Experience India Through Sound
Nothing comes close to first hand experience. Pictures give you an impression of visual splendour. Souvenirs can help you remember the good times. Even foods, brought home, can revive the excitement of foreign travel.
Sounds, however – crucial to atmosphere – are rarely recorded when travelling. They can give a fantastic insight into what it feels like to be somewhere.
On my recent trip around Asia and New Zealand, I took with me an iPod equipped with microphone and recording software. I recorded hundreds of clips of everything from musical performances to traffic noise.
The task of sorting, editing and compiling has taken a while but here, for the first time, is my opening collection; India in sound…
(Many more to follow.)
INDIA – Agra Train Station – 22.9.2010 5:03am
Delay follows delay at Agra’s main station; waiting passengers sleep blissfully undisturbed.
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INDIA – Train Varanasi to Gorakhpur – 10.10.2010 8:42am
Heated debate: India vs China economics.
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INDIA – Jaipur – 26.9.2010 1:21pm
Walking through a bustling market being sold ‘Mike’ shoes.
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INDIA – Jaipur – 25.9.2010 10:49am
Snake Charming music piercing through corridors of the City Palace.
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INDIA – Mandawar – 6.10.210 8:29pm
Tour leader Bishal provides a solo recital of some Indian and Nepalese classic music.
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INDIA – Ranthambore – 23.9.2010 10:10pm
Birds and insects lend this jungley hotel resort a calming natural night-time vibe.
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INDIA – Jaipur – 26.9.2010 9:32am
Touts offer postcards, puppets and even magic shows at the Amber Fort.
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INDIA – Ranthambore – 24.9.2010 12:47pm
The school run combined with a train arrival and lunch time make for busy streets.
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INDIA – Ranthambore – 24.9.2010 7:50am
Packed tightly into a safari jeep, our group is warned against smiling at monkeys.
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INDIA – Agra – 21.9.2010 – 3:03pm
A TukTuk (named after the sound they make) roars me across town to the Taj.
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INDIA – Mumbai’s Chowpatty Beach – 27.10.2010 – 7:20pm
A beachfront Hare Krishna temple provides the soundtrack to a hazy sunset.
