What do you do after writing about women of Gujarat? Why you go ahead and write about the handsome men of Gujarat!
As I said in the post before, I managed to click so many people because of Bernard, he is a pro, it was easy to stand next to him and click pictures. Gradually I started clicking people on my own.
The ladies in our group would call Bernard dadu which I presume means elder brother in Bengali but to me it always sounded like grandfather! I would tease him too that everyone was calling him a grandfather!
While our bus was creaking on its way up to Kalo Dungar (Black Mountain), the highest point in Kutch, a group of men with their camels came down to us!
Sangram was also there with his camel. He told me the village depended on rain based farming too, other than tourism.
Arjan was selling ber at Kalo Dungar. He walked about 8km to reach the spot and he was all of eight years himself.
To this man, with his cool shades and horse, I only asked if I could click his photo, to which he readily agreed!
Mia ji is the sarpanch (headman) of Dhordo Village, the gateway to the Great Rann of Kutch. They run the ‘Gateway to Rann Resort’ at Dhordo as a community project. There are pictures of him with Amitabh Bachanan and Narendra Modi! He talked to us about his village, which has three ATMs now. A girl from the village is doing her M.A., a first. He was so proud of his village and he credits it all to the Rann Utsav!
I went for the heritage walk in the old city of Ahmedabad. Once again, I only asked him if I could click his picture to which he readily agreed.
It was fascinating to walk through the lanes and by lanes of the old city. But then it is going to be a separate post in itself.
Baba was selling vegetables near the old Ahmedabad stock exchange. He asked me to click his picture and I happy to oblige.
Like many others, he too was a regular at the Swami Narayan Temple and the pigeons knew him!
It has been fun clicking people, and now that I have got started, I am going to keep at it too!
PS. I was invited on this trip by Gujarat Tourism.
Lovely Portrait.:)
Cheers,
Sriram & Krithiga
Thank you so much.
Beautiful post with superb pics!
Thank you Rajeev.
What a post Madam Jee… 🙂
Thank you Prasad.
Very nice captures.
Thank you Arun.
Nice portraits… I liked the kid, Arjan, most… 🙂
Thank you Maniparna.
Nostalgia….And what a strong one…Amazing clicks. You have really made my home seem so amazing.
To me it is amazing Ami!
Wonderful clicks, Mridula. Each face narrates a unique story. But, I liked a lot the portrait of the turban wearing man, what captivating smile he has and how sparkling his eyes are!
Tc, keep smiling 🙂
Yes Sindhu and his body language was that of a model!
Beautiful captures..
Thank you.
fabulous shots… loved them all, especially the uncle in the cap 😉
He is the sarpanch of the village, a dignified man with immense pride in his village!
Fabulous portraits! Glad the women did not overshadow the men! 😉
Ha ha I still feel women overshadowed the men!
Seems very down to earth and smile naturally. Lovely captures 🙂
Thank you Ravish.
You can’t imagine how happy I am reading this and looking at those ‘handsome’ men ☺️
Btw, I am not gay ☺️
Nice one Alok! But the last line cracked me up. Couldn’t stop smiling 🙂
Sorry Mridula, but couldn’t stop myself from commenting either 😀
He he 😀 happy to hear that you liked the post! There is one on women too!
They have such an earthy appeal! The guy with the shades is so cool 🙂 I’m loving this series, Mridula! Keep ’em coming!
Great portraits! The best part is along with the portraits the way you have weaved a small story for each click makes it more entertaining!
Great portraits, Mridula. This is like a photo essay on the people of Gujarat. Did you say there was a post on women? Looks like I missed it. Let me go check it out.
Thank you Divya.
Great to know that you had been to Kala dungar. We had stayed there for the night. It becomes good once the noisy tourists leave the place by evening.
Sir in February the crowd had gone away, so it was peaceful during the day too.
Cool Shades! This photo is my favorite in this post . Men are more smart than …….!!
Ha ha I disagree Yogi!
Such deep set, intense eyes most of them have, the rural folk in particular. And to Arjan – Hey Arjan, hope we meet someday, we’ll make good friends. 🙂
If you meet him, say Hi to him Ragini!
Such lovely pics! I loved the one with the boy more than the men 🙂
Thank you Leena.
All the pics are very expressive, specially the first one.
Thank you Swati.
Great portraits.
Thank you Rupam.