Category: Reportage

Kabir Malwa Yatra

And so we came together, us rag tag bunch of motley travellers for the Kabir Malwa Yatra in Madhya Pradesh this March. Through 9 days and 7 places we were witness to something few people have witnessed – a pure honesty and a genuine love all through the words of Kabir and the songs sung by musicians from 6 different states
Energy Injustice Report for Greenpeace

Shot on assignment for Greenpeace, this was a rare chance to meet people literally living in the shadows of some of Karnataka’s largest Hydro Electric Projects at the Kadra and Supa Dams.
Gods on Wheels

In the aftermath of the harvest, every village in the region nominates vehicles, decorations and of course the Gods in full dress suit. And their belching tractors join a line of other belching tractors with their own Gods and depictions of adventures from Hindu scriptures.

Halloween 2008, NYC

Ghosts and ghouls were scrapping for the few subway seats with hobgoblins and vampires. A Viking kindly got up to offer his seat to an elderly Wonder Woman. Obama and McCain masks in the scores reminded us of the impending Election Day just 4 days later.
Gorkhaland Protests, Darjeeling, North East India

I lay languishing in the sweet pre-monsoon of Darjeeling, the chants rent the air, already thick with fog. The looping lilting musical Nepali and English cries of thousands of Gorkhas demanding their identity.
Gay Pride Parade 2009, Bangalore

The second Gay Pride March in Bangalore, South India, was a roaring riot of colour, love and an identity that is slowly gathering momentum all over the country.

Indira Gandhi International Academy

On the outskirts of Bangalore is a campus misleadingly titled, “The Indira Gandhi International School.” All the kids here are orphans or abandoned, mostly comprising Sri Lankan refugees rendered homeless by the tsunami or constant fighting between the LTTE and the Sri Lankan army.
Obama Elected President, Times Square

I found myself in Times Square, New York City, on Nov 4, 2008, the day the presidential election results were being announced.
Moon Festival, China Town, San Francisco

Every September on the Autumnal Equinox, at the end of the harvest season, the Chinese give thanks for the produce received.

Love Festival 08, San Francisco

They’re heading towards the San Francisco Civic Centre Park that lawns the City Hall and Supreme Court buildings. The flood becomes a tsunami that merges into an ocean of people at the square. Booming bass is reverberating beneath my feet. Like a homing pulse leading me down in the river to pray.
Tyda Railway Station

A broad gauge railway line higher than anywhere else in our impressive Indian railways. And in the middle of a veritable jungle. Instant love.
Chicago Airshow ’08

Planes from four generations roar around, do formation runs, tricks defying the laws of physics. The Blue Angels, USA’s premier air force formation squad flies inches away from each other earning collective gasps for fearless feats of daredevilry.

Nagaur Cattle Fair

It turned out to be an exodus, but joining the humans and their monster trucks were cud chewing cows, milky white Arabian looking horses, listless buffaloes, and loads of haughty camels.
Kalkeri Sangeeta Vidyalaya

The KSV in Dharwad, North Karnataka is a residential school for destitute children, focuses on integrating music and academic education to inculcate a holistic outlook and ability in these kids.
High Line Park

Starting in midtown Manhattan the high line park is an elevated railway line that has been converted into a park