Come winter, the beautiful azure lakes of Ladakh freeze over and turn white. This January, Tso Moriri Lake in Changthang Plateau had formed a thick layer of ice on the surface, and had buckled to its own pressure at places. The night-time temperatures probably hovered around 25 below zero, which made it a warmer than usual winter!
I visited this village with a small community of potters near Yangon. Their setups are fairly large for a potter – almost twice the size of an olympic size swimming pool. The process is typical – beat the clay, bring it to shape on a wheel, beat, burn and then paint. Here is a photograph of the burning process in a rather pleasing mix of outdoor light (on an overcast day) and the warm light of the fire.
Fort Kochi’s sea-face is more known for its Chinese Fishing Nets. But there is plenty of activity that goes on regularly around these nets. On the beach next to it, you usually sea fishermen throwing nets, standing on the shore. And near the the ferry station next to nets, motor-boats arrive with their catch of king-fish and squids that gets auctioned to a small gathering of buyers. The king-fish that this fisherman was holding was sold at Rs.800/kg.
