pigeons
•January 25, 2010 • 2 Comments
“France has found a unique way of controlling its unwanted critter population. They have done this by giving unwanted animals like snails, frogs and pigeons fancy names, thus transforming common backyard pests into expensive delicacies. These are then served to gullible tourists, who will eat anything they can’t pronounce.”
~ Chris Harris
lost and found
•December 31, 2009 • 3 Comments
found this photograph in the middle of a book piled away at my grandfather’s house…
my grandmother (seated extreme left) with her best friends in calcutta
this photograph was taken sometime in the early 1950s
the lady who introduced my shy grandparents to each other and responsible for their courtship is standing on the extreme right…she wrote a note behind the letter and sent it as a gift to my granny…(an english translation would kill the essence of it)
refugees
•December 28, 2009 • Leave a Comment
in masoud’s little house, a single room doubles up as a dining space, living room, play area, study, store room and a bedroom
lack of resources implies forced functionality with what little one has…
refugees
•December 27, 2009 • Leave a Comment
masoud’s son packs in some homework before his english tuitions while the youngest tries to grab some sleep
more pigeons
•December 25, 2009 • Leave a Comment
at a dargah that lies somewhere behind jor bagh near lodhi road…
absolutely off the map but over 350 years old!
refugees
•December 20, 2009 • Leave a Comment
pi phiar vang and john in their new house…
it’s better ventilated and has more space for the large family, although they end up spending as much as 75% of the total family income as rent…
refugees
•December 19, 2009 • Leave a Comment
little newspaper rolls used as spittles
pi phiar vang has an acute respiratory problem
she needs a small oxygen machine to survive her coughing bouts and regularly coughs blood
her grandson helps her make these little newspaper spittles…
refugees
•December 18, 2009 • Leave a Comment
esther, pi phiar vang’s daughter
incidents of sexual harassment have always been high in the burmese camp
since most women travel out at night to pick left-over vegetables from the night-market, they make for easy victims
not knowing hindi makes this group even more vulnerable, with only a handful ever choosing to file FIRs
refugees
•December 17, 2009 • Leave a Comment
john spends most of his time in the house with his grandmother…
he doesn’t go to school and has no indian friends…
loves listening to music on the computer…
his father lives in the north-east but has not been in touch with the family for many years…
refugees
•December 17, 2009 • Leave a Comment
pi phiar vang is a burmese refugee living in delhi…
she escaped from burma into india after taking part in the ‘88 democracy uprising…
her house is a room that measures a few square meters…
she lives with a family of seven…
she has also been suffering from a TB for the past 20 years…
this has now exacerbated a breathing problem and a lung infection…
refugees need a unhcr certificate to access basic health and education facilities…
…pi phiar vang has been denied her certification because her ’story lacks credibility’
