When I first got to India I was very overwhelmed with the amount of stimulation all around. Nothing is every quiet or organized. I especially notice this when I am walking down the streets. There are motorcycles, bikes, and rickshaws weaving around, street vendors calling to me, and all sorts of animals. I realized that recently because there is so much to take in, I don't really process anything. It is impossible to get through a day if your heart breaks every time a child asks you for food or if you respond to each person who asks where you are from. I decided to take the 15 minute walk to yoga in the morning to try and absorb more of my surroundings. Not as many people are out, and the commotion level is a fifth of what it normally is. This creates the perfect environment for me to take time and really look at everything around and try to think about what kind of lives the people I see on the street are living. I have been taking photographs the past week as I walk to and from Yoga Mandir (at 6:45am) and I wanted to share them with everyone.
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| The townsquare (and sunrise) |
I live in Assi Ghat which essentially refers to the part of the river that the town and shops are behind. Ghats are stairs that lead down to the river bank and there are nearly 100 ghats in Varanasi. The picture on the right is of the townsquare in Assi Ghat. During elections last week a lot of political campaign speeches and voting was done in the town square. The rest of the pictures depict the street and field that I pass on my way to Yoga Mandir. It feels rude during the day to try and take pictures of the local people and where they live, so I tried to capture some of that when no one was really awake.
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| Little houses where people live along the street. |
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| Some other houses in the field. |
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Some water buffalo who live in the field near Yoga Mandir.
During the day women use their waste to make cow pies
for burning. |
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| All of the rickshaws before their drivers pick them up. |
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The family that lives across from Yoga Mandir
with their adorable puppies |
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| Yoga Mandir |
When I first got to India I was very overwhelmed with the amount of stimulation all around. Nothing is every quiet or organized. I especially notice this when I am walking down the streets. There are motorcycles, bikes, and rickshaws weaving around, street vendors calling to me, and all sorts of animals. I realized that recently because there is so much to take in, I don't really process anything. It is impossible to get through a day if your heart breaks every time a child asks you for food or if you respond to each person who asks where you are from. I decided to take the 15 minute walk to yoga in the morning to try and absorb more of my surroundings. Not as many people are out, and the commotion level is a fifth of what it normally is. This creates the perfect environment for me to take time and really look at everything around and try to think about what kind of lives the people I see on the street are living. I have been taking photographs the past week as I walk to and from Yoga Mandir (at 6:45am) and I wanted to share them with everyone.
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