Taken on April 10, 2016 in Amritsar
DAILY PHOTO: On the Streets of Amritsar
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DAILY PHOTO: Just What Makes that Little, Old Chipmunk…
Taken on April 10, 2016 in Amritsar
We watched a chipmunk tug a blanket up a tree in the garden of the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Panorama in Amritsar. It was neither a small cloth nor a small tree. (But the heart of that rodent was huge.) It’s a beautiful garden, and the museum is highly undervalued by the “must-visit” lists–e.g. as TripAdvisor. If you’re in Amritsar, give it a try.
This is the tree in question.
And here are some flower photos from the garden.
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DAILY PHOTO: Elephants at the Amber Fort
DAILY PHOTO: Dance off, Pakistan. Me & You
Taken on April 9, 2016 at the Wagah border crossing retreat ceremony
The universal gesture for “Come on, get up and dance, already!”
Before the retreat ceremony at the Wagah crossing, there are patriotic festivities including a women-only session of dancing in the street. Why women only? I’d like to say that it’s just so that the message that Indian women are liberated is loud and clear–so that Pakistan will take note of it. However, I suspect that it also has to do with the large number of young Indian men who are… [how can I put this delicately] too horny to be trusted amid a crowd of gyrating females. [Of course, arguably, there’s probably a circularity problem. Being segregated perpetuates the issue.]
At any rate, like Kevin Bacon, they are attempting to dislodge the stick of ignorance. [See what I did there.]
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DAILY PHOTO: Rocky Keralan Coastline
Taken on April 2, 2016 near Varkala
Someone may, or may not, have been knocked out of their crocs by the waves.
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DAILY PHOTO: Golden Temple by Night and Day
DAILY PHOTO: Chimp in a Cage Reading a Book at the Amritsar “Zoo”
Taken in Amritsar on April 10, 2016
So many questions:
1.) As it’s clearly not a real ape, why the need for the cage?
2.) Why did they anthropomorphize this particular primate? (i.e. Is it just whimsicality, or is it a statement of some sort?) [Most of the creatures are in animalistic poses–though often not to scale.]
3.) Did the chimp start off reading huge (Tolstoy / Dickens / Ayn Rand style) books, or did it have to work up to them?
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DAILY PHOTO: Ram Bagh Gate
DAILY PHOTO: Jallianwala Bagh Memorial
Taken on April 10, 2016 in Amritsar
Jallianwala Bagh is the site of a memorial for those who died in a massacre that took place at the same location in 1919. You may be familiar with the massacre from its depiction in the movie Gandhi. The killings were carried out by British troops led by Col. Reginald Dyer against nonviolent protesters convened in the park there.
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DAILY PHOTO: Fancy Hats of the Wagah Crossing
Taken at the Wagah / Attari border crossing between India and Pakistan on April 9, 2016
A show of zeal and machismo
Sergeant calls to the troops
Tiger Riding for Beginners 