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People I've Met
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They may be people who've actively engaged me, or people who have helped me, or simply people who are photogenic |
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It's 5:00 in the morning, in the train station in Agra As I strolled the platform, the eyes of this whole family tracked me |
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They had some trappings of a poor family, but omigod, such bright-eyed kids Just look... |
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Even Papa was exceptionally engaging and receptive to my presence |
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My bus driver from Pushkar to Agra |
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Banu and Asha, two sisters who sell textiles from a small street cart in Mamallapuram I greeted them every day for two weeks |
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Lakshmi, a friend in Mamallapuram |
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Riding the public ferry in the backwaters of Kerala, I met Jithin What a handsome young man! |
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He wants to be a doctor |
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| I was having dinner in Viva Panjim, a wonderful restaurant in Panjim, Goa, watching this married couple converse animatedly between themselves | |
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I was so enchanted with their interchange (in a language I didn't understand) that I approached them, and spent the rest of a delightful dinner with Elisio and Helga All with wonderful Portuguese wine |
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| Don't let Elisio's bored look fool you; he's an ardent conversationalist | |
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I chatted merrily with Suhan and his mother, on the train from Mangalore to Goa |
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When riding Indian trains, I step off the train at every station I can--even if the stop is for only five minutes And usually I have an immediate audience of fascinated viewers
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| See that little guy staring a hole through me? I couldn't get a reaction from him no matter what I did--smile, wave, a bit of clowning | |
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But when I was back in my seat and the train started
moving, I waved goodbye to him, and he waved back
Then as he was out of sight of my window I went back and stood in the door, leaning out and both of us kept waving like crazy, until he was almost out of sight, and he was finally jumping up and down and still waving! |
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Usha operates a small convenience store in Mamallapuram Her husband is hospitalized with diabetes |
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Manju, Katie, and Tom Manju and her husband founded Guria, an organization in Varanasi that works to stop sex trafficking and educates children of prostitutes Katie is an intern, Tom is a volunteer from Ireland They do good work! |
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