Last day in Delhi to see Humayun...

           Once again, I successfully followed the “ tourist to India” edict handed down to me by a very wise old Punjabi hotel manager: ‘he who arrives early, avoids the crowds” and so it was that I arrived early at Humayun’s Tomb—constructed in 1650 by Emperor Humayun’s widow –well not exactly by the widow lady herself, but by her army of retainers, to mark her husband’s sad passing. It is said to mark the high point of  Mughal architecture style and be second only in perfection to the Taj Mahal at Agra. The Humayun group of monuments were the first to introduce the Persian design attributes into India.

Shot from a foot deep water conduit...

          A UN World Heritage location, Humayun’s Tomb was selected for viewing by President Obama during his recent visit. The structure seems to be currently receiving some belated restorative attention, after having been last rescued by the colonial power in 1910, but since that time experienced serious neglect. The structure, given its magnificent attributes, offered me some delightful opportunities (within the limitations of my Lumix point & shoot), to try and incorporate some of the photo techniques and ideas that I have been studying the past 6 months prior to this trip.

Issue: Indian ladies widely believe that a fair/light skin makes them more attractive. Scrolling through the 500 TV channel universe on offer in hotel rooms, one has to notice that every second advert depicts a Bollywood bimbo beauty extolling the advantages of some expensive chemical skin lightener concoction. Read that the government is going to pass legislation to attempt to limit this (ridiculous) beauty product category.