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Journalist Spent Four Years Traveling India to Record Deteriorating Subterranean Stepwells Before they Banish

Ancient structures called stepwells that were built in India beginning in 2nd and 4th centuries A.D. have been crumbling for years, which is leading to their extinction. Chicago journalist  Victoria Lautman’s first trip to the country prompted the discovery of the ruins. During her trip, Lautman decided to record the ancient beauties and give it a permanent stance through photography. 

The impressive stepwells are large subterranean structures, which run deep into the ground up to 10 stories.They were built as a means to access the water tables in regions where climate was the most dry with few monsoons during the spring. By the 11th century, these stunning structures were commissioned by wealthy and powerful citizens as monuments. During the last thousand years, most stepwells have remained dried and neglected, except for those near tourist areas. 

For this reason, for the last 30 years Lautman has spent her career capturing the beauty of engineering and art of the ancient world before it banishes. 

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it’s okay if the only thing you did today was breathe.

because even breathing gets harder. but it will get better.  (via love-all-my-flaws)

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tell me ur outside and u need to see me.

via KushandWizdom (via kushandwizdom)

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How strong was my turtlenecked domestication today? V strong

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A GIRL AT UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS IN PHILADELPHIA PUNCHED A BOY IN THE FACE BECAUSE HE RAPED HER FRIEND

THE RAPIST AND HIS PARENTS GOT THE SCHOOL INVOLVED AND THE GIRL GOT SUSPENDED

THE RAPIST HAS FACED ABSOLUTELY ZERO CONSEQUENCES

HIS NAME IS JAKE SWEED

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does anyone else know that feel of being fixated on labels and personality tests and shit because they’re the only things that give you a solid grip on your identity

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Welcome to America where a woman who aborts a fetus is considered a murderer but a white man who shoots an unarmed black child isn’t.

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Aftermath of a suicide bomber

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i’m giving up personhood to become a full-time abstract concept

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  EMERGENCY  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A PROTESTER BY THE NAME OF JOSEPH KENT WAS KIDNAPPED BY BALTIMORE POLICE LAST NIGHT LIVE ON CNN

HERES THE VIDEO

HE IS MISSING!! RT HIS NAME!! RT HIS VIDEO!! AND CALL THE BALTIMORE POLICE AND DEMAND HIS STATUS!!

DONT LET THEM GET AWAY WITH THIS

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