Tuesday, 24 March 2009

I am the way I am...


It was at Rishikesh last year while walking down one of the narrow lanes that i spotted a tourist who had this coral in one of her ear. I wanted to document the same but there was no way i could have made an image without her knowing... I walked away. Minutes later i gathered courage and decided to walk back and ask her if i could take her (i mean her ear's) photograph. But on my return to the spot i realised that i had lost her. It took quite a while to locate her in one of the shops. Made a request and she obliged. I asked her to turn around and to my surprise noticed that she had a different version on the other ear!
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9 comments:

Faiyaz said...

Thanks Vimal Yet again for finding the Lost 'Y'ears!

arun bhatt said...

she can afford two different versions because she knows, "Kisi ko kano kan khabar naheen hogee."

Seetha said...

Reminds me of the older folks in my MIL's village, only instead of coral they had wooden sticks. They told me they put those sticks to prevent the ear holes from closing up. However, their ear holes were so big, it beats me how on earth they would close up.

Naresh said...

Lekin 'kaan bharna ' zaroor aata hai !

Banhi Laha said...

You should not have mentioned In { } "i mean her ear's". Bcause kisiko to tho kano kan khabar hi nahi hota!!

Enarkay said...

Vimal You "coralled" her alright pardner! Lucky you didnt get a "earful" from her. BTW you have the knack of spotting the right subjects for your pics

Seetha said...

Hey Vimal, I second Enarkay, but it looks like the two pictures are not of the same person. The one on the left - has blonde hair, and a very slight tan and the one on the right has red hair and is quite tanned, almost sunburnt! Even the shape of the ear looks different. They both have the same headband though, hmmmmmmm!!!
Are you sure they are of the same person, :-}??? Just curious!!

Vimal Parmar said...

Same person! A slight shift in position brings about a slight shift in the light source that can have a major impact on the image quality...
But then, even the ear looks different... Right?? Wonder why...

Nargis said...

Those things look like beedis to me.....hehehehe...