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The Homeless, Rural India and COP15
© Penelope Gan – All Rights Reserved – Ghoom, West Bengal, INDIA
While much of the press at COP15 were focused on the leaked draft, disarray climate talks that threatens international unity to fight global warming and speculations on India and China’s move, in tandem with ‘analysis’ (opinion pieces really) of both nations, the reality on [...]
BRO – Swastik
© Penelope Gan – All Rights Reserved – Gangtok-Nathu La Pass, Sikkim, INDIA stretch
“Inconvenience is Regretted, BRO.” And many other signs such as this appear as I was traveling along the Gangtok-Nathu La Pass – 54km east of the Sikkimese capital, Gangtok and 430km from the capital of the Tibetan Autonomous Region, Lhasa. For [...]
Hashish Children of Kullu
© Penelope Gan – All Rights Reserved – Naggar, Kullu Valley, Himachal Pradesh, INDIA
Set against picturesque backdrops of high mountain passes, the gushing Beas River, lush apple orchards, bucolic alpine meadows and glacier, in Himachal Pradesh lies secluded hamlets infamous for its world class charas (Hindi for hashish).
Grown wild, traditionally the locals use the hemp [...]
Chandi Chowk: Chaos . Cargo . Coolies
© Penelope Gan – All Rights Reserved – Chandi Chowk, Delhi, INDIA
The nerve centre of commercial activity that dates back to the time of Shah Jahan’s Mughal empire, Chandi Chowk’s chocked up narrow lanes never ceases to fascinate.
Despite what appears to be a chaotic sight at first glance; the sea of people, knots of dangerously [...]
Addressing India’s School Dropouts
© Penelope Gan – All Rights Reserved – Manali, Himachal Pradesh, INDIA
Despite the success of a few world class schools such as the Indian Institute of Technology, India’s education system is in a dismal state overall. Spending just 3.5% of its gross domestic product on education, of its 1 million schools, most are state-run and [...]
Women Weavers: Kully Valley
© Penelope Gan – All Rights Reserved – Old Manali, Himachal Pradesh, INDIA
What appears to be distinctively distracting as you drive down the lovely and pristine road connecting Kullu and Manali with the roaring Beas river flowing pass and alpine landscape soaring way way above the skyline, are countless of shops selling mufflers, stoles and shawls, [...]