the un-4th and cutting grass

I'm very happy that I decided to take Friday off in honor of Indian Independence day (which was Saturday) because pretty much everything was closed on Saturday. I stayed in because I figured it would be like the 4th of July back home with everyone out and about and I would just be annoyed by the volume of people. Turns out it is pretty much the exact opposite of the 4th. For some reason I don't remember the holiday last year at all, probably because I had just recently gotten my cast off so wasn't that mobile and was more focused on that. Anyway, from what I can tell pretty much everyone stays in; and it was a dry day the day before and day of so you couldn't drink. It was oddly quiet, I was happy on Sunday when things got nice and noisy again.

Anyway...on my Friday adventures I went to my favorite place in Delhi, Lodhi (or Lodi) Gardens to take photos for my photography class. Now that I'm taking this class I will likely be posting lots of pictures (note the new flower photo for my profile taken this weekend). I had a few ideas of what I wanted to take but mostly was just playing it by ear. Well, I saw something I haven't seen before here - and that is saying something - I saw men cutting grass by hand. Seriously. It was amazing. The really odd thing is that later I saw someone using a lawnmower (the oldest lawnmower I've ever seen) but I think that the mower only works on flat grass because these men were cutting on a hilly uneven surface.

It was tricky to get a photo without making it obvious that I was taking a picture of them but I did manage to click a few frames and here it is (as always, best if you click on it to see it full screen):