If you have ever been in India and rode in a rickshaw this will be the best clip EVER!
Monday, February 21, 2011
Henna...the next day
Micaela got her Henna done the same day but in the evening...
Here are both our feet.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Henna by Manjula
first I got my legs done..
some detail
my hands and arm
Marina got some henna done as well in very "unique" places...
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Air pollution in India
When we came out of the airport in Bangalore, the first thing I noticed was the really poor air quality. The air feels thick, dirty and hard to breath.
We noticed quickly that there are a lot of fires everywhere and the smoke coming out of the exhausting pipes of the rickshaws is mostly black and brown.
you can always see the hazy smog over the city...
Indian cities are polluted by vehicles and industry emissions. Road dust due to vehicles also contributing up to 33% of air pollution. In cities like Bangalore, around 50% of children suffer from asthma. India has emission standard of Bharat Stage II (Euro II) for vehicles since 2005.
One of the biggest causes of air pollution in India is from the transport system. Hundreds of millions of old diesel engines continuously burning away diesel which has anything between 150 to 190 times the amount of sulphur out European diesel has. Of course the biggest problems are in the big cities where there are huge concentrations of these vehicles. On the positive side, the government appears to have noticed this massive problem and the associated health risks for its people and is slowly but surely taking steps. The first of which was in 2001 when it ruled that its entire public transport system, excluding the trains, be converted from diesel to compressed gas (CPG). Electric rickshaws are being designed and will be subsidised by the government but the supposed ban on the cycle rickshaws in Delhi will require a huge increase on the reliance of other methods of transport, mainly those with engines.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_issues_in_India#Air_pollution
http://www.gits4u.com/health/asthma.htm
"Asthma cause more deaths in India than in any other country."
walking up Chamundi Hills we saw the brown cloud over Mysore evry well.
http://www.indiastudychannel.com/forum/30561-Most-polluted-city.aspx
The rapid growing population and economic development is leading to a number of environmental issues in India because of the uncontrolled growth of urbanization and industrialization, expansion and massive intensification of agriculture, and the destruction of forests.
Major environmental issues are Forest and Agricultural land degradation, Resource depletion (water, mineral, forest, sand, rocks etc.,), Environmental degradation, Public Health, Loss of Biodiversity,Loss of resilience in ecosystems, Livelihood Security for the Poor.
It is estimated that the country’s population will increase to about 1.26 billion by the year 2016. The projected population indicates that India will be the first most populous country in the world and China will be ranking second in the year 2050.[2] India having 18% of the world's population on 2.4% of world's total area has greatly increased the pressure on its natural resources. Water shortages, soil exhaustion and erosion, deforestation, air and water pollution afflicts many areas.
India's water supply and sanitation issues are related to many environmental issues.
We noticed quickly that there are a lot of fires everywhere and the smoke coming out of the exhausting pipes of the rickshaws is mostly black and brown.
One of the biggest causes of air pollution in India is from the transport system. Hundreds of millions of old diesel engines continuously burning away diesel which has anything between 150 to 190 times the amount of sulphur out European diesel has. Of course the biggest problems are in the big cities where there are huge concentrations of these vehicles. On the positive side, the government appears to have noticed this massive problem and the associated health risks for its people and is slowly but surely taking steps. The first of which was in 2001 when it ruled that its entire public transport system, excluding the trains, be converted from diesel to compressed gas (CPG). Electric rickshaws are being designed and will be subsidised by the government but the supposed ban on the cycle rickshaws in Delhi will require a huge increase on the reliance of other methods of transport, mainly those with engines.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_issues_in_India#Air_pollution
http://www.gits4u.com/health/asthma.htm
"Asthma cause more deaths in India than in any other country."
The rapid growing population and economic development is leading to a number of environmental issues in India because of the uncontrolled growth of urbanization and industrialization, expansion and massive intensification of agriculture, and the destruction of forests.
Major environmental issues are Forest and Agricultural land degradation, Resource depletion (water, mineral, forest, sand, rocks etc.,), Environmental degradation, Public Health, Loss of Biodiversity,Loss of resilience in ecosystems, Livelihood Security for the Poor.
It is estimated that the country’s population will increase to about 1.26 billion by the year 2016. The projected population indicates that India will be the first most populous country in the world and China will be ranking second in the year 2050.[2] India having 18% of the world's population on 2.4% of world's total area has greatly increased the pressure on its natural resources. Water shortages, soil exhaustion and erosion, deforestation, air and water pollution afflicts many areas.
India's water supply and sanitation issues are related to many environmental issues.
Friday, February 18, 2011
Hindu Temple in Belur
back down the hill...
Shravanabelagola Jain temple atop the Indragiri hills and on the way back down...
yes, he is NUDE!...he got rid of ALL his worldly processions, including his clothes...
one of the nude monks walking up the hill with some guys...
a group of temple visitors, applauding each of their group memebers as they are arriving from climbing up all those stairs.
and as usuall...a coconut
(picture taken for Melanie)
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