26 August 2009

Black Impressions - Pondicherry

Well, I'm not so sure if this is good or bad, but the Black Town or the 'Indian' parts of Pondicherry has remained resolutely true to its origins. The houses are hardly maintained enough to prevent a leaking roof during the monsoons let alone a badly needed whitewash! Yet, i thought these buildings had a charm of its own.. making me want to know more about its inhabitants. I couldn't get far, but given below is a simple portrait of a pair of fruit vendors who I imagine must inhabit on such house in the Black Town of Pondicherry.

5 comments:

  1. I didn't know till now that there is one Black Town in Pondi. Probably I should mention - in Rajasthan there are blue city and yellow city in Jodhpur and Jaisalmer respectively, apart from pink city which is known to everyone.

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  2. Beautiful pictures, as usual. Greetings.

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  3. Excellent photos. Colorful and plenty of light.
    Greetings from Spain.

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  4. @Uday
    No wonder India is known for its colors!!Do share your images if you have them online.

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  5. Very true ! Right now I do not have photos of Rajasthan online (its quite ironic that I visited Rajasthan twice and have not managed to publish them yet...eeeks ). But there are some on flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/udayshutters/) which I hope can meet your interest.

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