Indian Idol

I rode Mangesh’s coattails into the Sunday Times of India (Bangalore edition). Here’s the link to the full article, which has nothing to do with me.
Their editor had to use this picture – taken by Michael Surtees, to whom I owe an apology for the lack of a photo credit – because the glamour shots I had taken of Mangesh were not Times of India-worthy. Not at all.

That’s one less national paper-of-record for me to stumble into.
[Michael, do you have the original version of this picture? This set was a casualty of my hard drive crash.]
michael surtees Said,
November 14, 2007 @ 2:03 pm
cool to see how things can take off - does this mean I can release the other series now? Im in a couple different airports today, but once I get settled I’ll send you a better version of the one above…
Miss Cellania Said,
November 18, 2007 @ 2:19 pm
That picture, and the publicity, is totally awesome!
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