Thursday 11 August 2011

Question - Domanda - प्रश्न

Hampi, Karnataka, India - S. Deepak, 2011
Hampi, Karnataka, India - S. Deepak, 2011
Hampi, Karnataka, India - S. Deepak, 2011
Karnataka, India: Today's images have people working near the ruins of Hampi. If you stop and think, even small things tell stories of changing times. Like the colourful water pots on the heads of two women. Even in the train journey, there were no earthen glasses for the tea, it came in plastic glasses. So what happened to those persons who used to make earthen pots and glasses?

कर्णाटक, भारतः आज की तस्वीरों में हम्पी के भग्नावशेषों में वहाँ काम करने वाले लोग हैं. अगर सोचो तो छोटी छोटी बातें बदलते समय की कहानियाँ सुनाती है. जैसे के दो औरतों के सिरों पर प्लास्टिक के मटके. रेल यात्रा में चाय भी मिट्टी के कुल्हड़ में नहीं बल्कि प्लास्टिक के गिलास में मिली थी. तो उन लोगों को क्या हुआ जो मिट्टी के कुल्हड़ और मटके बनाते थे?

Karnataka, India: Le immagini di oggi sono delle persone che lavorano nei pressi delle rovine di Hampi. Se vi fermate per pensare per un attimo, piccole cose raccontano i cambiamenti portati dal tempo. Come i vasi d'acqua di plastica sulle teste delle due donne. Anche durante il viaggio nel treno, non davano più il tè nei bicchieri di terra, ma li davano nei bicchieri di plastica. Allora cosa è successo alle persone che fabbricavano i vasi e i bicchieri di terra?

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6 comments:

  1. Nice captures.. Yes, a lot has been changed.. and for the earthen pots and glasses, I don't think we can find them anywhere now.. I remember Laloo prasad yadav had brought a rule when he was a railway minister - to serve tea/coffee in earthern pots and glasses.. which was a nice move.. as a matter of fact, I saw them lying in shops in the racks of shop outlests then.. but they were never used..

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  2. ah! these photos indeed have a story to tell...and tea doesn't taste that great in plastic. i do not like it :|

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  3. जो लोग मिटटी के कुल्हड़ बनाते थे - आज प्लास्टिक कप बनाने वाली फेक्टरी में काम कर रहे है..... वहाँ कारीगर थे - यहाँ हेल्पर हैं... वहाँ प्रयावरण बचा रहे थे.... यहाँ ...

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  4. Sunil,

    Nice pictures. You have been traveling. :))

    With time, people and tradition change and I accept that. But in this case plastic cups need to disappear with the way Global Warming is going.

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  5. Good shots. Times are changing so also the pots and cups. Latest to enter is thermocole cups & glasses.

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  6. Thanks to all of you.

    The environmental issue is very important, at the same time, there is need to think of preserving and supporting ancient skills like that of village pottery.

    Ayyangar ji, is thermocol more environment friendly compared to plastics? or is it cheaper? Or is there some other reason for this shift (ex. thermocol glasses with hot tea are easier to hold)?

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