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See the colours of India: My full photo website on the SurajKund Crafts Fair

19 February 2010

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www. surajkundmela.wordpress.com It was my maiden visit to the famous SurajKund Crafts Mela on 14 February 2010 as part of the JNU UNESCO and Photography clubs’ trip to the fair. I shot more than 450 pics of the 24th edition of the fair and ended up making an online pictorial documentation of the fair a few [...]

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Fun: Get Your AVATAR or see my Avatar

8 February 2010

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Loved the film Avatar?! Want to Avatarize yourself? Want to see how your Avatar would look? There was this McDonald Ireland link that no more works now but another site called Avatarize Yourself works perfectly! You can create your Avatar, customize it, change background and share and/or download the image Avatar. The site may take some [...]

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16 interesting photos from the New Delhi World Book Fair 2010

5 February 2010

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These are some interesting photos from the 19th New Delhi World Book Fair (Pragati Maidan). I was there from about 11:30 am to 4 pm on 4 February 2010. Please see the end of the post for links to many more photos of the Book fair and the Pragati Maidan. What I did not like [...]

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Urban art photos: Steel balloons at AIIMS crossing, New Delhi

5 February 2010

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These are four photos of the steel balloons near the AIIMS flyover. Their utility and futility has certainly been debated in the media. According to a Tribune report, even the CM Shiela Dixit was not very happy with them. I shot them from the bus yesterday en route to the Delhi book fair. They are called [...]

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Photo: The Nehru statue in JNU campus

5 February 2010

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This is the Jawaharlal Nehru’s statue near the JNU administration building, JNU Campus. It was made some years ago by a JNU professor from the Arts and Aesthetics school. It is a venue of tourist attraction and a lot of visitors click it or get clicked with it. Jawaharlal Nehru was India’s first Prime Minister. [...]

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2 Photos: Delhi winter and the dog

3 January 2010

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Found this dog in the morning today, all snug and warm, curled on the debris of yesterday’s night bonfire outside the hostel. Delhi is almost freezing and there was a major power cut yesterday night and students started a bonfire outside the hostel (see New Year bonfire photos here)! By the way, dogs are hotly debated [...]

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