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Nepal : about Tharus and newcomers in Taraï region
In the southern plains of Nepal is living the Tharu tribe, the second largest ethnic community of the country. Two mysteries surround them : where they come from and how they came to be resistant to malaria. Some anthropologists speculate … Continue reading
In India, tribal languages are on the verge of extinction
In India, the state of Orissa is famous for its monuments, its beaches and its tribes. Unfortunately, tribal languages of Orissa are fast becoming extinct. While 62 tribal languages existed at the time of Independence ( in 1947), only 22 have … Continue reading
India : about female emancipation and family duties
Once, I heard a young woman from Delhi saying : ” One of my friends ( a woman too) has had sexual relations with 16 different boys within a year.” That’s something unconceivable, impossible for almost all the Indian women. … Continue reading
Posted in India, society
Tagged discrimination, family, female emancipation, inde, india, modern, photographie, photography, rich, rural, society, travel, upper class, urban, voyage, woman, women
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India : about water scarcity and miracles…
Water has become one of the most sought-after products of the 21° century. Because the Indian population is rising and lifestyles are changing, the stress on the water resources is growing. For the women living in rural India, getting a bucket of drinking … Continue reading
Posted in environmentalism, India
Tagged city, desert, domestic chore, dress, hard life, inde, india, indian, indira gandhi, indira gandhi canal, irrigation, jaisalmer, muslim, nature, overpopulation, photographie, photography, problem, rajasthan, scarcity, sindhi, thar, town, tradition, travel, urbanization, village, voyage, water, woman, work
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What Gandhi said : take from the nature what is needed and no more
“The incessant search for material comforts and their multiplication is an evil. I make bold to say that the Europeans will have to remodel their outlook, if they do not want to perish under the weight of the comforts to which they … Continue reading
Posted in environmentalism, India, religion
Tagged cosmetics, ecology, environment, environmentalism, environmentalist, field, gandhi, globalization, green, henna, hindu, hinduism, image, inde, india, indian, mahatma gandhi, nationalism, nature, philosophy, photographie, photography, politics, rajasthan, simple life, swaraj, village, waste, woman, women at work, working, working conditions
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India : where women are married to young boys…
Through most of the day, Usmail carries sandstone slabs at a quarry in the Thar desert ( Rajasthan, India). It’s a back-breaking work under the unforgiving sun and anybody would be happy to return home when the day’s work is … Continue reading
India : on snakes, cosmetics and evil spirits
Sapera are one of the many gypsy communities living in India. In a recent past, they used to wander in the western state of Rajasthan where they are still considered as untouchables by the indian mainstream because of their way of … Continue reading
Posted in India, tradition
Tagged ayurveda, beauty, caste, cobra, cosmetic, culture, dance, dancer, desert, eye, eyeliner, gipsy, girl, gypsy, health, hindu, inde, india, indian, kajal, kalbeliya, kalbelya, khol, nomad, rajasthan, sapera, snake, superstition, thar, tradition, untouchable, woman
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India : where husbands rent out their wives
A shortage of eligible single women in western India has prompted some poverty-stricken husbands to rent out their wives to other men on a monthly rate. An husband allowed his wife ( she is a farm labourer and mother of … Continue reading
Posted in Amazing and shocking, India, society
Tagged discrimination, gender inequality, gender rights, girl, inde, india, indian, market, photographie, photography, poverty, rajasthan, rent, reportage, sex, travel, voyage, woman
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India : Mira Baï, a mystical princess who renunced everything to live her passion
Mira Baï, a 16° century princess, is still famous for the numerous hymns she wrote, all in praise of Krishna, the god of love, one of the main hindu gods. Her poems are still sung in northern India, and in … Continue reading
Posted in art, history, India, religion, spirituality
Tagged art, artist, culture, girl, hindu, hinduism, inde, india, indian, krishna, litterature, marriage, mira baï, mystic, mysticism, philosophy, photographie, photography, poetry, rajasthan, rajput, religion, travel, voyage, wedding, woman, women
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India : Where women used to burn themselves alive…
In the medieval times, “jauhar” was a collective suicide, women belonging to the Rajput clans did ( Rajput are the princes and warriors class in the Indian state of Rajasthan) to protect their code of honour, of duty and of … Continue reading
Posted in Amazing and shocking, history, India, society, tradition
Tagged atrocities, condition, crime, culture, death, empowerment, history, inde, india, indian, jauhar, johar, murder, photographie, photography, rajasthan, rajput, reportage, rites, ritual, sati, tradition, travel, voyage, woman
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