Kathmandu
Thanks to Ashini and John for comments on the photo entries. I can't really "see" these photos anymore, they're part of my brain now....;-)
Burmese monks visiting Bodh Gaya, Bihar. 2007Another category in the competition is Local Friends. In addition to all the Smiling Peasantry I posted a few days ago, I would probably enter some of these.
Somebody help me weed out this glut of imagery....
Tibetan folk dancers waiting for the Dalai Lama, Dharamsala, India 2007.
If it's Monday, this must be Shiva: this kid dressed as Shiva every Monday and Ram every Thursday. Koregaon Park, Pune 2005
This woman in Pune's Shaniwar Wada had to get her husband's permission before being photographed. 2005
I offered to buy the flowers for this striking little Telugu girl, just to get this photo. Vijayawada. 2006. Too bad about the mobile phone sign, they're everywhere in India now....
Ladakhi Muslim schoolgirls waiting for the bus, Nubra Valley 2007. Possible upper-right quadrant crop? 
Marigolds for sale in Ason Tole at Dasain time, Kathmandu - 2006. 
Amma Garu who ran the idly hotel in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. 2006, and her granddaughter.
Krishnakumari was all ready waiting for the school bus one morning. Her mother had just drawn this muggu. Brodipet, Guntur AP 2006. 
Gurung woman selling cilantra and turmeric, Kathmandu. 2007
This is a fun shot, but not sure it could win a competition. Marathi men in traditional dress, Bombay, 2005----------------
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This is hard! Okay, I'll give you my 3 favorites - Krishnakumari, the three Ladakhi Mulim girls and the boy who dresses up as Shiva and Ram. And I wouldn't crop anything. :)
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