On a November night when thousands of couples tied the knot and traffic choked the roads of Delhi, I struggled to keep up with this group of cow vigilantes as they ran recklessly through the traffic to stop and inspect any vehicle they suspected of smuggling cows. The story, for the German youth magazine NEON, also took Fiona Weber-Steinhaus and me to different parts of Haryana with a brief detour to Himachal Pradesh for a cup of chai in the middle of the night.
Happy to see the story finally appear in the April issue of NEON. The magazine doesn’t post their stories online, but you check out a selection of photos from the assignment here. Continue reading ›
The drought of 1972 is a reference point to calculate the age of Vyjayanta Ithape, 70, who gave birth to a son and had also lost her husband that year. Chincholi in Beed, Maharashtra, where she lives alone, has been relying on water tankers for the past three years, even during the monsoon.”This one is unlike any other drought in the past, we have grain to eat but no water to drink.” March 21, 2016.
So thrilled to see this seven-page spread of my long-term project on the aspiring actors in the Telugu-language film industry in the January-March 2017 issue of The Indian Quarterly.
Few photographs from a recent assignment for OPEN in the Thanjavur (Tanjore) region of Tamil Nadu, once home to the Trinity of Carnatic music- Tyagaraja, Syama Sastri and Muthuswamy Dikshithar.
Devotees observing penance for Lord Ayyappan of Sabarimala in Kerala, bathed in the Cauvery behind the musician-saint Tyagaraja’s samadhi in Thiruvaiyaru near Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu.
Raghavan, 10, a sixth-generation descendant of Tyararaja, does his Sandhyavandanam rituals in the morning by the samadhi of the saint in Thiruvaiyaru near Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu.
Dr. Rama Kausalya, 67, teaches music to underprivileged kids at her Marabu Foundation in Thillaisthanam near Thiruvaiyaru in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu.
Tyagaraja Sharma, 36, a fifth-generation descendant of Tyagaraja, performs morning puja at the saint’s samadhi in Thiruvaiyaru in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu.
Devotees light lamps at the Brihadeeswarar temple on the occasion of Karthigai Somavaram (Monday in the month of Karthika) in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu.
Raghavan, 10, a sixth-generation descendant of Tyagaraja, sets up lights on the kolam on the occasion of Karthigai festival in front of their house at Thiruvaiyaru near Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu.
Raghavan, 10, a sixth-generation descendant of Tyararaja, does his Sandhyavandanam rituals in the morning by the samadhi of the saint in Thiruvaiyaru near Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu.
