On my grandmother’s passing and newspaper obituaries
Today is 23rd April 2023. A day after my grandmother’s passing. This note I made from 5 years ago has […]
For Tomorrow
One thing that Covid19 and the current socio-economic situation has taught us, is that there is nothing more agonising than […]
Breaking the Lockdown with paper, scissors and glue
Humans though smart enough to invent this computer I’m typing on, are not invincible. On the contrary, they’re fragile. Very […]
My meeting with Orwell and Huxley
Do I love photography or do I merely love the idea of photography? I kept asking myself that question as my personal life and art practice went through a rollercoaster…. We artists are scared of censorship and a lack of resources at our disposal. But we failed to realise that the biggest pain was pleasure itself. Of abundance…. And feeding our never ending fancy for distractions.
Bangalore Baptist Hospital, Community Health Division
Here are some stories from my photography assignment for the Community Health Division of Bangalore Baptist Hospital. BBH is a […]
Weak Embrace – Witnessing Emptiness Turn Into Joy
From 2009 to the present day, I documented many weddings and families but little did I know that in another part of my country there was Abhi questioning why he wasn’t picked up for adoption, what was wrong with him and whether he didn’t deserve to have a fresh start at being part of a new family? My visual records of several new families being formed paled in front of the longings of a child… So why do we do what we do? As creatives, do we make art for a particular gain or to get a certain kind of return on our investment?
Venturing into Bihar with my X-Pro2 – Part 3
If there was a concept through which I could describe Patna, it wold be the concept of cleansing. An all too familiar line of thought considering the vernacular of our present government. But what does make a country if not for it’s people and how they spend their days? So there it is. Cleaning of the streets to a lack thereof. A cleanup of corruption and a lack thereof. An attempt at cleansing of the soul from sins in the Ganges to failure thereof. Well, what do you want to clean today?
Venturing into Bihar with my X-Pro2 – Part 2
So I was wondering, what value does experiences make? Those of us who grew up in India know the number of times that we’ve been tutored about us being an agrarian country. But for a person living in an A-Level city what does that even mean? Enter Bihar.
Venturing into Bihar with my X-Pro2 – Part 1
In March 2017, I went to Bihar on assignment for an NGO. Looking at these images, my mind remembers seeing more bovines there than humans. No really. And about the fertile land. Hard working farmers.. But also the idiosyncratic nature of the landscape seemingly seeping into the hearts of some…
Good photos are not valuable… But
Hello Friend, A thought struck me as I was preparing for the webinar presentation… Oh and about that… One of […]