The wait…

Draped in a grand Silk sari, adorned with traditional gold jewellery, intricate henna designs, Kaajal to brighten her beautiful eyes, head laden with jasmine flowers – the everyday girl is a bride today. As people around her hustle to get rituals in place, she sits demurely, bowing head to thank God one last time – before she heads out to holds hands of a man who will take her to new beginnings- her wait is coming to an end…

Calicut, India
12 th May 2012

Toes for Tango

These tiny feet have immense power. Though they dont walk yet – they call for attention that no one can escape. No longer are things in place, no longer can a plan work – clearly the boss of the house has changed
The owner of these feet is a tiny one herself. She looked at them with awe – are they mine, she thought?? Today she knows they are hers and in her control – so she does what she does to any other thing around – She sticks them into her mouth!!
Dear God, Choicest of your blessings and the best of world – is it too much that we ask for her?

16th September 2014
Bangalore, India

An olive branch

The only city in south of india to have had a strong muslim influence- Hyderabad, Andra Pradesh. The city today stands divided – old Hyderabad which retains the monuments, culture and dilect as left by Mughals, and the new Hyderabad – that houses Hubs of several Leading IT companies.
Created in 1591, the Charminar is one of the very few monuments in India which has common man walking past it every second. And the religion of this common man is not important as he makes his travel past this monument.
If the monument had a voice, it would ask the people around it be as tolerant as it has been, and ensure everyday on earth, there be no death or discrimination in name of religion.

December 2011,
Hyderabad, India

Brothers

Naughty, active, ready to pounce on the next moving thing, they work together in good times and bad. Sometimes they find joy in running around aimlessly feeling the wind on their tongue, sometimes they find joy in just chasing everyone around, sometimes bark in attempt to scare people around, and only one time, they decided to sit down and figure out what the man with black thing in his hand was upto….

December 2012
Hyderabad, India

Green Conference

They stand merrily and talk to each other about everything they see. The moment they grow out of stories, they stretch themselves and grow taller. Happy now they see more land, more people..and more lives. So the next time you hear trees rustle, they are talking, listen carefully… Mr photographer, did you hear them?

September 2011
Seattle, USA

Little Mr Sunshine

It’s the last good bye to the sun in year 2011. At the shores of miami beach, the sun looks this elegant every day.At its mildest in the day, it left us in dark, and somewhere in the other part of earth, people eagerly welcomed it to start their new day. Sunset or sunrise, it leaves us with hope of a new and better day.

December 2011
Miami Beach, Florida

‘Wonder’ why

A Hyundai santro, and loads of animated conversations to find directions got us to the wonder of world called chichen-itza. Ugly lizards, rows of small shops, bunch of humans, blazing sun, clear blue sky, and dry dust give it company through the day. Sturdy stones placed one over the other to give it a pyramid shape.And One wonders from a distance if this really qualifies to be a man made wonder..and when you get closer, the monument starts talking to you – you clap your hands in front of it, you hear it cry like a wolf.you move to a side, and suddenly the edges of the monument reveal serpents in the shadow that it casts. The monument stands witness to the Mayan age that created it to the ones where people make money out of it.

May 2012
Chichen Itza, Mexico

Royal walk

Every one wishes life to be picture perfect, and then comes a day when the picture becomes reality and one is walking through it…
A smile on face, peace in mind, happiness in every beat – that’s what one has when life offers the best and treats him royally…
With his paws placed on softest lush green grasses, breathing the fresh morning air in Seattle, and master by his side, Duke could not help smiling to the camera as he took the royal walk.

September 2011
Seattle, USA

Food for thought

The 500 lbs creature makes no attempt to hide its joy as rewards for its labour makes way into it’s mouth. It knows not how well it performed, that it’s being photographed, that people travel miles to see it, that it’s going rare today, that it’s intelligent than its fellow species, that it could take holidays, that it could find it’s own food if it was left free…
Hungry stomachs bow down to the hands that feed them…

August 2011
San Antonio, Texas

White offering

Sitting at a table in hard rock cafe, cancun, with a hungry stomach, food ruled mind. A ray of sun got the water in glass to shine merrily, photographer followed the light to find the door right behind opened to a world where deep blue ocean met sand, and people met serenity.
Sometimes the biggest surprises of your life lie right behind you. All you need to do is turn…

May 5th, 2012
Hard Rock Cafe, Cancun, Mexico