[venus rising] matchbook romance

Monday, July 24, 2006

So much has happened within a month.

It was a very trying time for me. I was thrown into a foreign country alone and expected to run things. I was told to work and compromise with complete strangers with queer English twangs. And how about a family crisis back home thrown in along with everything else?

But I'll count my blessings. It was a mind boggling experience, and I had come to appreciate the compassion and kindness in strangers when you have no one else to trust or turn to.

I saw horrible living conditions, dirty streets, blistering weather conditions, children bathing in sewage water, kids shitting in the open and eating from trash, -and they were enough to make me thankful for what I have.

I had chaotic days, and very lonely nights there.


Some pics...

Jamal Masjid

The beautiful Humayun's Tomb

The little ones living in trash

The mountain of trash...the stench was unbearable

Chai & Yardley who had watched over me fiercely throughout the filming :)

Sunset near the India Gate

My last parting shot with the crew. Strangely, I missed them.