“Capture these moments”, exclaimed my wife, as we moved through Suru Valley in our journey towards Padum. I could sense the moment of disappointment when I chose not to pick the camera. I had a vision to showcase the beauty of Suru, not directly but through reflections in the still...
A white summer cloud once arose, in harmony with heaven and earth, to freely float in the blue sky from horizon to horizon following the breath of the atmosphere. It abandoned himself to the breath of the greater life, allowing it to lead him beyond the farthest horizons to an...
Expression appears in the first moment! Nature continues to express through constant flow. Perched on a crag in the mountain, watching the expressions emerge in the morning sunlight. This series is an interplay of mist formation in the caldera around the volcanic Mount Bromo. ...
As long as we can witness sunrise, there remains a possibility. As dawn breaks, fishermen at Inle Lake (Myanmar) make their way through the mist. Though visibility at this hour is zero but they remain hopeful their nets will catch their daily livelihood. Photo : Mist at...
Chasing happiness, shying suffering, I experienced suffering in the back alleys of happiness. Failing to isolate the two, I wondered how can I see both as one? When I chased happiness, it soon transformed into dissatisfaction. On the other hand, looking at life from a...
Beauty is that which does not reveal itself in totality. It holds an element of mystery, the undescribable that links to transcendence. When beauty surrounds itself by mystery, inviting to find it through an experience, it can create a sense of enlightenment, leading to silence. The weather at Yuanyang...
Why should one fight a challenging situation? Rather working with it, one can capitalize to an advantage. At Tawang Monastery, watching a group of Monks dance, photographically it created a challenging situation. The camera was directly facing the setting sun, creating dark silhouettes. So I decided not to...
What flows, goes far. What goes far, must return. Panzila (14,436 feet above sea level), a mountain pass connecting Suru Valley to Zanskar, overlooks the 23 km long Drang-Drung glacier, flowing from Doda peak at 21,490 feet. Here begins the Stod river, a tributary of Zanskar, which later joins the...
Nyalam, literally translated as “Gateway to Hell”, is a town in Shigatse prefecture of Tibet, bordering Nepal. Till ten kilometers before Nyalam from Tibet side, at an average height of 12,300 feet above sea level, the plateau is just a flat land with huge snow clad Himalayan mountains rising above...
“Seeing beyond Seeing”, one gets blinded by the experience, reminded at summit that it is not the end but just a start of journey to other side of the mountain, taking one right back to the world. An early morning walk in Borneo (Malaysia) at Kalimantan Indonesian border, one...