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.

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  1. 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.
    :)

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  2. He sounds beautiful.

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  3. ha!

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

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  4. thank you, everyone.

    They do, don't they?

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

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

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

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

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  9. 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.

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