Snaps

Snap [snap]
Noun
A picture made using a camera, in which an image is focused onto film or other light-sensitive material and then made visible and permanent by chemical treatment.
“Snap”, as in:
Ugh! I look so fat in this snap!
Excuse me, could you please take a snap of me and my friend on this camel?
Oh Mr. Firth! Will you autograph your snap for me, please?


Market Day

Places to go, people to see, bangles to buy...


Calcutta's China Town

I saw my first chicken beheading here. So easy and quick. Chop and flick. ...Death that resembles flicking a glob of wax off your finger is very disconcerting.


Bicycle Rickshaw at Night

Heaven knows there are plenty of crowds during the day, but even more come out at night when the humidity lets up a bit. Precious bit.


Victoria Memorial

Calcutta was the seat of the British empire in India for its duration (until the last few years when they moved it to New Delhi). This memorial to Queen Victoria remains a popular local icon despite the nasty colonial history.