In a moving photo documentary, the children of the horrific October 31-November 1-2, 1984 riots narrate personal tales bound together by the common themes of violence, loss and the death of their childhood, reports Sanchari Bhattacharya.
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I visited the kothas several times over the years and realized that the moment the sex-workers cross forty they are virtually done for. The clients don’t come to them, their families don’t want them and even the media doesn’t care for their sound bytes anymore. In the red-light districts of India the elderly are relegated to the lowest hierarchy. With no livelihood they are expected to clean, wash and run errands for the younger women in the kothas if they want food and shelter. Most of them suffer from many venereal diseases but they have hardly any money for treatment or medicines.
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Though monuments fascinate me, I may not have taken the trouble of travelling to some of the monuments of my own. For instance Sanchi Stupa and Udaigiri Caves in central Madhya Pradesh. They are both so far deep in this big Indian state and so far away from the nearest city , airport or railway station that I would have possibly never visited them in my life. Most history buffs don’t bother about Sanchi either unless one is a Buddhist and on a planned Buddhist itinerary around India.
Feb 05, 2011 | Categories: Media/ Books | Tags: archeological sites in india, documentary photographer india, humayun tomb photographs, images of indian monuments, indian architecture, indian monument photographer, indian monuments, indian monuments penguin books, indian monuments photos, indian photographers, khajuraho temple photographs, khajurao temple, mahabalipuram photographs, monument photography india, monuments of india, photographer in India, photographers in delhi, photographs of indian monuments, photojournalist india, photos of indian monuments, pictures of indian monuments, sanchi stupa, taj mahal photographs, travel photographer in India, world monuments india | 4 Comments »