• Stranger No. 76

    Stranger No. 76

    Das was riding by with a giant bicycle-cart loaded with these red bananas. I stopped him for a photo, but my wife’s photo was much better:

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  • Stranger No. 7

    Stranger No. 7

    This is Akash, who caught my eye because he seemed to be very proud of his bicycle. So instead of the usual close-up portrait, I decided to take a wider angle shot showing the object of his pride. At the time, I thought the photo had come out better than it had – but it

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  • Photowalk: Triplicane

    After the long series of posts on Goa, we’ve been back home again for a few weeks, and I’ve been able to join another photowalk.  This time, it was to the part of Chennai known as “Triplicane”, which is one of the oldest parts of the city.  Much of the city that became Madras and

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  • A cardboard bicycle?? Yeah, but is it lighter than carbon fiber?

    There’s a story making the rounds about a guy who has invented a bicycle nearly entirely made of cardboard.  In short, they told him it couldn’t be done, and he went and proved them wrong – the best kind of story.  Apparently they think it can be marketed for 20 bucks, which will make a

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