India Exhibit: NAMASTE INDIA
NAMASTE INDIA ! 23 Images
Show: CSUS Student Union Java City Cafe
Date: March 19 thorugh September 1, 2007
India has an incredibly rich and diverse artistic and cultural heritage. On both of my recent visits, I found it to be an intense place that assaults all of your senses. The incredible ancient monuments such as the Jain temples (Ranakpur, Belur, Halebid, Mahabalipuram, Fatehpur Sikri, Khajuraho,) the unforgettable grand forts (Jaisalmer, Jaipur, Jodhpur) the exotic beauty of the Rajasthani desert, the pastoral landscapes of Riwari, the magical backwaters of Kerala, the mystical beauty of the Ganges and Varanasi, the mysterious festivals - all invite those with a love for culture and a desire for adventure. India provided an intense experience that I will never forget. However, given all of the above, it was again the people who left the greatest impression on me. By sharing in their lives, even if for just brief moments, I become more in tune with my own world. My vision changes - forever.
India is wonderful, exotic, depressing, vigorous, frustrating, mind blowing, seductive - sometimes all at the same time. If you have patience, endurance, a penchant for adventure, and a desire (or at least a willingness) to deal with the unexpected - you will love India - as I did.
Jana Shober
“She was like some ancient palimpsest on which layer upon layer of thought and reverie had been inscribed, and yet no succeeding layer had completely hidden or erased what had been written previously. All of these existed in our conscious or subconscious selves, though we may not have been aware of them, and they had gone to build up the complex and mysterious personality of India………”
---Jawaharlal Nehru |
Album by Jana Shober. Photos by Jana E. Shober. 1 - 22 of 22 Total. |
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