No Safety Shot – The Cost Of Greatness
I am thinking about what makes an image, Great. It’s World Photography Day today, and at 11:30 pm.. and I am trying to pull together my intuition, and put words to it. There are a lot of good images. But…
Heart of Kumbh – Stories of Faith and Connections
Kumbh still throbs with vitality, an unbroken link to ancient India. It is a spectacle of faith, a grand parade of gurus, and a living showcase of tradition and culture. Here, the spiritual seeker mingles with the seers, photographers with…
A photoblog on Johannesburg – Hoping for hope
I relaxed as I landed back in Mumbai from Johannesburg, I wasn’t hyper-vigilant anymore. I could trust that I wont be mugged at a traffic light and there wont be a day-light car jacking, even though I could still fall…
Photoblog on Braj ki Holi – a celebration, and an adventure
The crowd pulses between a stampede and a celebration. One moment it feels like the end, and the next moment you in in a celebration and flow of humanity. As the waves of crowd squeeze past the narrow lanes, the…
Celebration of Punjabiat at Kila Raipur
Its the winter sun in Kilaraipur. The audience has started to gather for the annual village olympics event. The girls team is warming up for the hockey match. The horses are being fed for the race ahead. The tractor tires…
My Best Pictures of 2022
It was a bit daunting to select the best from all the photographs that I took in 2022 (a total of 8750), . It wasn’t just the volume that made it tough, but also the difficulty of comparing across categories. And…
The negotiation
He agreed to stand and pose for the photograph. After I was done, he tried to tell me something but couldn’t speak, I thought that he was probably speech impaired. Then he spit out his pan, and said – Ye aapke…