Scenes from India

Visiting neighboring and other countries.

Saying: Jump out from one’s own ‘frog’s well’ (pharr yea twinn) and see the ‘world.’ Broaden your horizons! Cultivate an international outlook.

Scenes from India – The Big Picture – Boston.com

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/09/scenes_from_india.html

Sep 28, 2008

India is home to over 1.2 billion people of wildly varying religions, cultures and levels of wealth. Only 61 years since declaring its Independence from English rule, modern India is still defining itself, sometimes against the friction inside and outside of its borders. Recent newsworthy events in India include vast Monsoon flooding, conflicts in still-disputed Kashmir, and religious clashes between Hindus and Christians – and celebrations conducted by Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Sikh and more. Though there’s no possible way for these images to be comprehensive, here are some recent photos of scenes in India. (34 photos total)