Monday, January 28, 2008

I’ve watched him the last few days, walking back home from work; not quite staring, but not looking away either. Wrinkled face, a little bemused, he’s seated on a raised platform in front of a shop, watching the night traffic go by. He’s completely incongruous in attire better suited to small village Kathiawad: a white turban, an overshirt called an angarkha, a dhoti, stick in hand. Better dressed to herd a flock of cattle home. But he’s seated by a display of scantily clad, perfectly-proportioned mannequins, with cascading curls, or straw colored blunt cut hair, watching a sea of Hondas and Indigos coast by, and the contrast is quite something.

10 comments:

mystic rose said...

heh. :)

Portia said...

Oh, yes. Something about finding this contrast in the city is so much more appealing than, say, finding some industrial chaos in the countryside.

I hope you are well.
:)

Billy said...

He sounds beautiful.

quin browne said...

ha!

things like this, they make life...sweet to savour.

austere said...

thank you, everyone.

They do, don't they?

CRUSTY MOM-E said...

the ying and yang of marketing,..grabbing all kinds! :)
Good evening to you my dear friend!
Always,
Elizabeth

AmitL said...

That conjures up a nice picture-however,for clarity's sake,how about a pic,Austy?

reshma said...

wish i could get inside his head to soo what he sees.

Tinky Toinkers said...

there you are, stringing words to form pretty pictures as usual :)
kem cho? long time huh?

austere said...

crusty- I think his son owns the shop, in which event he's laughing to the bank..


amit- not right is it, just to photograph someone like that? pretty rude, methinks.

resham- heh. would be interesting to try write that, wonder and grumble.

hey toinka- been a while, you bet. Nice to see you here. You lucky gal, you missed out on the not-pretty parts.