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.