Conversations

Rutva: Helmet aisa hona chahiye ki scarf bhi nahi bandhna chahiye..goggles bhi nahi pehanna pade..baal ko nuksaan na kare..safety bhi ho.

(A helmet should be such that I don’t need to tie a scarf or wear googles, my hairstyle should stay intact and there should be safety as well)

Me: aap bahut difficult kar rake hain mera kaam

(you are making my work difficult)

All laughing

One of them: I can understand..

Nrupa: Ek helmet mein 3 log adjust kar sake waisa..

(There should be a helmet which can be ‘adjusted’ to fit 3 sizes)

I’ll leave this post open to interpretation!

In print :) :)

Bike India Sept 08

In print :)

Contributed a small article in the August issue of Bike India magazine.

In Bangalore

On the Road Video -2

Near Sardar Bridge, Paldi, Ahmedabad

Outside School

Diwan Ballubhai School, Paldi, Ahmedabad

Sari clad women picking up their children from school.

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This blog needs a update!

Ban the Sun

VS Hospital Road, Ahmedabad

Finally found a lady who was using a sun coat! yay! Apparently its very popular in Nagpur.

Passing Thought

Near V.S Hospital, Ahmedabad

The kid looks no less a dude! Cute.

Not a very clear picture.

All that ado!

Near V.S Hospital, Paldi, Ahmedabad

The two groups of women who definitely chose to look like this :

- College going girls

- Working women

Probably because they feel the social pressure to look good.

Funny, how on one of my conversations with a married woman, she said ” Working women ya college ki ladkiya hi dupatta lekar face cover karti hain, married women ko zaroorat nahi hai ” (Working women and college going girls cover their faces with the dupatta, married women do not need it)

I would like to interpret it as :

-Married women, make shorter trips, to places closer to their homes like the vegetable market (so might not need to cover their face)

- Have the choice of avoiding going out in the sun in the afternoons.

- Or simply, now that she is married, she does not need to take care of the way she ‘looks’! HA-HA!