"Becoming a mother makes you the mother of all children. From now on each wounded, abandoned, frightened child is yours. You live in the suffering mothers of every race and creed and weep with them. You long to comfort all who are desolate." (Charlotte Gray - British born Canadian historian and author, 1948) Since a while I see many new couples coming from villages to the ghats of Varanasi (Benaras) in order to get blessings the day after their wedding. Most of the time they reach early in the morning with their families. They look tired as they didn’t sleep since two days, they are still wearing party garments and some have been adding an extra layer of heavy make-up providing some kind of artificial features. Musicians are playing dhols (double-headed drum) and trumpets. Before worshipping to the holy waters of the Ganges they visit the little mandir (temple) located at Shitla ghat. On the way the groom’s mothers keep throwing themselves on the ground, they get up and fall again till they reach the Shiva lingam in the temple. This is the ultimate act of love and devotion in order to win the promises of success, prosperity and happiness for the new couples. The sons are following with eyes full of tears, they walk slowly tied with a knot between their bride's duppata (scarf) and their scarves which symbolize the bond between them... Join the photographer at www.facebook.com/laurent.goldstein.photography © All photographs are copyrighted and all rights reserved. Please do not use any photographs without permission (even for private use). The use of any work without consent of the artist is PROHIBITED and will lead automatically to consequences. http://flic.kr/p/eLYRHj

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A bunch of nomads cross over the waters of the river Shyok enroute to Siachen and its lower reaches. The Siachen glacier is in the Karakoram range and this area is sometimes dubbed as the 3rd Pole. It is glaciated,cold, inhospitable and the highest battleground on earth. The average height is about 20000 feet and temperatures in winter are at about -50 degrees celsius. Frankly I could be wrong, these nomads could well be headed to another more hospitable valley like Nubra on the old Kasghar route. Dates Taken on November 12, 2010 at 2.03PM IST (edit) Posted to Flickr June 11, 2013 at 12.10PM IST (edit) Exif data Camera Nikon D300 Exposure 0.002 sec (1/640) Aperture f/9.0 Focal Length 27 mm ISO Speed 200 Exposure Bias -1/3 EV Flash No Flash _DSC6939 2 exp bnw mix http://flic.kr/p/eJrZqx

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