What is it about the female’s hair that makes the male of the human species get so wild and crazy? Going by the Islamic culture that is one of the main reasons why girls are enjoined to cover their head. But its not just a phenomenon of Islamic societies alone. When the debate first erupted after France banned the burka in public places, I realized it was a belief more closer home than I ever realized.
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However a lesser known and a very interesting fact about The Golden Temple is that it receives more visitors than even The Taj Mahal -making it the most visited Monument in India. Maybe the statistics have changed over the years and if anyone has the latest statistics kindly do share.
Jul 23, 2011 | Categories: Thoughts/ Articles | Tags: darbar sahib, documentary photographer india, golden temple amritsar, golden temple photographs, gurudwara amritsar, harmandir sahib amritsar, images golden temple, jatti umra village, monument golden temple, nawaz sharif village in india, photographer in India, photographers in delhi, photographs harmandir sahib, photojournalist india, sacred place of sikhs, sikhs holy shrine, sikhs place of worship, travel photographer in India | Leave A Comment »
But Dubai which exudes both opulence and exuberance is a fitting backdrop especially for any big fat Indian wedding. The city not only has the finest hotels in the world where you can celebrate your big day but the ease with you can get things done here makes Dubai an attractive wedding destination.
Jul 22, 2011 | Categories: Indian Wedding Photographers | Tags: asian wedding photographers, candid wedding photographer dubai, candid wedding photographers dubai, destination wedding dubai, dubai destination wedding, dubai wedding photographers, india wedding photographer, Indian wedding photographer, Indian wedding photographers, Indian wedding photography, wedding photographer dubai, wedding photographers in delhi, Wedding photographers India, wedding photography india | Leave A Comment »
Apart from the foreigners its mostly the poor and the lower-middle class that turns up in overwhelming numbers to visit our monuments. Sometimes making long arduous journeys crammed up in train’s sleeper class for days.The upper-middle class and the glitterati are conspicuous by their absence at not only The Taj but at any other Indian Monument. Except ofcourse when a fashionable concert like Yanni’s is organised near it. But then now we have The Malls and The Multiplexes- our new monuments of our times.
Jul 20, 2011 | Categories: Thoughts/ Articles | Tags: documentary photographer india, indian monuments, monuments of india, mughal monument agra, photographer in India, photographers in delhi, photographs of taj mahal, photojournalist india, reflection of taj mahal in yamuna, sevent wonder of the world, shah jahan's taj mahal, symbol of love, taj mahal at sunrise, taj mahal at suset, taj mahal images, taj mahal monument, taj mahal photos, travel photographer in India, yanni concert taj mahal | 18 Comments »
When I received the first phone call from America from Jittubhai (as he preferred to be called) if I was willing to travel to the US to shoot his daughters wedding, I thought someone was pulling a fast one on me.
Jul 20, 2011 | Categories: Indian Wedding Photographers | Tags: asian wedding photographers, india wedding photographer, indian wedding chicago, indian wedding in america, Indian wedding photographer, Indian wedding photographers, Indian wedding photography, wedding photographers chicago, Wedding photographers India, wedding photographers USA | Leave A Comment »
From Chandigarh to Kolkata you make a giant cultural leap. The robust Punjabi spirit to the genteel Bengali mannerism, it was interesting how the same marriage played itself to the nuances of two very different cities.
Jul 18, 2011 | Categories: Indian Wedding Photographers | Tags: asian wedding photographers, india wedding photographer, Indian wedding photographer, Indian wedding photographers, Indian wedding photography, kerala wedding photographer, Wedding photographer calcutta, wedding photographer India, wedding photographer Kolkata, wedding photographer punjab, wedding photographers chandigarh, wedding photographers in delhi, Wedding photographers India, wedding photographers Kolkata, wedding photographers punjab, wedding photography india | Leave A Comment »
Hornbill festival like most cultural festivals is essentially manufactured exotica. It is a big draw for exotica seeking tourists and for lazy journalists like myself who get to see the shoot Naga tribes in their tribal finery all under one roof without getting into the trouble of going into the hinterland where the real tribes actually live. That of course takes a lot of perseverance, time , sweat and given the condition in Nagaland some degree of personal risk. Unfortunately I had stomach for none
Jul 13, 2011 | Categories: Travelogues | Tags: documentary photographer india, hornbill festival in nagaland, india, indian countryside, land of the nagaa, naga dance, naga tribes, naga warriors, nagaland, nagaland insurgency, nagaland state, nagas, north east India, north east India photographs, north east Indian states, north eastern states of India, photographer in India, photographers in delhi, photographs of north east India, photographs of the hornbill festival in Nagaland, photojournalist india, rural india, rural indian in north east, seven north east states of India, state of nagaland, strife torn north east, travel photographer in India | 1 Comment »
The wealth that some of our temples have is indeed phenomenal. It is not very surprising that such unaccounted wealth is found in temple vaults. Devotees rich and poor make regular donations to temples hoping to bribe the Gods to have some of their sins forgiven. But the immense wealth of this Kerela temple took everyone by surprise. There is a big debate on whom this money really belongs. I think this money belongs not to the temple but to the people and that’s where it should be used.
Jul 05, 2011 | Categories: Thoughts/ Articles | Tags: documentary photographer india, hindu temple kerala, hindu temple trivandrum, kerala, kerala temple, lord vishnu temple india, Padmanabhaswamy temple, photographer in India, photographers in delhi, photojournalist india, richest hindu temple, richest temple in the world, sri padmanabhaswamy temple, temple thiruvananthapuram, temples in south india, travel photographer in India, travel photographer india, vishnu temple kerala | 2 Comments »