India

Overwhelming, frustrating, draining, confusing yet fascinating, charming, exotic, and rewarding – India is blessed with many wonders. When someone tells me with a spark in their eyes that they have seen India, I have a little smile on my face. I often ask, “which one?” A stark contrast is hard to ignore between India’s many cultures, traditions, languages, cuisines and what not. Then there is economic, religious, political and other divide that is on display.

I have had my fair share of like-dislike relation with India, even though I am a native of the land. The more I look at it, the more it surprises me. And I think the best way to enjoy India is to enjoy it as a tourist – by being curious, being a ‘visitor’ of the country who is fascinated by what actually is the daily life in India. And walking around with a camera lets me do that.

A collection of images taken since 2016, this growing album showcases how I see India – and Indians.

2016 – Ongoing

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March 2022, Jaisalmer: A woman in Khuri village poses for a picture with water pot on hear head
March 2021, Ahmedabad: A young boy enjoys ‘chuski’ or shaved ice at the busy Sunday market
March 2022, Jaisalmer: A man smoking chillum
May 2022, Ahmedabad: Muslim men offering Eid al Fitra prayers at Jama mosque
March 2022, Ahmedabad: A man praying at Ashtapad Jain temple
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.
June 2018, Konark: A woman at Konark Sun temple
March 2022, Jaisalmer: Women filling drinking water from a well in Khuri village
March 2022, Jaisalmer: Women in Khuri village returning home with pots of water filled from a well
March 2022, Jaisalmer: Camel rider and guide Jitu poses for a picture with his camels
March 2022, Jaisalmer: A man with his camels near Ghadisar lake
October 2022, Kolkata, India: Hidden Faces, Visible Burdens
February 2022, Ahmedabad: Inside one of the pols
August 2022, Ahmedabad: Men walking past a truck with Mother India movie poster painted on it
December 2020, Ahmedabad: A man praying at Jama Mosque
February 2021, Ahmedabad: A man prays at Rani Rupmati mosque
April 2020, Pushkar: Bandwallahs at a religious procession
An illustration of Hindu deities Lord Rama, his wife Sita, his brother Lakshmana, and Lord Hanumana.
March 2022, Jaisalmer: A woman milks a cow at Khuri village
March 2021, Ahmedabad: A woman praying at Shah-e-Aalam shrine
Who’s Caged?
March 2022, Jodhpur: A boy prepares to jump in a stepwell
March 2021: A God man poses for a picture under Ahmedabad’s Ellisbridge
2018, Ajmer, Rajasthan: A milkman with orange turban and big moustache smiles at camera
October 2018, Pushkar: A ‘sadhu’ poses for a portrait at Pushkar Ghat, Rajasthan
2018, Ajmer, Rajasthan: A milkman in colourful turban poses for a picture
A mystic man in Ajmer
October 2018, Pushkar: A young boy at Pushkar fair ground smiles as he poses for a picture
Curious kids look at the camera. Ahmedabad.
March 2022, Jodhpur: A woman speaking on phone by a window of the Jodhpur fort
A man working at an eatery in Ajmer.
May 2022, Ahmedabad: A street food vendor places a paan in his mouth
June 2018, Bhubaneswar: A man at a temple
April 2022, Ahmedabad: A goat and its owner share water from a plastic bag on a hot summer day
March 2020, Jaisalmer: A free public computer kiosk in Khuri village
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: Chickens for sale at Ahmedabad’s Sunday Market
June 2018, Puri: A paan seller
February 2020, Delhi: A tea shop in old Delhi just days before the first ‘lockdown’
February 2020, Delhi: Pedal rickshaw drivers playing cards during their afternoon break a few days before the first ‘lockdown’
Milk pots on motorcycles
The future with cloning
March 2022, Jaisalmer: A painting outside a house depicting details of a wedding
Donate or else…
A group of people performing religious ritual in Ajmer