Tuesday, January 20, 2009

More pictures

Okay, we are about 5 minutes from the beginning of inaugural coverage, but here are the latest pictures. They are in sort of reverse order (from bottom to top is chronologically correct). Hope you can make sense of them!

Gandhi's memorial.
The view from our window in Delhi.
The main street where our hostel in Delhi is.
Josh at the very foggy, cold, early morning Taj Mahal. A goofy morning.
Villagers in one of the surrounding villages outside of Auroville.
This is Swadhin and his wife and child. He was our fantastic host who lived outside Auroville and was planning to move and live in Auroville, as an Aurovillian, in the next couple years.
This is an image of the inside of the Maitri Mandir (main meditation hall) in the center of Auroville (see gold orb picture below)
Three sweet villagers in one of the surrounding little villages outside Auroville proper. Man on right....there's something about him.
This is a house in one of the little neighborhoods of Auroville. People approved for residence in Auroville design and build their own house using the local Auroville building business--also a way to keep the economy funnelling and cycling through Auroville.
This is the Maitri Mandir, or main meditation hall in the center of Auroville. You have to book an entrance time if you're not a resident of Auroville, which Josh and I failed to do, so we never made it in. But the pictures and diagrams of the inside are...awesome I guess is the only way to describe it.
This is Josh in front of Upasana. This is a business that employs local Indian villagers to make and design clothes and bags (various textiles). It's headed by a friend of Shim's and is run out of Auroville.
These little businesses are all over Auroville.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

This looks/sounds incredible. Loving the blog. Don't forget to have Josh take pictures of you! We want to see you too!

Love you

Unknown said...

Very fine photographs indeed...

Loving this, along with the PBS series "The Story of India"...

Anonymous said...

Hi Tobin - Jan Koutsky here. I am enjoying your blog. I just started ready "Inspite of the Gods - the Rise of Modern India" by Edward Luce. The book starts off in Auroville - so I was particularly interested in reading about it in your blog. Also enjoying your references to Kirishnamurti as I recall reading quite a bit myself. I wish you the BEST!! If you opt to head towards Sikkim, please let us know. I have some Tibetan rugs made there for my artwork. Stay as long as you possibly can!! - Jan

Unknown said...

Hey Jan,

Watch it (teasing) with the open ended stay recommendations - some of us look forward to his coming back relatively soon. Don't mind if he goes again, just miss him and look forward to hearing about it in person...

Unknown said...

Hey Tobe and Josh. Haven't talked to you guys in a few days so I hope all is well. It is getting late here and I have a quiz at 8:30 am, so naturally I am looking through all your pics and catching up on your India adventures. Everything is pretty ordinary in good ol' B Ham. Bates had his 1st day of class 2 days ago. Apparently he saw one of his students at Dicks haha. Not quite sure where you are right now but I am sure the good times are still rolling and you guys are taking it all in. I agree with your father, as we would all like to see you soon...but I understand you guys need to ans SHOULD make the best of your trip. Sorry for the lengthy message and I look forward to seeing you soon. Also, should you move to Auroville and become mayor, can I visit and become deputy mayor? Also, on the news front, Blagojevitch got impeached today. A sad day for America indeed. Keep up the blogging and we miss and love you brotha. Peace and safe travels as always.

TheDunk said...

Tobe! I heard your staying until May, that's so exciting. So I read a BBC article the other day about how many indians are cutting their beards to conform to todays trends of a shaven face so I'm wondering if you could please take some pictures of the finest beards you can find. Take some pictures of the food too! I know you're probably having the best time ever so please just be safe and make smart choices. Love from Bham!

Unknown said...

What's this "staying 'til May" stuff? Inquiring minds want to know...

SP The Ghost said...

Hello gentlemen, hope you are well. The trip looks incredible. Take care of yourselves and keep these coming!

Pat