Chandni Chowk - Portraits

Chandni Chowk is a street photographer's paradise. You get such a wide variety of subjects to experiment with. Only pre-requisites are, you got to be quick, at the same time patient as you got to acclimatize to the eco-system. There's a certain way in which things go on in this part of the world. You don't hear much honking there, so you got to keep your eyes and ears open at "all times". Rickshaws, pull-carts, people carrying such huge cartons on their heads and what not.

Hawa Mahal - Architecture and Geometry

Hawa Mahal (palace of winds), built by the poet king Sawai Pratap Singh, offers interesting frames comprised of lines and shadows. One can spend hours and hours even counting the number of windows and doors at the palace. This series is a compilation of a few frames where I tried to capture the essence of geometry in architecture.

Less Godly idols

Less Godly idols

Hindus are some of the most devoted and god-fearing people. They live to pray and pray to live. There is a temple in almost every household, though they feel the urge to visit temples in nearby as well as far off places. But being humans, they feel the need to upgrade the idols in their homes like any other 'objects' in the house. 

So what happens to these idols? It's not very uncommon to spot abandoned idols lying at peepal tree trunks among other places. The lucky one's among them have a fair chance of revival by being a part of a little temple at the tree trunk. Others just have to share space with last night's leftovers and other abandoned stuff. This series is my take on this practice.

Surajkund Mela 2014 - Crafts & Colors

You can run, you can hide but you can’t escape the colors in Surajkund Mela. From grand decoration throughout the geography of the fair, to colorful dresses of the performers, to the handicraft stalls, to the pink color of cotton candy to tons of other things screaming color! If you love shopping, you will love coming to the fair again and again. An interesting fact that I came across during the fair is that many of the craftsmen who were invited over there were state-level and national award winners in their own fields.

The hustle bustle and variety of people coming from all age groups and all walks of life make a great hunting ground for shutterbugs. To experience the energy of the place you really have to be there. Here's a small tribute to the grand crafts mela called Surajkund.

The Newspaper Project

For me, the Newspaper is the most accessible tool of Right to Information. People have their own reasons for reading it. Some like to be informed about the politics, some want to be up-to-date with the current affairs, some simply flip over to the sports section, some even don't care about the main newspaper, all they want to read is the lifestyle supplement.

Through this story, what I'm trying to portray is the urge to be informed which is there in most of us irrespective of the section of the society we belong to, time of the day or the place we choose to read it.