<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Fotoblur - Photo Stream by Shashwat Nagpal</title><link>http://www.fotoblur.com/people/shashwat</link><description>Latest photos submitted by Shashwat Nagpal to Fotoblur</description><ttl>720</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Gates will be closed soon by Shashwat Nagpal]]></title><link>http://www.fotoblur.com/images/56522</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.fotoblur.com/images/56522</guid><description><![CDATA[<a href='http://www.fotoblur.com/images/56522' title='Gates will be closed soon by Shashwat Nagpal'><img src='http://www.fotoblur.com/imgs/0/0/0/0/7/0/9/sm_56522.jpg?v=0' alt='Gates will be closed soon by Shashwat Nagpal' border=none /></a><br />While walking through the muddy lanes of the village trying to save my feet from getting dirty with cow dung... i noticed this old man lying down on his jute bed, staring the ceiling and talking to himself... I wonder, what's his story?]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 14:20:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crowded by Shashwat Nagpal]]></title><link>http://www.fotoblur.com/images/55933</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.fotoblur.com/images/55933</guid><description><![CDATA[<a href='http://www.fotoblur.com/images/55933' title='Crowded by Shashwat Nagpal'><img src='http://www.fotoblur.com/imgs/0/0/0/0/7/0/9/sm_55933.jpg?v=0' alt='Crowded by Shashwat Nagpal' border=none /></a><br />Self portrait]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 17:28:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sabina by Shashwat Nagpal]]></title><link>http://www.fotoblur.com/images/55670</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.fotoblur.com/images/55670</guid><description><![CDATA[<a href='http://www.fotoblur.com/images/55670' title='Sabina by Shashwat Nagpal'><img src='http://www.fotoblur.com/imgs/0/0/0/0/7/0/9/sm_55670.jpg?v=0' alt='Sabina by Shashwat Nagpal' border=none /></a><br />Sabina aka Laali, Rajasthan 5/2010

Recently I was shooting in some villages in Rajasthan for a client where I met this lovely kid Sabina. She was shy but a very smart kid. I took a few pictures of her and love this one the most.

After meeting Sabina and few more kids I realised, even today in our villages, formal education is still not taken seriously. Most of the kids choose not to go to school and rather work at home (mostly girls), work with there fathers (mostly boys) or study Quran in local madarsa or mosque. And, even though these villages are within 100 Kms radius of the national capital, girls are still getting married here by the age of 12-14 years and have kids.

Sabina studied in a formal school till fourth standard, and then her family chose for her to study Holy Quran and Urdu language only. I hope and wish she gets a better future.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 12:16:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smoking by Shashwat Nagpal]]></title><link>http://www.fotoblur.com/images/53967</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.fotoblur.com/images/53967</guid><description><![CDATA[<a href='http://www.fotoblur.com/images/53967' title='Smoking by Shashwat Nagpal'><img src='http://www.fotoblur.com/imgs/0/0/0/0/7/0/9/sm_53967.jpg?v=1' alt='Smoking by Shashwat Nagpal' border=none /></a><br />A hindu saint smoking grass with his Chillum. Shot at Kumbh Fair 2010]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 19:27:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can't help falling apart by Shashwat Nagpal]]></title><link>http://www.fotoblur.com/images/3822</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.fotoblur.com/images/3822</guid><description><![CDATA[<a href='http://www.fotoblur.com/images/3822' title='Can&#39;t help falling apart by Shashwat Nagpal'><img src='http://www.fotoblur.com/imgs/0/0/0/0/7/0/9/sm_3822.jpg?v=1' alt='Can&#39;t help falling apart by Shashwat Nagpal' border=none /></a><br />Self portrait]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:29:01 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
