Archive for April, 2011

South Indian Wedding in Hyderabad, India

Till that moment I had thought that the Punjabi wedding were the most elaborate weddings in India with countless rites and rituals. But the South Indian Weddings take the cake. Not only do South Indian Weddings have innumerable rituals, the couple, especially the bride has to wear a different wedding attire for each of the main ceremonies.


Under My Umbrella in Cherrapunji, Meghalaya

What do you do with at a place that has only one season? Cherrapunji the land of perpetual monsoons has the same scenery of mist , clouds, fog and the rain-washed hills no matter what time of the year you arrive here. It has already begun to rain in Shillong when I take the undulating road to Cherrapunji approx. 60 kilometers away. Thankfully by the time I reach Cherrapunji the rain has spent itself and is reduced to occasional busts of drizzle.


Destination Wedding In Goa, India

A destination wedding in Goa can be a cliche. But its a cliche worth pursuing if you have the money. Everything is perfect. The beach. The ambiance. The carefree holiday mood. To get married here means to kick-start your matrimonial life on a real good note. No wonder so many couples dream of having a beach wedding in Goa.


Chasing Tigers in Bandhavgarh

Whenever you enter a Tiger Reserve you are told – enjoy the rest of the forest and the other mammals and birds too. But that’s impossible. Everyone has eyes out only for the tiger.


Wedding in Africa, Tanzania

Some weddings are more exotic than the others but can anything beat a Muslim Wedding in Africa? Yes this was just what I was flying to Africa for in the winter of 2009. I was hired for a good one week too, the wedding promising to be an experience of a lifetime. But Africa has something that exceeds your expectations. And this marriage in Dar es Salaam, which was a strange confluence of Indian Muslim culture and Arabic religious attitudes, certainly did.


Anna Hazare and the Jan Lokpal Bill Movement

On 8th April, the fourth day of the fast the crowds swelled so much at Jantar Mantar that I got only a small glimpse of Anna Hazare between the ears of those before me. Using one of the heads for tripod, I took some shots of the man, being hailed as the latter-day `Gandhi’, fighting for us another `Freedom’.


Gully Cricket. Cricket in our Backyards

People where playing cricket everywhere. I found young boys play at the spacious backyard of St Peter’s Church in Kanyakumari as I saw them play in a small glade in Kinnaur. I saw fishermen’s children play on the sands of the Coromandal Coast as I saw scull-capped boys bat it out at a madrasa in Bhopal


What Camera Should I buy?

There was a time when you walked into a party and someone asked you, what do you do for a living and if you said photography they would immediately ask your name. Professional photographers were so few that they were usually famous. Now there are two kinds of people in the world. Those who are photographers and those who want to be. Now if you are a photographer this is one question thrown at your almost everywhere you go. Which camera should I buy?