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An Ode to the Photographer

I never sought to be a photographer and nor do I have any intentions of being one. But what I always want to be is a true patron of those awesome photographers who have made a difference in the way you perceive your view on a particular subject. It has been quite some time now that, I have been browsing through the captures of some of the best known photographer of my region, and must I say, they are really doing a superb job. It has not been long since I started my life in the beautiful paradise of Assam, but in these 19 years of my life, I have been through some of the most spectacular views of the state. But you feel a difference, when you view something which has always been in front of your eyes and you have never really put any attention into it; but all of a sudden someone around you present it before you in much different perspective than what you think of it. Have you ever felt the difference of viewing something naked eye and the same through a lens? The differen...

The Psychologist Rickshaw Pullers

This is something interesting I observed about the rickshaw wallas of Delhi; they seem to have mastered the art of studying the body language and personality of their passengers. Also, they are the most well informed temporary residents of a particular locality;  temporary in the sense that they loiter around the area, ferrying customers only during day, while they reside somewhere else. The Wikipedia of an area: Rickshaw Pullers Just ask them anything you want know about the area, and you feel like surfing Wikipedia for the concerned area. Be it Examination centre or any other office, they might not be able to read the name written on the board, but can take you there via the shortest route, the moment you give them hint about it. But the most fascinating fact about these rickshaw pullers is that, the moment you alight from the Metro Station, a bunch of Rickshaw pullers gather around you shouting the most probable locations you wo...