{"id":10722,"date":"2015-11-10T21:55:12","date_gmt":"2015-11-10T21:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/100strangersindia\/?p=124"},"modified":"2026-07-28T20:02:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T19:02:07","slug":"strangers-nos-36-and-37","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/?p=10722","title":{"rendered":"Strangers Nos. 36 and 37"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img097-644x1024-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/100strangersindia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img097-644x1024-644x1024.jpg?resize=644%2C1024\" alt=\"img097-644x1024\" width=\"644\" height=\"1024\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-125\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You always see mothers and babies, but I think there can be something especially poignant about fathers and babies. \u00a0I passed Saiful (father) and Ain (baby) in a shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur, and was struck how they were in their own world, enjoying each others&#8217; company without regard to what was going on around them. \u00a0I walked on, and then doubled back to unfortunately ruin the moment by asking if I could take some photos. \u00a0He agreed, and when I asked their names, he said &#8220;Ain&#8221; means &#8220;eyes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a shame we can&#8217;t make out her eyes better; unfortunately most of the roll was virtually ruined, either because I accidentally opened the camera when it appeared to stop winding, or maybe the developer was just getting old. \u00a0Either way, I thought it would be a shame not to share this despite the lacking photo quality.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img091-665x1024-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/100strangersindia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img091-665x1024-665x1024.jpg?resize=665%2C1024\" alt=\"img091-665x1024\" width=\"665\" height=\"1024\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-126\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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