What can’t be found even in the farthest corners of the city can be found in a plethora in the rural areas of Odissa where traditions and religious practices are indeed a sight to behold. Performed in Chaitra month of Odia calendar, the festival begins in the Silk City and…
This series of photos is about the Yakshagana artists. The images are shot in Yakshagana held in NITK Surathkal on January 12th, 2020 using Canon 1300d with the kit lens. Yakshagana is a traditional Indian theatre form, developed in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Shimogga and western parts of Chikmagalur…
The COVID-19 days. These days are different. While the whole world is still fighting against a deadly pandemic, the only way we can contribute to our society is by staying at home. This is an attempt at a visual story-telling to share my story during these lockdown days. All the…
Rice is one of the most popular staple food in India. It also forms a vastly popular food grain and plays a major role in satiating the appetites across the length and breadth of India. It constitutes a major role in the national foodgrain market. Rice cultivation covers 30% of…
COVID pandemic has entered India in the last week of March. It has changed our way of living. It has different phases, lockdown 1, 2, and 3, then unlock phases. Photographing these while maintaining social distancing and taking all precautions. Lockdown started with some activities like igniting lanterns to remove…
In the Indian subcontinent, the potter community is known as Kumhar or Kumbhar, derived from the term Kumharkar, literally, maker of kumbha (earthen pot). The kumbha is believed to have emerged from the cosmic ocean during the SamudraManthan (Churning of the Ocean), a mythological episode that finds mention in the…
Paintings on the clay walls of the tribal villages have been a long-prevailing practice in India. In West Bengal, this is known as ‘Deoal Chitra’ (means wall paintings). It is predominantly found on the walls of the dwellings of the Santhal (the largest tribal community in India) communities across Birbhum,…
Fusu is the Chinese term of the word “Recovery”. Recovery is one of the most used words in today’s world. This is a word of hope, a word of light. The entire world is at home for this deadly virus called Novel Corona (COVID-19). A virus that spread from china…
“You don’t need an ocean to feel like you’re drowning. You feel it, between your chest and your throat, the weight of it stretching you outside yourself, like a dead fish on the shore.“ I am a part of a time where an entire generation is stuck in a traffic…
But what would you do capturing the lives of these people? It’s not going to benefit you in any possible way! think about your own future. Think about your own progress…etc. Well, most of the time documentaries as such require a static level of mental strength combating against mindsets who…
Whenever Kashi is talked about, immediately we see the Ghats, the pure water of the river Ganga and the ancient alleyways of the city of Kashi. It is every photographers dream to go to Kashi to take photographs one day. It is indeed a rare opportunity to get to visit…
It had been more than one and a half months since we had been spending the lockdown at our home. And it’s very fatiguing as well as exhausting. Sitting at our homes 24×7 was not easy. So we decided to go on a sudden adventure. We reached at the resort…
A few days ago, cyclone Amphan swept over Bengal. Last year, cyclones ‘Fani’ and ‘Bulbul’ also hit West Bengal. Bengal has never seen such frequent cyclones in the history of the last few decades. Various parts of the country are in a state of devastation due to successive cyclones. Especially…
It has been a score of years, I last wrote to you. Down memory lane, few glimpses are flashing within me. I am not going to ask you how are you as I know from the core of my heart that you are fine. Is it the strict, imposed, isolated…
Land of the famous Odissi dance and within the district of Lord Jagganath’s Puri lies a small village of incredible artists, Raghurajpur. Home to over 300 artisans who practice various traditional art forms running down over generations These traditional art forms which are namely “pattachitra” (canvas painting), intricate palm leaf…
As urbanization has been already spreading over each and every corner of India bringing Social, economic, and cultural changes in India. It is very fascinating to see the rural part of India, still holding to their ancient old traditions and cultural activities. One such tradition is Chhau Dance. This dance…