When opposites collide, it results in conflict and hostility. In their embrace, there is love and friendship. The law of creation is nothing else but a dance of celebration! Mount Merapi, is the most active volcano in Indonesia, with a history of regular eruption since 1548. It last...
When “The Great Game” (political aspiration to control Central Asia) was being played in Central Asia between political powers of Britain, France and Russia, it was Sir Aurel Stein (1862 – 1943) a Hungarian adventurer, who led an expedition to Taklamakan desert (present day Xinjiang, Uyghur Autonomus Region of China)....
Recent calamity caused by floods (Sep 2014) in Kashmir Valley has uprooted thousands. We have closely followed this catastrophic event as large members of our clan reside in Srinagar. Good thing first, everyone has been rescued. For three days there was total information black-out. It was a tiring time...
At Jama Masjid in Old Delhi, photographing a man absorbed in Namaz (muslim prayer), my thoughts meandered to the complementary practice of “discipline” and “letting go”, as taught by Baba Sheikh Farid of Shakarganj. Sheikh Farid (1175 – 1265) was a Sufi saint born at Kothiwal in Multan (Pakistan)....
In our journey from Kargil to Padum (Zanskar, India), we took a night break at the only guest house, managed by J&K Tourism at village Parkachik. It’s a region, nested in the fertile valley of Nun-Kun mountain, a mile from the majestic ice mass, called the Parkachik glacier. The villagers...
Shooting in a graveyard, my objective was to contrast the model against the gloominess of background.
Two sides of a coin – such is the tale of independence. As India and Pakistan celebrate their freedom in August, one is forced to contemplate – “Freedom from whom?”. The British rule ended in 1947 and is indeed a reason to celebrate but for the entire Western front, Punjab,...
The Sikh martial tradition that emerged in 16th century to defend the society against persecution, is philosophically based on unity of God. The infinite formless is also seen in the finite, through names of weapons that symbolize the Supreme power. Since the days of 10th Guru of the Sikhs,...
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...
Ashamed, she said “How can I show my face”? All my life I was looking forward to the day of my death. But now having killed my desires, what does the world have to say! I photographed this old lady outside Mother Teresa’s home for the homeless, in Calcutta. While...