On top of those dynamic movement for today, there were still couple of very traditional fisherman's sailing boats and some were even without any sail. Though the contrast was really high with the all the big ships in the background, the small boats under the morning glory in Arabian sea was so friendly and heart-warming to see. Hopefully it's a good coexistence of way of living..
I like the way old and new seem to coexist peacefully here, even if I know it is only an illusion. how long have you been to india?
ReplyDeletegood morning, Peter :-)
Bon jour Roxana. Good to have your greeting in the morning~ :-)
ReplyDeleteI saw the same thing you just described. In the harbor of Mumbai as one of the busiest port in the world with enourmous flux of goods for import and export, I saw all the gigantic modern ships of LPG tankers, super big container ships, brand new air craft carrier with state-of-the-art war ships and luxury cruise ship even. But still on top of those dynamic movement for today, there were still couple of very traditional fisherman's sailing boats and even without any sail.
And I rather see the peace of coexistence than the hierachical gap between social classes cause we couldn't dare say the owner of the humble old boat is less happy than those captains in the super ships.
And I just stayed two weeks in India, starting from Mumbai, travesing the country from West to South-East by 26 hours of train reaching Chennai, and spent some days in Pondicherry, prior French Colony, and Auroville.. Though it was very short period of time, it was more than enough to feel how much differently beautiful and huge country of India was.. I would try nothern part of India hopefully next time.