City - BIRBHUM State - WEST BENGAL Country - India
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This is a very hot day in India. I took my bicycle and searching something neat my workplace. I found a person engaging in fishing at a nearby village named Aradangali. Its just about 2 km away. The water level falls at a considerable amount and there are fishes still in the pond. After 2- 3 hours exploring he can able to catch 5- 6 no of fishes. I took a position to have a top view of his throwing the net, the boy at the further end is his child and assist the man in capturing fish. As the colour of the sand is reddish here in birbhum so the colour of the water also got that colour.No filter is used except UV. Hope u like the first post of the series. I will upload other shot taken today one by one. enjoy. About Birbhum: Birbhum (Bengali: বীরভূম) is a district in West Bengal state of India. It lies at the middle of the western border of West Bengal right below the narrow waist of the state_name. Birbhum is the northernmost district of "Bardhaman Division" -one of the three administrative divisions of the state_name. Called by the name of "The land of red soil" Birbhum is famous for its topography and cultural heritage which is unique and is somewhat different from that of the other districts in West Bengal. Birbhum has also been the proud abode of nobel laureates like Rabindranath Tagore and Amartya Sen.
Birbhum has a dual blend of bushy plateau (Chhotanagpur) terrain from the west with its partly migratory tribal (Santhal) anthropological components, that gradually merges with the alluvial plainland terrain with stable farmer communities towards the east. The district is cyclically dried and flooded by the rain-fed rivers like Ajay and Mor. Ridden with this geo-anthropological diversity this land has given birth to many cultural and religious movements in history. As a single district it harbours the largest number of shakti peethas exemplified particularly by Bakreshwar and Tarapeeth. Visva Bharati University at Santiniketan, established by Rabindranath Tagore, is one of the places Birbhum is internationally renowned for. The star attraction of many of the famous festivals of this district, including Pous mela, are the safron clad bauls singing their deep philosophical songs in the local dialect along with playing their folk music typified by the indigenous instrument called ektara Source- Wikipedia
Interesting everyday life capture there in India, nice shot of a father and son working together. The shadow of the tree and the circular fish net catches my attention too. nice shot Partha! regards..
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{K:174133} 6/4/2007
