One in a Billion Vox 2008-12-31T01:21:25Z Noah Cohen-Cline http://naan-sequitur.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00e398afc00f0004/ Noah's blog. The postings on this site are my own and do not necessarily represent the positions, strategies or opinions of the All India Disaster Mitigation Institute or the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. Ahmedabad in Photos tag:vox.com,2008-10-11:asset-6a00e398afc00f000400fae8e5d577000b 2008-10-11T11:52:14Z 2008-12-31T01:21:25Z Noah Cohen-Cline http://naan-sequitur.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Indians take great pride in the beauty of their women. Members of the Self Employed Women's Association, one of India's largest NGOs. In a village outside of Ahmedabad. Seventy percent of India's population lives in its villages. Colors of India Slums line the Sabarmati River, which divides East and West Ahmedabad. Meridien is a five star hotel The city clears slums to develop the riverfront, but residents resettle as construction stagnates. "Teen Darwaza"--Triple Gate--a remaining piece of the Old City walls. Five minutes to curtains at the Ahmedabad synagogue's Purim play (written and directed by myself). Women of Ahmedabad's Jewish community making the Passover "wine". At the Pesach Seder: Leon, Josh, mutton. Community leadership conducting the Pesach Seder. In the Old City. In the Old City. In the Old City. Courtyard walls of the Jamma Masjid, my favorite mosque in Ahmedabad. Jamma Masjid Urdu script, a language spoken by most Indian Muslims, and the national language of Pakistan. Gujarati sweets, loved throughout India. Family and bicycle Vegetable wallas Street kids and one third of Prathima's face Primary colors and man on motorcycle View from my balcony: eagle, monkeys, peacock Breakdown on the road to Gandhinagar. A group of locals led me on an hour-long hunt for a mechanic. At the bottom of the Adilaj stepwell Temporary housing following disasters, in this case the 2002 riots, often becomes permanent. A meeting of Muslim riot victims, five years later. Does she seem suspicious of my presence? Sometimes that was the case. Shave and a haircut

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]]> A Few Good Men tag:vox.com,2008-09-23:asset-6a00e398afc00f000400fae8e112f0000b 2008-09-23T09:56:06Z 2008-10-04T05:49:01Z Noah Cohen-Cline http://naan-sequitur.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Manish Dinesh Umesh Nandu Caca Mr. Mistra Mr. L. Singh

"They were poor people photographs, of those unable to risk wasting a picture, for while all over the world people were now posing with an abandon never experienced by the human race before, here they were still standing x-ray stiff." --Kiran Desa...

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Chicken

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The Monsoon Cometh

The monsoon came last night. Less than ten seconds passed between the first metallic pings against the air conditioner protruding from my window, and a downpour so thick I couldn’t see the jam of cars 100 feet below me. Lightning flickered th...

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]]> Go south, young man tag:vox.com,2008-04-29:asset-6a00e398afc00f000400f48d11e5550001 2008-04-29T17:15:11Z 2008-09-23T09:15:26Z Noah Cohen-Cline http://naan-sequitur.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Two bits. Video by JN . Photo by JN Revolution on the Keralan backwaters. It's almost better as a still frame. But not quite. Video by JN All the roads we had to walk. Nobody knows where the sadhus come from, or where they go when Shivratri ends. Trying to suppress the pain...there was a lot wrapping and twisting going on. Varkala beach Ahmedabad slums on the Sabarmati River. Le Meridien is a five star hotel.

By the time I called my travel agent only one train line had availability for Kerala—one that was both cheaper and faster than any of the other lines. I hesitated, skeptical of such a seemingly fortuitous circumstance, but after a series o...

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]]> Urban Legend Confirmed tag:vox.com,2008-04-21:asset-6a00e398afc00f000400e398f213c50004 2008-04-21T07:49:21Z 2008-09-23T09:15:47Z Noah Cohen-Cline http://naan-sequitur.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/18/india.traindeaths.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

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]]> Coming in from the cold tag:vox.com,2008-02-03:asset-6a00e398afc00f000400e398d8e0dd0003 2008-02-03T07:11:32Z 2008-09-23T09:15:58Z Noah Cohen-Cline http://naan-sequitur.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Sweet pan, almost ready to eat Tobacco hut Diwali blessing for the computers at AIDMI Village hospital President of the synagogue in Revdanda, a small village near Bombay Village fishermen, three years after Tsunami

It's winter in Ahmedabad, the coldest in ten years. Throughout the city people are donning long-sleeve shirts and even the occasional sweater by early evening. The streets remain crowded, bustling with human activity, but the monkeys have cease...

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]]> Open Space tag:vox.com,2008-01-02:asset-6a00e398afc00f000400e398ce10a90005 2008-01-02T15:55:41Z 2008-09-23T09:16:26Z Noah Cohen-Cline http://naan-sequitur.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Bihar farmland Bus in Patna Riding the embankment Broken embankment. Crops have been buried under five feet of silt. Village elders Village woman Village children Village girl School safety training Twenty girls share ten beds in this room. Girls singing Sitting in the village

The state of Bihar in northern India is the birthplace of the first great Indian empire and home to the site where Buddha achieved enlightenment. Its capital Patna was once Pataliputra, said to have been the largest city in the world in its...

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]]> 'Round the Bend tag:vox.com,2007-12-11:asset-6a00e398afc00f000400e398c6c13d0002 2007-12-11T12:56:28Z 2008-09-23T09:16:52Z Noah Cohen-Cline http://naan-sequitur.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Bihar Train On the Engine

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]]> Into the Field tag:vox.com,2007-11-12:asset-6a00e398afc00f000400e398bcbced0001 2007-11-12T14:45:09Z 2008-09-23T09:16:46Z Noah Cohen-Cline http://naan-sequitur.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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I’ve posted a few photographs from recent trips to the field with AIDMI. You can access them through the “Collections” link to the right. A few of them have descriptions highlighting some of the work I’m doing here. Unfortunately Vox doesn’t m...

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