Solitude by Thamer Al-Tassan

India Photography Showcase

This picture is taken from a showcase / blof post – Indian Photography by Peter Olexa founder of Cruzine magazine.

Excerpt from the blog:

Once known to be a cradle of the civilization, India still remains a notable player in the world economic, political, and cultural life. This country once gave people buttons and pajamas, dental drill and corrosion-resistant iron, optic fiber and USB, chess and dice, shampoo and swimming pool… The list of Indian discoveries and inventions really impresses, and many of the things, commonly associated today with the Western style of life, actually originated from India.

Today, India is a highly diverse county, where the beauty and luxury of the temples neighbor with extreme poverty and sufferings, where tremendous cultural heritage interlaces with the lack and inaccessibility of children education. Like its ancient gods, India always had many faces. The borderless diversity of this country is perfectly illustrated in this India photography showcase Cruzine has prepared for you.

Source: Cruzine.com

Mumbai Rains - Feel of Drops by Sumeet Soni

The Bombay Train Song by John Matthews

He hangs on dangling handholds
As the train sways and careens
Endless nondescript buildings unfold
Their secrets as the tired warrior returns.

The day is over the night falls
Thickly through the barricaded windows
The man’s sleepy head lolls
On his shoulder in a dream disturbed.

The days are a hard white collar brawl
The sleepless night stretches ahead
There’s no space for a fly to crawl
The morning paper is still unread.

You who sleep standing
Don’t drool on his shirt
It will cost him a lot of spending
If you pour on him all your dirt.

Plastic bags, umbrellas, Tiffin
The rack is full and the seats overflow
What is that smell Peter Griffin?
Is it the Sewri sewers overflowing?

Beware of pickers of pockets
Who surround and slash with knife
Careful of your arm’s sockets
Lest they dislocate and misery make life.

Welcome to Bombay’s bustling trains
Hold on fast as if you are insane!

Ducati Diavel

Jain Temple in Palitana - Image title "Sea of Temples"

Palitana is a city in Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, India. It is located 50 km southwest of Bhavnagar city and is a major pilgrimage centre for Jains.

The Palitana temples are considered the most sacred pilgrimage place (tirtha) by the Jain community, and is the world’s largest Temple Complex. There are more than 3000 temples located on the Shatrunjaya hills, exquisitely carved in marble. The main temple on top of the hill, is dedicated to 1st tirthankar lord Adinath (Rishabdeva). On the top the Shatrunjai Hill is a cluster of Jain temples, built by generations of Jains over a period of 900 years, from the 11th century onwards. The temples are managed by the Anandji Kalyanji Trust of the Kasturbai Lalbhai group. From the foot of the hill to the top there are 3,800 and odd stone steps cut to facilitate climbing.

Learn More about Jain Temples in Palitana

Photo by Prayash Giria

Architecture Student / Photography Enthusiast / Esoteric Idiot

Currently a final year collegiate, loves to travel and click, and has deep interests in anything off-centre – from Bjork to Tibetan Cosmology. Available for anything between appreciation and a million dollars. View his portfolio at 500px.com

St Ermins Hotel London

For anyone planning a vacation, travel website TripAdvisor ‘s customer-written hotel reviews can be a valuable resource.

But another group has also started paying close attention to what TripAdvisor’s reviewers have to say–the owners and management teams that run hotel properties.

In the case of one ailing hotel in Central London, the website’s honest insights turned out to be an essential tool for management to assess the property and improve the customer experience.

Even before buying the antiquated St. Ermin’s Hotel in the St. James Park section of Central London in May 2010, real estate developer Amerimar Enterprises paid close attention to the hotel’s TripAdvisor reviews.

Read Full Story at BusinessInsider.com

Colors of Bhangra by Karhick Ramachandran

Bhangra

Bhangra pronounced [pangra]) is a genre of dance-oriented popular music associated with Punjabi culture. It was developed in Britain in the 1980s by first and second generation immigrants from the Punjab region of Pakistan and India, drawing from music and song of the Punjab region as well as various Western musical styles.[1] It is seen by some in the West as an expression of South Asian culture as a whole.[2] Today, bhangra music exists in different forms and styles all over the globe.

Learn more about Bhangra

Photo by Karthick Ramachandran

A wanderlust, photography is my passion! I get excited by landscapes specifically, even though my interests are not limited to that. I believe that the beauty in us is reflected in the subjects we see..

Somebody once asked me, why do I take photographs? I had never before thought about the “why” part. But then I figured out the answer was very simple, I click because, I love to!

See portoflio at http://karthick.500px.com/

Gully Cricket by Prashany Mahato

Various forms of cricket exist and the sport may broadly be divided between major and minor versions. Major cricket includes several variations in which top-class players have taken part such as Test cricket, first-class cricket, single wicket, limited overs cricket and Twenty20.

One of the popular version I grew up playing on the Mumbai Streets was Gully Cricket.

About Gully Cricket

In India and Pakistan, there is Gali cricket (‘gali’ in Hindi means ‘street’. It is pronounced as ‘gully’ but should not be confused with the fielding position). Often, there are no teams, and each player plays for himself, and fields when he is not batting. Often, there is one wicket, and one bowling position, and no overs. If the batsman runs an odd number of runs, he is allowed to walk back to the wicket before the next ball is bowled.

Learn more about Cricket

Photo by Proshanto Mahato

Proshonto Mahato is a photographer from Kolkata, WB in India. You can some of his work at 500px.com

Portfolio: http://500px.com/Proshantomahato

Flickr: sincity58

Camera: Canon 500D

Lenses: 18-55mm

Mumbai Dabawalla by Tejas Kudtarkar

About Mumbai Dabawalla’s
A dabbawala (Marathi: डबेवाला); also spelled as dabbawalla or dabbawallah; literally meaning (“box person”), is a person in India, most commonly found in the city of Mumbai, who is employed in a unique service industry whose primary business is collecting the freshly cooked food in lunch boxes from the residences of the office workers (mostly in the suburbs), delivering it to their respective workplaces and returning the empty boxes back to the customer’s residence by using various modes of transport. “Tiffin” is an old-fashioned English word for a light lunch or afternoon snack, and sometimes for the box it is carried in. For this reason, the dabbawalas are sometimes called Tiffin Wallahs.

Quick Facts about Mumbai Dabbawalla:

• Became world renowned as a six sigma organization and studied by Harvard University. (Six sigma means less than 3.4 defects to a million opportunities.)
• No marketing needed as they serve the genuine need of the people.
• The boxes are color coded to ensure the code can be understood even by illiterate people.
• Employee Owned. All Dabawalla’s are shareholders of the system.
• They have zero fuel, zero modern technology, zero investment, zero disputes, six nine (99.9999%) performance, and 100 percent customer satisfaction.
• They must wear white cap in business hours, must report to duty on time, respect customers, and carry identification cards

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About the Artist – Tejas Kudtarkar

Currently Working as an Assistant under Hari Mahidhar Photography. Assisted at various Industrial Shoots like Larsen & Toubro, Bayer Cropscience etc. Photography has been in my blood right from my great grandfather to my grandfather to my dad.As a child, I always wanted to learn to use the SLR. I went through a lot to prove why I deserved a DSLR. I believe, It takes A LOT to get a Perfect picture. Something more than just that one click. My photography is all about emotions. I see things in a different way and My Images are my expressions. It doesn’t matter if someone hates my picture because I clicked that picture just for myself. In near future, I wish to be known for my Images.

View Tejas’s Profile at 500px.com

Kawasaki’s viewpoint is not one shared by the majority of venture capitalists. Kawasaki sees the best candidates for a successful start-up are young engineers with no business experience.

About Guy Kawasaki
Guy Kawasaki is a founder and Managing Director of Garage Technology Ventures. Prior to this position, he was an Apple Fellow at Apple Computer, Inc. and sits on the board of BitPass Inc. A noted speaker and the founder of various personal computer companies, Guy was one of the individuals responsible for the success of the Macintosh computer. He is also the author of eight books including Rules for Revolutionaries, How to Drive Your Competition Crazy, Selling the Dream, and The Macintosh Way. Guy holds a B.A. from Stanford University and a M.B.A. from UCLA, as well as an honorary doctorate from Babson College.