Some cool photo development images:
Pardhi School
Image by calamur
This is the Pardhi school - the yellow plastic bag in the foreground contains all the educational material.
Pardhis are a tribe in India who traditionally hunted for a living. However, in a more modern setup with the kings owning land - Pardhi's were declared as criminals - hunting from the kings' land. Ostracized they began to survive through minor crimes - poaching, making away with livestock and so on.
. Very often caste, class and social systems ensured that the Pardhi's could not assimilate with main stream society, and their dependance on crime increased. The British Raj declared the Pardhi's to be criminal tribes.
Post independence the term cirminal was dropped and attempts were made to bring the tribe in line with mainstream society. However, it hasn't been easy. Even today the police will look for a Pardhi at the first hint of a crime. Villages don't want Pardhi's settling down near them - because of their past. Many settle illegaly on Forest Land and their settlements are torn down at regular intervals.
All this leaves the children in dire straits. A nomadic lifes tyle is not condusive to education, and social ostracization means that they are wary of going to the local schools.
TDSS has set up a number of projects that helps educate Pardhi children, Using volunteers it ensures that basic education skills are imparted to these children.
Of all the places that I visited in the course of the documentary, this was the worst. Everywhere else there seemed to be hope and aspirations for a better tomorrow. Here there was none.
A Rusted Development 5
Image by Ziki Questi
A scene at A Rusted Development on LEA1 featuring a lead build by Haveit Neox, with contributions by Rose Borchovski, Artistide Despres, claudia222 Jewell, Bryn Oh, Scottius Polke, Ziki Questi, PJ Trenton, Blue Tsuki, Stephen Venkman, Eliza Wierwight, and Trill Zapatero, curated by Rowan Derryth. Taken 11 May 2012.
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Darwin's Cullen Bay Development 1993
Image by kenhodge13
Darwin's first marina development was constructed at Cullen Bay. This photo shows the early construction and dredging for the marina and was soon followed by a shopping centre, high rise units and a ferry wharf. Cullen Bay was originally known as Kahlin Bay. This photo was taken from Myilly Point looking towards Larrakeyah.
