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Munich

…The first class coach, though luxurious, was empty. The only occupants beside the conductor were a wiry old man in a black jacket and I. He appeared fitter than most people his age. His grace lay not in his straight spine but in the smooth gray [...]

Running out of Oil, India!

First the transporters’ strike and then came the oil companies PSUs strike. Till last evening the situation didn’t look so alarming. Mumbai’s roads look different today. Marked reduction in traffic and many gas stations are shut. Autos and Taxis were the first to get hit. However, there may be a few stations on the highways, [...]

crimson sky

A mother walks with her baby past hutments along a narrow road that leads to the Candolim Beach.

The photograph was taken in the month of March, towards the end. The skies are very hot and clear. surprisingly, as a local development, it rained in the afternoon. when the clouds finally cleared around sunset [...]

reel

httpv://in.youtube.com/watch?v=g4iaVEZYet0

Kasmir Pics

trying to get through a really slow connection to upload pictures of Kashmir.

refer ‘photography’ page

’11 Weeks’ – the film shoot. Part-1

Srinagar greeted with a dry autumn and deserted streets. The tourists who thronged the markets and shikaras a few months back were missing. As a photographer I felt like the streets, the landscape too was barren, with a veneer of gritty yellowy dust all over compared to the lush greens three months back.

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Cafe Leopold

Café Leopold

Leopold is where the mayhem seems to have started on the fateful night of 26th Nov. The terrorists fired indiscriminately before hurling a grenade in the popular joint frequented by westerners, the office crowd, and the youngsters. The terrorists left the scene creating chaos and panic on [...]

Shooting a feature

is it too much work or just bad planning that I can’t get 20 min. in a day to update my blog. that’s wierd. Because now I have a huge back log to finish. phew!

’11 weeks’ – divinity divided

Divinity divided

I am waiting for a divine intervention for an end to all the problems in J&K that has been raging on and off for last 60 years. Just two months back when I was on location reccee with my [...]