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India diary pt. 2: on love and marriage and the importance of caste…

March 1, 2013 By Michael Wuitchik 8 Comments

Prior to coming to India, I’d thought I would blog about sights, sounds and smells. Frankly, I’ve seen, heard and smelled more in Africa and Cambodia, or maybe I’ve just become used to travel in places where there are too many people, too much garbage and too much corruption. It’s all here, as it is […]

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India diary–on love, marriage, and looking straight ahead…

February 18, 2013 By Michael Wuitchik 2 Comments

After the ordered chaos of Hong Kong, India is the real deal: donkey-carts competing with Landcruisers, tuk-tuks and Toyotas. Dogs, cows and pigs rooting through garbage piled on street corners. Beggars camped under plastic sheets in roundabouts. Horn-honking dust-in-your-face mayhem. In the morning light I stand on a street corner, shooting photos. The men look […]

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