The sadhus of India are seekers of enlightenment. Detaching themselves from their possessions and families, these spiritual nomads travel across the country – their aim, to connect with a higher consciousness. Asceticism, meditation, yoga, traveling to holy places, going up into the Himalayas, and consuming ‘charas’ are some of their…
As we walk through rural India, one of the most common sights we would see is that of a woman carrying a basket or pot on her head, probably making her way home or to the markets for buying/selling stuff. Even though it is a common sight, I find it…
Ever since the realization of our being comes in our consciousness we tend to look beyond us, think about the huge unknown universe around and ask some essential questions about our entity on this earth. The more we think of the vast unknown we get a feeling that apart from…
It is believed that there are 33 Crore Gods and Goddess in Hindu Mythology. And each type of god or goddess is worshiped with proper devotions and dedications. And the rituals are mostly region specific. All these types make a long list of rituals or Puja in Hindu religion. Chhath…
Swarat Ghosh is a Hyderabad based Street Photographer. He is a part of a street photography collective called “In-Street”. His work has been published in several national and international magazines including Washington Post Insight, Myburn Magazine, National Geographic Traveller and International Street Photographer. His work is exhibited in London, Paris,…
I believe in Stars, the man who sees the stars gets connected to his soul. It makes me feel alive, capturing the stars is one thing and living it is another. We see our reflection in stars, they show us the reality. Spiti is one of the places where I…
I’ve been shooting Street Photography since I started photography. I always believed in Street Photography as a powerful tool for growth which concealed many secrets in a simple walk. To me, Street photography is not only a genre but delicate visual poetry. It is a combination of shadows, movements, looks,…
It took me 3 months to capture this video and it’s dedicated to my mom, dad and great himalaya’s. Many sleepless nights and restless days, more than 600gb data and more than 25000 photos. Hours of photo and video editing. Searching for perfect music. It was not easy, believe me…
This whole series of photographs were taken during the September of 2015, when I and two of my friends (Pranay and PV) embarked upon the journey of our lifetime, to the magical land of mountains, Ladakh. All three of us were colleagues working at Infosys Mysore as aerospace design engineers.…
The Muharram festival or Ashura, symbolizes the beginning of the new Islamic year. Muharram word is derived from the word ‘haram’ which means “forbidden”. People celebrate this as the first month of the twelve months of Islamic lunar calendar day when they see the crescent moon. It is celebrated by…
This project is about showing how it feels to be under privileged to know what’s going on right next to you and how the curiosity is universal. An attempt to pass on the eagerness the plantation workers had to know what’s going on Next-door. Years of working in the plantation…
Gajan is a Hindu festival celebrated mostly in the Rural part of West Bengal. Gajan spans around a week, starting at the last week of Chaitra continuing till the end of the Bengali year. The word Gajan is considered a combination of parts of two words – “Ga” is from…
I love nature in any form as it presents. However, I am quite drawn to Mountains, especially to Himalayas. May be I guess, being brought up in tropical landscape, my experience with weather cycles and mountains are very limited. So, I am naturally attracted to Mountains. The journey through the…
Durga Puja is one of the most important Hindu festivals in India, celebrated with great vigor and devotion. The origin of Durga Puja goes back to as early as 16th century A.D. The festival is celebrated for ten days in Ashwin month of Hindu calendar. It usually falls in the…
My photographs and most importantly the story behind the pictures will open up more awareness and exposure towards the medium of photography and necessitate the pretty reason behind every individual to pursue photography. Ashok Saravanan Ay shares his 13 wonderful pictures and let us listen to his words as he…
All of us grew up seeing black and white photographs at home – those albums take us back to childhood memories. Actually, today it is even more fun to turn those thick black pages in the albums and visit those old family memories. Most of the photos have turned black…