Candid Street Portraits - Picture of Sadhu Lalbaba in Calcutta, India
July 31st, 2008 |
Ranjay Mitra |
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He is an extremely quite person. He was observing us as I & my brother were crouching close to him trying to take his portraits. His neighbors told us his name “Lalbaba“, which translates to “Priest in Red“, probably from the red clothes that he has always got on him.
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Lalbaba does not care for anything materialistic. He lives off donations from people coming into the Hanuman Temple nearby. And sometimes, some rich person would offer clothes & food to saints & sadhus. Its a cleansing ritual in some cultures to offer food & clothes to the sadhus & saints.
All the while we were taking his pictures, he did not blink, nor did he take his eyes off me & neither did he utter any syllable. I figured that his intent looks were not inquisitive. It was kind of an indifferent glare as if he wasn’t quite there!
