Snapshots: Uttar Pradesh

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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

let there be spaces

"But let there be spaces in your togetherness,
And let the winds of the heavens dance between you."
- The Prophet, Khalil Gibran

Monday, September 24, 2012

... never get on

"If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on."

~Lance Armstrong

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

might be wrong

“I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong.”

- Richard Feynman

Friday, April 27, 2012

X is for Unknown, also called Anonymous

"A strong woman isn't afraid of anything...
but a woman of strength shows courage in the midst of fear."

Anonymous

600,000 girls go missing in India every year- aborted before they are born; killed at childbirth; abandoned in infancy, allowed to die of mal-nourishment or lack of timely medical care.

As a part of A-Z Challenge, the blog will host a photograph of a woman who survived, along with a quote by a famous (or not so famous) woman.

Saturday, April 21, 2012

S is for Stowe, Harriet Beecher Stowe

"So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls, why doesn't somebody wake up to the beauty of old women?"

Harriet Beecher Stowe

600,000 girls go missing in India every year- aborted before they are born; killed at childbirth; abandoned in infancy, allowed to die of mal-nourishment or lack of timely medical care.

As a part of A-Z Challenge, the blog will host a photograph of a woman who survived, along with a quote by a famous (or not so famous) woman.

Monday, April 16, 2012

N is for Navratilova, Martina Navratilova

"Labels are for filing. Labels are for clothing. Labels are not for people."

Martina Navratilova

600,000 girls go missing in India every year- aborted before they are born; killed at childbirth; abandoned in infancy, allowed to die of mal-nourishment or lack of timely medical care.

As a part of A-Z Challenge, the blog will host a photograph of a woman who survived, along with a quote by a famous (or not so famous) woman.

Friday, April 6, 2012

"In spite of everything I still believe that people are really
good at heart. I simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation
consisting of confusion, misery and death."
Anne Frank

600,000 girls go missing in India every year- aborted before they are born; killed at childbirth; abandoned in infancy, allowed to die of mal-nourishment or lack of timely medical care.

As a part of A-Z Challenge, the blog will host a photograph of a woman who survived, along with a quote by a famous (or not so famous) woman.

Thursday, March 29, 2012

A to Z blogging challenge

600,000 girls go missing in India every year- aborted before they are born; killed at childbirth; abandoned in infancy, allowed to die of mal-nourishment or lack of timely medical care.
I have been very erratic with my blogging this year, and was quite sure that I wouldn't be taking part in the A to Z blogging challenge in April. But then I decided to pay a tribute to the women who survived. Whatever the conditions they live in, they are Alive.

Shivpur, Uttar Pradesh

January 2011

Every day, during the month, the blog will host a photograph of a woman who survived, along with a quote by a famous (or not so famous) woman who's name begins with the letter of the alphabet.