar is usually wall to wall people. But its Sunday morning and I thought it would be quiet. Here is a view of Charminar - where I'm going - THe Charminar Gate is at the top center and the huge mosque is named Makkah Masjid
Off to Charminar
Approaching the gate
Traffic was stalled - a movie shot in progress. Next to me was a guy delivering the Sunday morning Hindu
Movie set
Reading while sitting
Banana's for sale
Gate towers
Another banana cart
Fresh fruit
Inside the Mosque area were pigeons. I mean pigeons everywhere. Seems to be the entertainment
Kids feeding pigeons. Adults feeding pigeons
A gentleman approached me to show me the inside. As usual I was a bit cautious knowing that these informal tour guides are ripoffs. Sure enough, he was an informal guide, but quite good so I paid him. Here is a line of burial places
Reflections in the pool
Inside the mosque were clocks - showing times that did not make any sense to me. I'll have to explore the clock puzzle
Inside the mosque
This clock is supposed to be 100 years old
Here the hanging lights are masked - why I don't know
This place is where you give money to the informal tour guide to pay for upkeep. Now sure whether his upkeep or the mosque upkeep. In return he revealed a gold inscription
The gold characters
Looking from the inside out
The building across the street
Charminar Gate and pigeons
This guy was feeding pigeons who stood on his outstretched arms.
Another look at the gate
And another look at the pigeons
Pigeons eating and flying. It was overcast so the exposure was slow and the flying pigeons were a big blur
A pigeon eating from the man's hand
The pigeon flew away and he smiled. Was a nice man
This guy had pigeons all over himself
Feeding one on his arm
This guy was flapping his/her wings
He / she was uncertain about eating
Back to the main street and looking at the gate
Looking through the gate
It turns out that someone is shooting a moving with the gate area as a set. Here are a group of actors - on motorcycles and waving flags
A lone rider
The riding actors
The camera and huge lens
Another view
And an old man walking across the deserted set
Here come the motorcycle guys
The gate
And passing shops
C. Frank Starmer