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Kjartan Ivar Paulsen  

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Journal Entry: Sun May 18, 2008, 1:22 AM
  • Mood: Disbelief
  • Listening to: Punjabi
  • Reading: Into the wild
  • Watching: Sholay (Bollywood)
  • Eating: Masala Dosa
  • Drinking: King Fisher
Be prepared to feel small, filthy rich and the number one target for scams and beggars. That was the advices I got before travelling to India to work. I'm about half through my stay here and I agree on every word... However it's not all that bad! After a few thousands dismissals of people who wants to use you, I feel quite polite in rejecting people swiftly. Sounds like a bad thing, but it's a mere necessity in a country where the population in Delhi alone outnumbers my own country 3 times over and the brink of poverty is the normal situation.

Work is of course filling up most of my days, but I have had the chance to see the "golden triangle" Delhi, Agra and Jaipur. Overwhelmed by impressions I will let my photos speak of them soon when I have time to go through them. I'm also planning to take a few more outings in the weekends to see more of the real India apart from the typical tourist destinations I have already visited.

UPDATE



Jaipur, in the heart of Rajastan, is considered to be a very safe tourist destination apart from the normal density of pickpockets you can find at any tourist destination. Tuesday 13.05.2008 it was severely hit by a devestating terrorist attack. Ten bicycle bombs was carefully timed and mounted to achieve highest possible damage on soft targets. The locations chosen where all within the walls of the Pink City, the very image of Jaipur, extremely crowded and filled with streetshops in abundance outlining the streets. The sequence of the powerful bicycle bombs packed with metal pellets caused the death of 60 people and injured 150 more. The population of this area is quite evenly distributed between Muslim and Hindu and it is believed that the blasts was an attempt to cause a divide between the fractions. However the ties and respect between Hindu and Muslim cultures in Jaipur seems to be very strong and together they form a strong opposition against this senseless attack.

Source: The Times of India, Bangalore.

There certainly is hope when the aftermath of such horrible terrible acts shows a unity between the people it was supposed to divide. Still I can't stop wonder if any of the people I watched and exchanged a few words with only 9 days earlier where hit.



Devious Information

  • Current Age: 27
  • Current Residence: Oslo, Norway
  • Interests: Photography, scuba diving, sailing, beach volleyball
  • Favourite band or musician: In Flames
  • Favourite genre of music: Just about anything '_'
  • Favourite photographer: Impossible to pick one...
  • Operating System: Windows XP and Debian Linux
  • MP3 player of choice: Winamp
  • Wallpaper of choice: own
  • Favourite gaming platform: NES 8bit, Wii
  • Favourite cartoon character: Kenshin
  • Tools of the Trade: Nikon D50, Nikkor 80-200mm, Nikkor 12-24mm, 18-55mm, 50mm, Digitex 0.5x wa. +macro, Hoya R72, NDx400

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=Kvikken:iconKvikken: Apr 13, 2008, 1:54:09 PM
Tusen takk for favoritten :aww:
=Konijntje:iconKonijntje: Apr 13, 2008, 6:20:06 AM
Heya! Thanks so much! :aww:

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~Lucsija:iconLucsija: Jan 12, 2008, 7:06:17 AM
Hei! Thank you for the :+fav: dear! I
like watching your photos! :D

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=sdream93:iconsdream93: Jan 11, 2008, 1:41:49 PM Mood: Joy
Your photography is amazing...I could have favorited the whole thing! Would like to see your avatar larger, too.
Keep up the great work!
=Photo-Witch:iconPhoto-Witch: Jan 4, 2008, 5:27:24 PM
Thanks for the fav :glomp: :blowkiss:

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~NoirClair:iconNoirClair: Dec 25, 2007, 12:59:01 AM
Hello))
I like yr works, I found them interesting =)
So if u want, we can comment each other and become friends =)
Just go on link bellow =)
Have nice winter holidays =)

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=mercyop:iconmercyop: Nov 25, 2007, 1:44:58 PM
Thank you! I love to travel, just wish I had time to do it more often.

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~glutton:iconglutton: Nov 21, 2007, 8:23:01 AM
you have a lovely gallery
and obviosly travel alot
:)
~yoxx:iconyoxx: Aug 6, 2007, 6:28:02 PM
glad to see you back... :boogie:

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~ZamoraPhotography:iconZamoraPhotography: May 2, 2007, 1:48:27 PM Mood: Joy
Thanks! Your pics are awesome, I especially like the tree. :headbang:
~matsi:iconmatsi: Apr 23, 2007, 1:47:23 PM
Takk for favoritten :)

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~AwakenendByDreams:iconAwakenendByDreams: Apr 19, 2007, 7:28:28 PM
Thank You So much for the fav on
Two White Flowers
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=mercyop:iconmercyop: Mar 17, 2007, 2:12:12 PM
That's just flattery, I've seen loads of photographers here much more skilled than myself. Thanks anyway! :)

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~FlameFaerie:iconFlameFaerie: Mar 11, 2007, 6:54:23 AM
i think you are possibly one of the best photographers i've ever come across :D

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~twilibird:icontwilibird: Mar 9, 2007, 8:44:37 PM
your welcome!:dance:

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~rina-mf:iconrina-mf: Mar 8, 2007, 2:16:55 PM
bare hyggelig, og selv takk!
samme her, det har jeg og lyst til å prøve meg mer på. veldig annerledes å ha en levende modell enn bare en ting, mye mer spennende og mye å lære. :]
=mercyop:iconmercyop: Mar 8, 2007, 1:43:16 PM
Tusen takk! Du har mange flotte foto selv! Portrett foto er noe jeg selv har lyst å prøve meg mer på fremover, der har jeg mye å lære :)

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=mercyop:iconmercyop: Mar 8, 2007, 1:35:06 PM
:beer:

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=mercyop:iconmercyop: Mar 8, 2007, 1:34:47 PM
Nice of you to say, thank you!

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=mercyop:iconmercyop: Mar 8, 2007, 1:34:01 PM
Thank you!

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