June 2021: A farmer poses for a picture as he takes break from ploughing the field during Nepal’s rice planting festival
March 2022, Jaisalmer: A woman in Khuri village poses for a picture with water pot on hear head
August 2021, Nepal: A woman poses for a picture in Begnas lake area
March 2022, Jaisalmer: A man smoking chillum
August 2021: Two ‘sadhus’ from India photographed at Nepal’s Gosainkunda lake during the annual shaman festival
April 2021, Pokhara: Men returning from a ritual
March 2022, Jaisalmer: Women in Khuri village returning home with pots of water filled from a well
June 2021, Nepal: A farmer sings and dances during the rice planting festival
Sing Gompa village, also known as Chandanbari. Altitude – 3250 meters
Devotees on their way to Gosaikunda riding on ponies
August 2021: A man in Gosaikunda, Nepal
August 2021, Gosainkunda, Nepal: A shaman on her way to Trishul Dhara to perform rituals during the yearly shaman festival
September 2021, Kathmandu: A woman sitting by the Swet Bhairab statue that has been opened for worship during the Indra Jatra festival
Sacrifice
August 2021, Nepal: A shaman poses for a picture by the Gosainkunda lake during Nepal’s annual shaman festival
March 2020, Kathmandu: A ‘sadhu’ poses for a picture
September 2021,Kathmandu: A mask maker and seller poses for a picture inside his shop
April 2022, Ahmedabad: A man selling chickens at Sunday market
May 2022, Ahmedabad: Muslim men offering Eid al Fitra prayers at Jama mosque
March 2022, Ahmedabad: A man praying at Ashtapad Jain temple
Freedom is an illusion
August 2021, Nepal: A shaman performing rituals using a decorated metal jug filled with water flowing from Trishul Dhara
September 2021, Kathmandu: Girls selling balloons inside Durbar Square complex
March 2022, Jodhpur: A woman speaking on phone by a window of the Jodhpur fort
March 2021: A God man poses for a picture under Ahmedabad’s Ellisbridge
March 2021, Ahmedabad: A young boy enjoys ‘chuski’ or shaved ice at the busy Sunday market
August 2021, Gosainkunda, Nepal: A Hindu priest poses for a picture by the Gosainkunda lake during his daily morning ritual
September 2021, Nepal: A man helps transport heavy goods through busy streets of Kathmandu
December 2021, Ahmedabad: A man brings back empty bottles of purified water
December 2021, Ahmedabad: A man barely avoids running into a woman carrying heavy weight over her head
October 2020, Pokhara: People in a busy street walk past an elderly woman who has fallen asleep on the sidewalk
June 2018, Konark: A woman at Konark Sun temple
February 2021, Ahmedabad: A man prays at Rani Rupmati mosque
March 2021, Ahmedabad: A woman praying at Shah-e-Aalam shrine
A crowd of devotees during the daily gum benzoin or frankincense burning ritual. Burning gum benzoin is a common daily or ceremonial practice in Indian households, temples, and shrines.
March 2022, Jaisalmer: A woman milks a cow at Khuri village
October 2020, Pokhara: A cow drinks cola served by a man
October 2020, Pokhara: Women trying to feed water to a possibly dehydrated chicken they have bought
November 2021: Chickens for sale at Ahmedabad’s Sunday Market
December 2021, Ahmedabad: A postman leaves after delivering letters to a man
February 2022, Ahmedabad: Inside one of the pols
September 2021, Kathmandu, Nepal: An elderly woman observes the Indra Jatra procession
June 2018, Bhubaneswar: A man at a temple
December 2021, Ahmedabad: A man applies sandalwood paste on his forehead at a Jain temple aka ‘derasar’
April 2020, Pushkar: Bandwallahs at a religious procession
December 2020, Ahmedabad: A man praying at Jama Mosque
March 2021, Ahmedabad: A man buying chickens at Sunday market where different breeds of chickens are available for sale at highly varying prices
November 2021, Ahmedabad: Some chickens for sale at the Sunday Market fight as the seller watches
September 2021, Kathmandu: A man fixing a fault in overhead cable lines
March 2020, Kathmandu: A man prepares to light a cigarette in a busy street of Kathmandu
November 2020, Pokhara: A young girl posing for a picture in her festive clothes ahead of Tihar festival
Portrait of a girl at a village in Da Lat, Vietnam.
July 2018, Hoi An, Vietnam: A floating candle seller’s face lit up by candle light
July 2021, Pokhara, Nepal: A sadhu posing for a picture in a residential neighbourhood
2018, Ajmer, Rajasthan: A milkman with orange turban and big moustache smiles at camera
2018, Ajmer, Rajasthan: A milkman in colourful turban poses for a picture
October 2018, Pushkar: A young boy at Pushkar fair ground smiles as he poses for a picture
March 2021, Ahmedabad: A chicken up for sale at Sunday Market seems intrigued by the camera
December 2020, Ahmedabad: People collect food donated by Jalaram Temple
April 2022, Ahmedabad: A goat and its owner share water from a plastic bag
2018, Ajmer, Rajasthan: An elderly fruit vendor at a market
March 2020, Bhaktapur, Nepal: Women using cotton spinning wheel at Bhaktapur Durbar Square area
October 2020, Pokhara, Nepal: A woman listening to radio
October 2018: A woman in Ajmer, Rajasthan
October 2020, Pokhara: A man leaves after washing water buckets by a river
September 2021, Kathmandu: A ‘sadhu’ taking a nap at Padhupatinath temple complex
December 2021: An elderly woman sitting in sun outside her house in one of the pols of Ahmedabad
July 2021, Pokhara, Nepal: A man sitting by a house cum shop preparing tobacco for chewing
November 2021 – A woman talking on phone outside an old building in Ahmedabad
March 2020, Bhaktapur, Nepal: Men sitting outside a temple in Durbar Square area
September 2021, Nepal: A pedal rickshaw in Kathmandu
July 2021, Pokhara, Nepal: Silhouette of men fishing at Phewa lake
December 2020, Ahmedabad: General scene
August 2019, Pokhara, Nepal: Laxmi, a young girl working with her mother in an open field, takes a break to be photographed
November 2021: A young girl with bangles poses for a picture in Ahmedabad
June 2018, George Town, Malaysia: A mechanic by the side of the road
A man grooming himself photographed from a cafe in Ho Chi Minh City.
March 2021, Ahmedabad: A chicken bought at Sunday Market pokes out of a bag
September 2021, Kathmandu: A chicken shop
December 2020, Ahmedabad: A man selling buns at Bhathiar Gali
November 2021, Ahmedabad: A man checking out an old watch at the Sunday market
January 2022: An untrained tattoo maker prepares to make tattoo of a religious deity displayed on a phone
January 2022: An untrained tattoo maker
December 2020, Ahmedabad: Antigen kits for quick detection of Covid-19 at a municipal booth
July 2021, Pokhara, Nepal: Broken signboad of a restaurant that was closed during the Covid-19 pandemic
July 2021, Pokhara: A carpenter works inside a shop
October 2020, Pokhara: A man working at a welding shop
November 2021, Ahmedabad: Kids checking out pigeons for sale at Sunday Market
A tailor working in Hoi An, Vietnam.
December 2020, Ahmedabad: Scene at Ratan Pol market
July 2021, Pokhara: Husband and wife at their shop
February 2021, Ahmedabad: Inside a pol
Mandore Gardens, Jodhpur
August 2021, Nepal: A man sitting at a ‘chautara’ under a tree
March 2022, Jaisalmer: Inside Thar desert
March 2022, Jodhpur: Landscape as seen from Jaswant Thada
