A shopkeeper pictured in the Ka Farushi Bazzar, Kabul. They say Afghanistan is a nation of traders, and it is never more so than in the bazaars of the major cities. They are the life-blood of the economy, and they add a bustle and vigor to daily life that no longer exists in the sanitized shopping malls we have become accustomed to in the west. Many lament the decline of ‘local retail’, but in Afghanistan it is all you have — a place to meet and drink tea — people ‘know’ each other. (© Martin Middlebrook)
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A shopkeeper pictured in the Ka Farushi Bazzar, Kabul. They say Afghanistan is a nation of traders, and it is never more so than in the bazaars of the major cities. They are the life-blood of the economy, and they add a bustle and vigor to daily life that no longer exists in the sanitized shopping malls we have become accustomed to in the west. Many lament the decline of ‘local retail’, but in Afghanistan it is all you have — a place to meet and drink tea — people ‘know’ each other. (© Martin Middlebrook)

an Indog and a sunset 
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an Indog and a sunset 

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yellow :)
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yellow :)

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the camera collection

Moreh (Manipur-India) and Tamo (Myannmar)

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Mizoram 

Pictures of the Week: March 23 – March 30

From student protests in Jakarta and Tibetan self-immolations in India to Pope Benedict XVI’s Cuba visit and fires in Colorado, TIME’s photo department presents the best images of the week.

Manipur, (North East) India

(blog.newconceptinfosys.com/2012/03/glimpses-from-the-valley)

FRAME OF MIND
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FRAME OF MIND

Above and Below
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Above and Below