What A Strange Place!
June Six Word Photo Story Challenge: “Black & White — Freestyle”
Film set or an optical illusion?
The place was huge. And scorching hot. White and pink sandstone shining in the midday sun. The only shade I managed to find was a tiny rectangle below a statue. I sat down and gazed over the rows of white elephants that were waiting in this broiling silence like obedient soldiers.
Then I looked up. The statue of Behen-ji (elder sister, as she is often referred to), or rather, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Kumari Mayawati, was towering above, overwhelmingly proud, staring at that nude, impressive whiteness.
India. Not a place you can easily forget. It pulls you in, in an endless game of contrasts, which is at the same time its primary driving force.
This swirling interchange of black and white is bound to make you stop and wonder.
Thank you, Mary Chang Story Writer, for another inspiring prompt.
