PHOTOGRAPHY + ART =

THESE ARE THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF INDIA ART SUMMIT 2009 AT PRAGATI MAIDAN, NEW DELHI. I JUST WANTED TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A PHOTOGRAPHER CLICKS A SO CALLED ART WORK. AND THE RESULT IS EVEN THEY CAN CREATE ART WORK OUT OF THAT.

GLOBAL WARMING

I WAS RETURNING HOME FROM GURGAON THROUGH NH-8 AND I NOTICED A BOAT BESIDE THE SERVICE LANE. I JUST STOPPED TO FREEZE THIS AMAZING MOMENT. ENJOY YOUR LIFE NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE, THIS MAN IN THE PHOTOGRAPH SEEMS TO DO THE SAME.

EVERY DAY IS RECESSION FOR THEM

WISH TO SEE ALL THE CEOs IN PLACE OF THESE PEOPLE TO MAKE IT TRUE INDIAN.

HAVE A SMILE (---------------------)

WE WERE VISITING A HISTORICAL PLACE, SHARDHANA NEAR MEERUT IN UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA. THIS BUILDING WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A HOSPITAL LONG BACK, NOW RESIDENCE OF A FAMILY. THESE PHOTOGRAPHS HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS PLACE. BUT IF YOU CAREFULLY GO THROUGH THESE PHOTOGRAPHS YOU WILL HAVE A SMILE ON YOUR FACE AT THE END. THIS CHILD WAS TRYING TO CLOSE THE DOOR FROM OUTSIDE AND SUDDENLY SOMEONE FROM INSIDE OPENED IT.

it MAY be your DAY

TOMORROW IS MAY DAY, WORLD LABOUR DAY. AND I DIDN'T FIND ANY LABOUR BIGGER THAN THIS ONE.

ROAD SIDE BATH-TUB

ITS TOO HOT. PEOPLE FINDS THEIR OWN WAY TO LIVE.

NO ENTRY

ITS A ROAD BLOCKADE IN GURGAON DUE TO COUPLE OF MURDER IN THE CITY.

KOMAL, THE GIRL

THIS IS KOMAL, DAUGHTER OF A STREET SIDE TEA STALL OWNER. SHE IS VERY CUTE AS YOU CAN SEE. AND I LOVE TO SHOOT HER PHOTOGRAPH.

EVERYONE HAS DIFFERENT ANGLE OF VIEW

THE CHEAPEST CAR IN THE WORLD, NANO IN A GURGAON SHOWROOM. EVERY ONE WAS ANXIOUSLY WAITING FOR ITS LAUNCH AND THIS PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS HOW ANXIOUS THEY WERE.

POLO WITH A DIFFERENCE

BOYS ARE PLAYING CYCLE POLO WHEN A LITTLE CHILD JOINED THEM JUST TO MAKE MY PHOTOGRAPH DIFFERENT. BUT TILL THEN THERE WERE NO ONE TO PUBLISH THEM.

GREEN FISH

HEY. ITS NOT A FISH BUT A PLANT LEAF. AFTER LONG TIME I SHOT SOMETHING DIFFERENT AS I AM LIVING A DIFFERENT LIFE. ITS VERY DIFFERENT ARIJIT WITHOUT FUN. DON'T WORRY I WILL BE BACK VERY SOON TILL THEN ENJOY FISH :)

MY SIS

UNIQUE WAY TO WORSHIP. MAY GOD BLESS HER A BIT MORE.

CHILDS PLAY

I HAVE NO JOB BUT TO UPLOAD THIS BLOG. YOU WILL FIND A PHOTOGRAPH SIMILAR TO THIS DOWN THE BLOG, BUT I RATE IT HIGHER.

KISS OF POLITICS

LOVE OF A MINISTER. SHEILA DIKSHIT, CHIEF MINISTER OF DELHI KISSING THE HAND OF HER COLLEAGUE DURING A PARTY. THIS IS VERY COMMON IN THE WESTERN COUNTRIES BUT NOT IN INDIA. MY TABLOID LIKED IT VERY MUCH.

AWAY FROM BUSY SCHEDULE

THIS IS THE PUJA BATI - THE TEMPLE, MORE THAN400 YRS OLD.
MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY ORNAMENTING THE IDOL OF THE GODDESS DURGA.
IDOL OF THE GODDESS DURGA IN THE TEMPLE.

MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY OFFERING PUJA.

CHILDREN AND WOMEN DANCING WITH SOUND OF DHAK - A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT SPECIALY USED DURING HINDU FESTIVALS IN BENGAL.

EVERYONE DANCING TOGETHER WITH THE TUNE. THE MOST INTERESTING THING IS THESE PEOPLE WILL GET BUSY IN WORK AFTER THE FESTIVAL AND WILL HARDLY MEET EACH OTHER IN A YEARS TIME.

DEVOTEES TAKING THE WARMTH OF FIRE AFTER PUJA.

FAMILY MEMBERS CHATING IN THE TEMPLE AT MIDNIGHT JUST BEFORE PUJA.

WOMEN LIGHTING DIYA AFTER OFFERING PUJA AT MIDNIGHT.

YOUNG MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY RESTING IN THE TEMPLE , WHO WERE IN GUARD AT NIGHT.

THIS IS THE 5TH DAY OF FESTIVAL. WOMEN PERFORMING THE RITUALS BEFORE IMMERSION.

PLAYING WITH VERMILON POWDER, ITS ALSO A PART OF RITUALS.

THE IDOL IS BEING TAKEN FOR IMMERSION IN THE RIVER OF GANGES. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO TAKES THE IDOL ON THEIR SHOULDER TO THE RIVER WEARING NEW CLOTHES GIVEN BY THE FAMILY.

PEOPLE OF THE VILLAGE TRYING MAKE WAY FOR THE PROCESSION BY HOLDING UP THE BRANCH OF A TREE.

IMMERSSION. END OF PUJA.

THE EMPTY PODIUM, WHERE PUJA WAS PERFORMED FOR THE LAST 5 DAYS.

A RITUAL OF WRITING THE NAME GODDESS DURGA ON THE LEAVES OF BANANA AFTER IMERSSION.

AT THE END YOUNG MEMBER TAKES THE BLESSINGS FROM THE OLDER ONES.

A PHOTO FEATURE ON 424 YR OLD DURGA PUJA - A 5 DAY LONG HINDU FESTIVAL OF SEN FAMILY IN WEST BENGAL, INDIA. THIS IS HOW A JOINT FAMILY CELEBRATES THE PUJA IN AN UNKNOWN VILLAGE CALLED GUPTIPARA OF WEST BENGAL. THEY WORSHIP, ENJOY AND LIVE TOGETHER DURING THE FESTIVAL. ITS THE TIME WHEN EVERYONE MEET EACH OTHER AWAY FROM THEIR BUSY SCHEDULE. SO ITS NOT JUST ABOUT THE FESTIVAL, ITS ABOUT HOW THEY ENJOY IT. I AM ALSO A PROUD MEMBER OF THIS FAMILY.

CHRIST FOR MASS

ON THE EVE OF CHRISTMAS AT SACRED HEART CATHEDRAL CHURCH, NEW DELHI. A MAN PRAYING WHILE THE LITTLE GIRL PLAYING SITTING UNDER THE BENCH. I FOUND THIS PHOTOGRAPH AFTER A LONG GAP TO POST HERE. I LIKED THE MOOD HERE.
ON CHRISTMAS DAY AT SACRED HEART CATHEDRAL CHURCH A KID ON HER MOTHER'S LAP WEARING A SANTA CAP. THIS IS VERY CUTE ONE AS PER ME. YOU MIGHT NOT LIKE IT, BUT LET ME KNOW.

DELHI FLOODED

THIS IS THE SITUATION OF YAMUNA WHEN ITS FLOWING ABOVE THE DANGER LEVEL IN DELHI.
CURIOUS PEOPLE HAVING A LOOK OF INFLATED YAMUNA WHICH IS A RARE VIEW IN DELHI.

ITS ALSO A VIEW OF DELHI AFTER YAMUNA ENGULFED THE HUTS AROUND IN SHASTRI NAGAR EXT.. ON A BRIGHT SUNNY DAY WHEN THE SUN WENT FOR A BREAK BEHIND THE CLOUDS FOR A FEW SECONDS I CLICKED THIS PHOTOGRAPH. EVERYTHING CHANGED ONCE IT CAME OUT.

A FAMILY IN THE RESCUE CAMP BESIDE YAMUNA. THIS PHOTOGRAPH WILL NEVER COME UP IN MY PAPER BUT I LIKE THIS ONE VERY MUCH. ITS SAYS THEIR CONDITION AND HOW THEY LIVE IT WEARING A SMILE ON THEIR FACE AS WELL.

THIS IS ALSO A VIEW IN A RESCUE CAMP.

A BOY LOOKING AT THE BOATS KEPT FOR RESCUE DURING FLOOD. I LIKED THE ENTIRE MOOD.

ITS RAINING IN DELHI BUT ITS NOT DRAINING IT

I HATE RAIN SO DONT LIKE TO SHOOT RAIN. BUT ONCE I AM INTO IT I LIKE SHOOTING RAIN. TODAY WAS ONE SUCH DAY. ENJOY RAIN BEING AT HOME BCOZ ITS WATERLOGGED OUTSIDE.

HOLD IT UNTIL HE IS NOT HUNGRY

I CLICKED THIS FROM AUTO WHILE GOING TO KAROL BAGH FOR AN ASSIGNMENT. WHEN I WAS ABOUT TO SHOOT THIS A CAR CAME IN FRONT OF MY CAMERA AND I MISSED WHAT I WANTED. BUT I DONT REGRET WHAT I GOT. ANY WAY ONE CAN SMILE LOOKING AT IT.

SHYNESS SPEAKS

ASHKEEN AHMAD A 20 YR OLD BOY WHO LEFT HIS STUDIES AFTER HE FAILED IN EXAM OF 7TH STANDARD. THEN HE WORKED AS A MECHANIC. LATER HE REALISED THE VALUE OF EDUCATION AND COMPLETED HIS +2 FROM NATIONAL OPEN SCHOOL. NOW HE IS PERSUAING HIS GRADUATION DEGREE AND OPENED UP A GROUP CALLED 'MAKSAD'. WHERE HE USE TO CREATE AWARENESS AMONG THE LOCAL YOUTHS REGARDING RIGHT TO INFORMATION AND LEGAL SYSTEMS.
BUT WHEN I ASKED HIM TO POSE FOR MY CAMERA HE WAS FEELING SO SHY THAT I COULDN'T STOP CLICKING HIM. ACTUALLY HIS SHYNESS SPEAKS.

CLICKED ON TIME

A FUNNY PHOTOGRAPH OF A BORING PROGRAMME. NAFISA ALI, A SOCIALITE SHARING A JOKE WITH THE AUTHOR OF THE NEWLY LAUNCHED BOOK ON CRICKET AS MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT OF INDIA , AJAY MAKEN LOOKS ON. I WAS ACTUALLY VERY HAPPY FOR THE EXACT TIMING OF CLICKING THIS PHOTOGRAPH.

ERROR IN JOB SEARCH ENGINE

YOUNG PEOPLE LOOKING EXHAUSTED AT JOB FAIR IN NEW DELHI. YOU MIGHT SAY I SHOULD HAVE CLICKED SOME POSITIVE PHOTOGRAPHS BUT THIS IS THE EXACT SCENARIO OF JOB MARKET IN INDIA. I POSTED IT B'COZ SOMETIMES WE SHOULD SHOW THE DULL / UNIMPRESSIVE SIDE OF LIFE.

COLORS OF CULTURE

I WENT THERE TO SHOOT THE LAUNCH OF A TV CHANNEL. THESE TWO KIDS ARE CHARACTERS OF 'BALIKA BADHU' - CHILD BRIDE . I JUST WANT TO SHOW THE CONTRAST OF CULTURE HERE . DONT KNOW HOW WILL YOU LIKE IT.

WHEN GOD WAS TRAVELING

THIS IS RATHA YATRA IN NEW DELHI. VERY MUCH DIFFERENT FROM MY CITY. ANY WAY ITS GOOD TO SEE THE GATHERING. I LIKED THE 1ST PIC WHERE 4 WORKERS ARE WATCHING THE YATRA FORGETING THEIR JOB. AND I LIKED THE WAY THEY ARE STANDING.

IT CAN'T BE THAT SMALL. WHAT U SAY??

HOW DO U LIKE THIS PHOTOGRAPH?? IS IT TOO BAD TO PUBLISH?? BUT THEY WILL NOT PUBLISH IT. MY FAULT IS THAT I CLICKED THIS PHOTOGRAPH WHILE HE WAS JOKING WITH HIS TEAM MATES OF INDIAN FOOTBALL TEAM DURING THEIR PRACTICE SESSION AT DELHI.

TAJ WHERE U WON'T LIKE TO VIEW FROM

THAT DAY I WAS VISITING TAJ WITH MY FAMILY. SECURITY PEOPLE DIDN'T ALLOW ME TO GO INSIDE WITH MY CAMERA BAG. THEN I GAVE RS 50 TO GO ON TOP OF A HOTEL TO GET A VIEW OF TAJ. I GOT A FEW DIFFERENT ANGEL OF THE TAJ WHICH I MIGHT NOT HAVE SEEN IF I WAS ALLOWED TO GO IN. AM THANKFUL TO THE SECURITY PEOPLE.

MY TIME PASS

THIS WAS MY TIME-PASS DURING DAVIS CUP MATCH, DON'T KNOW WHAT THESE PEOPLE WERE DOING.

OPEN YOUR MOUTH CLICK ! CLICK ! CLICK !

FORMER MISS INDIA EARTH AMRITA PATKI DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE. ME AND MY CAMERA ALWAYS WAIT FOR THESE TYPE OF SITUATIONS WHICH SHE WAS NOT AWARE OF.

CHILDS PLAY

A PHOTOGRAPH THAT BRINGS A SMILE ON YOUR FACE .

HAS THE GUTS TO HUG BUT NOT TO FACE

I WAS ROAMING AT THE CENTRAL PARK FOR SOME WINTER PHOTOGRAPHS. SUDDENLY THIS GUY HUGGED HIS GIRLFRIEND JUST TO GIVE ME A GOOD CANDID PHOTOGRAPH. I LIKE THIS PHOTOGRAPH MORE B'COZ OF MY TIMING.

LOVE AT APPU'S OWN PLACE

THIS WAS THE LAST DAY OF APPU GHAR, DELHI'S OLDEST AMMUSEMENT PARK. THINGS COME AND GO BUT LOVE REMAINS AT IT'S PLACE.

ENJOY LIFE NOT DEATH

I ALWAYS BELIEVE THAT GOD LIVES IN MY PHOTOGRAPHS. HERE ME AND MY PHOTOGRAPHER FRIEND PARTHA WERE SHOOTING THESE FOUR GUYS ON A TWO-WHEELER WITHOUT HELMET. BUT THE OLD MAN IN HELMET SUDDENLY COMES IN MY FRAME JUST TO MAKE IT BEAUTIFUL.

FOR THEIR EYES ONLY??

INDIAN CRICKETERS ARE HAVING SOME TREAT AS THEY RETURNED HOME DEFEATING THE Oz AT THEIR OWN BACKYARD.

FOR THEIR EYES ONLY

don't LIVE LIFE LIKE THIS LADY

MANY PEOPLE SUFFERED UNTIMELY WATER LOGGING AND A FEW (even less) DIDN'T. THEY JUST ENJOYED. WISH I COULD CHANGE THE SIDES FOR ONE DAY.

BE-NAZIR DEATH

A VIEW AT OUR OFFICE AS THE NEWS OF BENAZIR BHUTTO'S DEATH FLASHED ON TV. EMOTIONS KNOW NO BARRIER. ALL ARE INDIANS BUT MOVED BY THE NEWS FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLDS ONE OF THE MOST TALKED ABOUT BORDER.

TENT IN FRONT OF THE GATE

PICNIC AT INDIA GATE. IN MY 2 AND A HALF YEAR STAY IN DELHI I HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH SCENE. THIS FAMILY WAS ACTUALLY ENJOYING WEEKEND PICNIC WITH TENTS ON IN THE HEART OF THE CITY BUT THEY NEVER BOTHERED TO OFFER ANYTHING TO ME :) .

SHOAIB SHOWED IT

IT WAS A VERY TOUGH TIME FOR ME DURING INDIA VS PAK TEST MATCH IN DELHI AS I WAS NOT MUCH USED TO SHOOT WITH 300MM LENS AND 2X. ITS A PHOTOGRAPH THAT I LIKED. THOUGH THIS PHOTOGRAPH DOESN'T SAY THE RESULT OF THE MATCH.

HOW DO U FEEL?

ITS A COLD DAY IN DELHI FOR DELHIITES BUT A CUTE COLD DAY FOR ME AND MY CAMERA.

LOVE HAS NO BARRIER BUT DIFFICULT TO GET ONE

I SPENT MORE THAN 10MIN HERE PUTTING MY CAMERA ON TARGET EXPECTING SOMETHING LIKE THIS. AS I SAID EARLIER I HAVE NEVER BEEN BETRAYED BY KIDS, I GOT THIS CUTE PHOTOGRAPH.

STRENGTH HAS SOME BARRIER

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I GOT A GOOD PHOTOGRAPH IN ZOO. THERE WERE SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO WERE ACTUALLY DISTURBING THE TIGER INSPITE OF THE WARNING. I WANTED SOMETHING MORE.

FAITH HAS NO BARRIER

WHEN I TRIED MY LEVEL BEST AND COULDN'T ENTER THROUGH THE GATE AS IT WAS PARTIALLY CLOSED I SHOT FROM OUT SIDE. I LIKE THIS.

A NATION TURNED 60

SOME MOMENTS OF INDIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY.

SOME FLOWERS

Hi, nice work, I particularly like your sense of humour and timing. Keep it up.Bests,

-F. ( Finbarr O'reilly Reuters photographer and winner of 2005 World Press Photo )


hi Arijit, thanks for sharing this. Some really nice work, but I wish they weren’t in pop up windows and so heavily watermarked. I love the first one, man getting in the train, the model backstage with her shows, the blind man with the motion, and more. I could never shoot in this style, and you seem so natural at it, with a good sense of humor too!

— erica mcdonald
photographer


"I think you have a good sense of timing, and there is a great sense of humor in your work. I especially like the backstage pix of the models and the piece on Tihar. The photos are a bit dark and I'd like to see brighter color, but that could just be my monitor and that they are lo resolution watermarked images. Try playing around with your white balance when shooting in the rain and during overcast weather. All in all, I think you have a solid set of work. Keep shooting!"

_ Jessica D. Korman , Photo Editor / Photographer USA.

INDIAN RAILWAY

A MAN TRYING TO GET INTO THE TRAIN THROUGH THE EMERGENCY WINDOW AS ALL THE DOORS WERE CLOSED. I CLICKED IT AT KATHGODAM STATION IN INDIA WHILE RETURNING TO DELHI FROM A SHORT TRIP. EVEN THOUGH I WAS VERY TIRED AFTER A JUNGLE TREK I COULDN'T MISS IT. AND I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET IT PUBLISHED.

RAIN RULES

ITS RAINING IN DELHI. ACTUALLY I HATE RAIN SINCE IT DOESN'T SPARE MY CAMERAS. BUT ON THESE DAYS I WAS OUT FOR SOME OTHER ASSIGNMENT AND I HAD TO CLICK.

THIS IS WHAT MATTERS

"Thank you so very much for the wonderful work."

ALOKE MITRA
former Chief Photographer
The Telegraph.

THIS IS WHAT ONE SHOULD DO WHEN THERE IS A CHAOS

A ROBBERY TOOK PLACE FROM DARYAGUNJ BRANCH OF VIJAYA BANK IN NEW DELHI. AS USUAL ALL THE ELECTRONIC MEDIA HAD RUSHED TO THE PLACE TO COVER IT. IN THE NARROW ROADS OF DARYAGUNJ IT WAS A TOTAL CHAOS. THEN A BYSTANDER SAID YES THIS THE LADY WHO HAS LOST HER JEWELLERY BUT I WAS NOT ABLE TO SEE HER FACE EVEN. AFTER A WHILE I SAW HER THROUGH THE GAP OF THE CAMERAS AND BOOMS. I WAS ACTUALLY TRYING TO CLICK A NICE PHOTOGRAPH AS I WAS HUNGRY OF GOOD PHOTOHRAPH FOR LONG. BUT NO WAY. THEN I NOTICED THE VIJAYA BANK LOGO -A GENTLEMAN STANDING. AFTER THAT I KEPT ON CLICKING SEVERAL PHOTOGRAPHS WITH THAT LOGO AND FINALLY GOT IT. HOPE AFTER A LONG GAP I HAVE POSTED A GOOD ONE.

BEATING THE HEAT

I WENT TO INDIA GATE AREA ( the most photographed place in Delhi ) TO SHOOT ANDHI (dust storm). I GOT ONLY ONE SHOT OF DUST STORM WHICH IS NOT DECENT ENOUGH TO PUT HERE. SO I JUST KEPT SEARCHING AROUND, FINALLY SAW A FEW PEOPLE SITTING BESIDE THE INDIA GATE POOL DIPPING THEIR LEGS IN WATER TO BEAT THE HEAT. AND I COULDN'T MISS THESE AUNTIES. AS USUAL THIS PHOTOGRAPH WILL NEVER BE PUBLISHED. BUT IF YOU LIKE IT PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

PLAY

HEY! IT SEEMS TO BE A ARRANGED PHOTOGRAPH BUT NO. ITS A CANDID ONE. THE MAN WAS JUST PLAYING WITH HIS DAUGHTER IN A WATER PARK ON WEEKEND TRIP. I THINK THIS ONE DOESNT DESERVE A PLACE HERE BUT STILL I KEPT IT HERE JUST FOR FUN.

FALSE LEG BUT REAL PILLOW

A HANDICAPPED COBBLER SLEEPING ON HIS FALSE LIMB AT A MARKET PLACE IN NEW DELHI. TO ME ITS AN INTERESTING PHOTOGRAPH BUT DO YOU THINK SO?

ITS ELECTION TIME

THESE ARE A FEW SHOTS WHICH I CLICKED DURING 2007 MCD ELECTION IN DELHI. BY THESE I WANTED TO PUT UP THE ACTUAL MOOD OF DELHI DURING THE ELECTION.

IT GIVES INSPIRATION when u carp my pix

The camera is for me a notebook of sketch, the instrument of the intuition and spontaneousness, the Master of the moment which, in visual terms, questions and decides at the same time. “To mean” the world, it is necessary to feel implied in what one cuts out through the sight. This attitude requires concentration, sensitivity, a direction of the geometry. It is by a saving in means and especially a lapse of memory of oneself that one arrives at the simplicity of expression.
To photograph: it is to retain its breath when all our faculties converge to collect reducing reality; at this point in time the seizure of an image is a great physical and intellectual joy.
To photograph: it is in the same moment and in a split second to recognize a fact and the rigorous organization of visually perceived forms which express and mean this fact.
It is to put on the same line of sight the head, the eye and the heart. It is a way of living.

HENRY CARTIER BRESSON

A LINE WITHOUT A WORD

A VERY SIMPLE PHOTOGRAPH. ITS A LINE WITHOUT A SINGLE WORD THAT DESCRIBES THE MERCURY READING IN NEW DELHI. WHEN MY NEWS EDITOR MISTAKEN IT AS A PHOTO-COLLAGE, MADE IT SPECIAL FOR ME.

WHEN THEY DIDN'T POSE for my camera

I SHOT THEM IN MY OWN WAY DURING WILLS LIFESTYLE INDIA FASHION WEEK 2007. WHEN THEY WERE NOT POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS RATHER RUNNING AWAY FROM CAMERA. AFTER I SHOT ANJULA A MODEL YAWNING AT BACKSTAGE SHE WARNED ME AND TRIED TO SNATCH MY CAMERA. I BELIEVE THAT I MADE THEM CRAZY BUT SORRY THAT WAS MY JOB. ONE HAS TO BELIEVE THESE MODELS LOOK MUCH BETTER WHEN THEY DON'T POSE.

THIS IS HOW A VETERAN CELEBRATES HIS B'DAY

THIS WAS ANOTHER DULL ASSIGNMENT, DR. KARAN SINGH'S BOOK RELEASE AT IIC, NEW DELHI ON THE OCCASSION OF HIS 76TH BIRTHDAY. ADDING TO IT WE REACHED THERE LATE, THOUGH I MANAGED TO CLICK WHAT MY PAPER REQUIRE. BESIDE THIS I ALSO MANAGED TO CLICK SOME REAL FUNNY PHOTOGHRAPHS OF DR SINGH WHILE CELEBRATING HIS BIRTHDAY. THING IS THESE PHOTOGRAPHS DOESN'T NEED TO SAY ANYTHING THEY WILL AUTOMATICALLY MAKE YOU LAUGH, SMILE OR GRIN ( depending on your nature).

ITS RAINING OUTSIDE

I WAS RUNNING AFTER JADE GOODY, ENGLISH TV STAR WHO HAD PASSED SOME COMMENT ON INDIAN STAR SHILPA SHETTY ON A TV PROGRAMME. GOODY WAS VISITING INDIA AND AS A PART OF MEDIA I WAS ALSO RUNNING AFTER HER. AFTER LEAVING HOTEL WE LOST HER HER AND CAUGHT IN A TRAFFIC JAM. I WAS JUST GETTING BORED IN SIDE THE CAB. AS IT WAS RAINING OUTSIDE I TRIED TO CLICK SOME FROM THE CAR ONLY. I THOUGHT THEY ARE COUPLE BUT AFTERWARDS I REALISED BOTH ARE WOMAN, NEVER MIND WHO IS GOING TO CHECK THEIR SEX. OVERALL ITS A ROMANTIC PHOTOGRAPH WITH SOME BLURRED EFFECT AT THE TOP DUE TO THE RAIN DROPS ON THE CAR WINDSHEILD. HOW DO U LIKE IT?

TIHAR MEANS HOME FOR THESE KIDS

FEELINGS

A LOVE SCENE FROM A PLAY (NAME I CAN'T REMEMBER). I DONT WANT TO TAKE ANY CREDIT FOR THIS PHOTOGRAPH AS THESE TWO ACTORS ACTUALLY MADE IT FOR ME. BUT I AM PROUD TO CAPTURE THIS MOMENT, YOU CAN ACTUALLY FEEL IT.

VISA

PEOPLE AT PAKISTAN EMBASSY IN NEW DELHI WAITING FOR VISA. THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT WORRIED WITH TERRORIST ATTACK ON SAMJHAUTA EXPRESS BUT WITH THE EMBASSY WHO TAKES DAYS TO MONTHS TO GRANT A VISA.

LOVED ONCE, WORRIED NOW

PASSENGERS AT AMBEDKAR BUS TERMINAL BEFORE BOARDING THE DELHI-LAHORE BUS AS THE SAMJHAUTA EXPRESS A INDIA-PAK TRAIN BEEN ATTACKED ON YESTERDAY BY TERRORISTS TO KILL 66 PEOPLE.

SAMJHAuHOTA TO NEHI HOTA

TERRORIST ATTACK ON INDIA-PAK SAMJHAUTA EXPRESS NEAR PANIPATH, INDIA. PASSENGERS FROM OTHER TRAIN TRYING TO HAVE A LOOK AT THE BURNT COMPARTMENT OF THE TRAIN.

ON THE LEFT ITS SOMEONE'S FOOT. DON'T COMPLAIN, ITS MY DUTY TO SHOW WHAT I SAW. BY THE WAY THIS IS ANOTHER PHOTOGRAPH WHICH WILL NEVER PUBLISH.

INSIDE VIEW OF THE BURNT COMPARTMENT OF THE TRAIN. SMOKES COMING OUT EVEN AFTER 10HOURS OF THE INCIDENT. 66 PEOPLE DIED IN THIS FIRE. THE TRAIN WAS GOING TOPAKISTAN FROM DELHI.

A VILLAGER LOOKING AT THE BURNT TRAIN, WHICH KILLED 66 INNOCENT PEOPLE.

SECURITY PERSONNEL GUARDING THE BURNT COMPARTMENT OF THE TRAIN NEAR PANIPATH.

RELATIVES OF THE PASSENGERS AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL AT PANIPATH IN SEARCH OF THEIR LOVED ONES.

THIS MAN HAS IDENTIFIED THE BODY OF HIS RELATIVE WHO HAS DIED IN SAMJHAUTA EXPRESS BLAST.

POLICE LIFTING THE BODY OF ASI WHO DIED ON DUTY DURING THE ACCIDENT. JUST TRIED TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE BACKGROUND.

THIS MAN IS IN THE PANIPATH LOCAL HOSPITAL IN SEARCH OF HIS GRANDFATHER. ONE OF MY FRIEND ASKED ME WHY I INCLUDED THIS PHOTOGRAPH HERE - JUST B'COZ OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING AT HIM.

A SECURITY MAN LOOKING INSIDE THE COMPARTMENT OF BURNT SAMJHAUTA EXPRESS. I CLICKED THIS PHOTOGRAPH WITHOUT SEEING IT. ACTUALLY I WAS VERY TENSED TO CLICK PHOTOGRAPHS AS IT WAS FIRST OF ITS KIND IN MY LIFE.

RELATIVES AT THE MORTUARY IN SEARCH OF THEIR RELATIVES.

RELATIVES AT THE MORTUARY IN SEARCH OF THEIR RELATIVES.

LIFE

THIS IS A VIEW FROM VAISHNO DEVI TEMPLE. ITS LIFE.

TRANSACTION

ITS A SCENE AT KAROL BAGH MARKET IN NEW DELHI. AGAIN ITS A VERY COMMON SCENE. BUT THE WAY ONE IS TRANSFERING THE CURRENCY NOTES TO ANOTHER AND THE WAY THESE FOUR WOMEN LOOKING AT IT, MAKES IT SPECIAL TO ME. ISN'T IT SHOWS THE VALUE OF MONEY ?

MUHARRAM WITH LITTLE eyes

NO ONE CARES

3 PEOPLE DIED AND A FEW WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED WHEN A WALL FELL ON WORKERS AT A CONSTUCTION SITE IN NEW DELHI. THIS WOMAN LOST HER BROTHER IN THE INCIDENT. SHE WAS CRYING ALONE AND EVERYONE AROUND WERE JUST STANDING PERPLEXED. LATER MY LADY REPORTER WENT TO STOP HER.

DISASTER

I WENT TO DISASTER MANAGEMENT CAMP AT EAST DELHI, WHICH IS FIRST OF ITS KIND IN INDIA. WHEN I REACHED EVERYTHING WAS COMPLETE BY THEN. I HAD NOTHING TO SHOOT. JUST ROAMING ARROUND. A GROUP OF STUDENTS COME TO ME AND REQUESTED TO SHOOT THEIR PHOTOGRAPHS. THEN THEY START PLAYING TUG-OF-WAR FOR ME AND I KEPT ON CLICKING AND THIS IS ONE DECISIVE MOMENT THAT I CLICKED ON THAT DAY.

c/o TIHAR JAIL

JUST CHILL

JUST CHILL WITH IT.

BYE! BYE!

NARA GREENWAY FROM UK AND KATSU FROM JAPAN PLAYING MUSIC AT NEW DELHI STATION AS THEY COME TO SEE OFF THEIR FRIEND. YOU WILL FIND SUCH PHOTOGRAPHS IN RAILWAY STATION VERY RARE. I JUST KEPT CLICKING THEM UNTILL MY CAMERA CHIP SAID " I AM FULL ".

ADDRESS: NEW DELHI STATION PAHARGUNJ GATE, STAIRS

JUST SAY DO YOU LIKE THIS PHOTOGRAPH OR NOT. NOTHING ELSE. NTERESTING THING IS, WHEN I WAS SHOOTING THIS BLIND MAN A SECURITY MAN FROM NOWHERE COME TO ME AND ASKED NOT TO SHOOT THIS BLIND MAN. HE ASKED MY NATIONALITY AS I ENQUIRED WHY. BUT THE SECURITY MAN WAS CONVINCED TO KNOW MY INDIAN NATIONALITY. AND THEN HE ALLOWED ME TO SHOOT . HOW FUNNY.

SAY BYE TO HER

SOMEONE'S GRANDMOM OR SOMEONE'S MOM AT NEW DELHI RAILWAY STATION JUST TRYING TO LOOK INSIDE THE A/C COMPARTMENT FOR HER LOVED ONE. THIS IS NOT VERY UNUSUAL WE ALL SEE SUCH THINGS IN EVERYDAY LIFE BUT HAVE WE EVER THINK OF FREEZING THIS MOMENT? EVERY USUAL THING IS VERY UNUSUAL AT A VERY PARTICULAR MOMENT AND MY JOB IS TO FREEZE THAT.

HANDS DAY OUT

CHILDREN NEVER DISHEARTEN ME WHILE I AM WITH CAMERA. THEY ALWAYS GIVES SOMETHING WHEN I DON'T HAVE ANY SUBJECT. SUCH THING HAPPENED ON THAT DAY AS WELL. I JUST WENT TO KHAN MARKET , IN NEW DELHI TO SHOOT PEOPLE. BUT THAT WAS ACTUALLY A DRY DAY IN TERMS OF PHOTOGRAPHY NO DESCENT SUBJECT TO SHOOT. BUT THESE KIDS WERE TOO GOOD. I REALLY ENJOYED SHOOTING THEM.

WHEN WE STOP TO SEE THE MOVING WORLD

A VIEW OF BALLIMARAN A LANE IN CHANDNI CHOWK. ITS REALLY VERY DIFFICULT TO SHOOT IN THE CHANDNI CHOWK LANES AND BY-LANES AS THEY ARE VERY CROWDED. THOUGH MY PHOTOGRAPH DOESN'T SHOW SUCH CROWD. I JUST WANTED TO SHOOT THE VERY COMMON SIGHT IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

JUST CHILL!!

A PARENT OF A CHILD DURING BABY SHOW AT MOTHER'S PRIDE , A PRE-SCHOOL . I SHOOT THIS TYPE OF PHOTOGRAPH JUST TO CHILL AND MAKE PEOPLE SMILE. KEEP SMILING.

AFTER MEETING THE GOD

PEOPLE GOING BACK TO THEIR WORK AFTER HAVING NAMAZ ON THE DAY OF EID AT FEROZE SHAH KOTLA. THERE ARE TWO WAYS IN LIFE ONE IS SMOOTH AND THE OTHER ONE IS TOUGH. I SUPPOSE PEOPLE TAKE THE TOUGH ONE FOR WE PHOTOGRAPHERS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME NICE PHOTOGRAPHS. EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD SAFER WAY DOWN BUT

FOR UNKNOWN REASONS THEY TOOK THE OTHER WAY.

EID ON A FOGGY DAY

A DAY OUT IN FEROZE SHAH KOTLA DURING EID. AGAIN I PROVED THAT I CAN DO BETTER, WHEN OTHERS DO IT DIFFERENTLY . WHEN I STARTED FOR KOTLA I FOUND IT REALLY FOGGY. I WAS UNABLE TO SHOOT ANY FOG PHOTOGRAPH AS I WAS SHORT OF GB SPACE. WHEN I REACHED KOTLA VIEW WAS WONDERFUL THERE AS YOU CAN SEE IN MY PHOTOGRAPHS. Its the only place where I praise myself.

PEOPLE AT NEW DELHI RAILWAY STATION

I AM JUST TRYING TO SHOOT PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT PLACES, STARTING WITH NEW DELHI RAIWAY STATION. THESE ARE NOT THE BEST OF THE LOT BUT DEFINITELY OF THE FIRST DAY'S SHOOT. NEXT DAY I WOULD LIKE TO IMPROVE SOME OF THESE FRAMES AND TO SHOOT SOME MORE INTERESTING PHOTOGRAPHS.

ITS A CALL FROM INSIDE

WHEN WHOLE DELHI IS CONCERNED ABOUT DENGUE AND PATIENTS GATHERED AT AIIMS FOR CHECK-UP, THE SECURITY GUARD SEEMS TO BE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT HIS FOOD. NO MATTER WHERE HE IS.

TWO WAYS OF ENJOYMENT

A SCENE OF BUNGEE JUMPING DURING YOUTH NEXUS AT DELHI UNIVERSITY. THESE PEOPLE PAID RS 500 TO JUMP. AND THE MOST INTERESTING THING IS LADIES WERE AT PAR WITH MEN IN NUMBERS. AGAIN I WANT TO CLEAR A POINT THAT I HAVEN'T SAID A SINGLE WORD WITH MY SUBJECT NOT EVEN WITH THE GUY CLICKING PHOTOGRAPH WITH HIS MOBILE PHONE.

SECURED ???

A SECURITY GUARD AT RED FORT . I WAS JUST CLICKING A PHOTOGRAPH OF RED FORT WITH THE SECURITY GUARD FOR LIBRARY OF MY NEW PAPER. AS I WAS CLICKING HE STARTED PLAYING WITH HIS BALLS AND I CLICKED WHICH HE NEVER THOUGHT OF, I BET. YOU MAY SAY I SHOULDN'T HAVE USED THIS PHOTOGRAPH. BUT I JUST USED THIS AS IT IS VERY USUAL AND VERY UNUSUAL AT THE SAME TIME.

SHOULD I SAY HE LOOKS LIKE A B***AR

HEY ! SORRY FOR SHAH RUKH FANS. THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS ANOTHER COLLECTION TO MY CELEB PROJECT. THIS WAS A PRESS CONFERENCE ON NEW KBC WHICH IS TO BE HOSTED BY SRK. I DIDN'T HAD PROPER LENS SO I WAS TRYING TO GET SOMETHING OF MY TYPE. AND I GOT IT. I FOUND HIM REALLY TENSED AT TIMES. THIS IS ONE SUCH MOMENT. HE WAS ON PJs ONLY DURING THE PRESS CONFERENCE. AND THIS PJ IS FROM MY SIDE.

WHEN ADAM WAS A KID

CHINESE PREZ HU JINTAO WAS VISITING NEW DELHI AND COMMON PEOPLE WERE FACING TRAFFIC JAMS DURING DAY TIME. I WAS JUST WALKING ON THE STREETS TO GET SOME MOOD SHOTS ( ACTUALLY I WAS DOING THIS AFTER 1 MONTH GAP) . THEN I SAW A GROUP OF SCHOOL CHILDREN WALKING DOWN TO THEIR HOME AS THEIR SCHOOL BUS HAS GOT STUCK IN TRAFFIC JAM. I WAS JUST FOLLOWING THEM SUDDENLY SAW TWO SCHOOL KIDS TEASING THEM FROM BUS. MY CAMERA AS USUAL DIDN'T MISSED IT.

WHAT THESE GUYS ARE THINKING

THIS WAS A RENU TANDON SHOW AT THE CRESENT. THE MOST UGLIEST SHOW IN TERMS OF LIGHTING PROVIDED FOR US. SO APART FROM THE FORMAL SHOW PHOTOGRAPHS I WAS TRYING FOR SOME OFFBEATS. SOME PEOPLE WERE STANDING AT THE BAR, I WAS TRYING TO DO SOMETHING INTERESTING WITH THEM AND THE MODELS. BUT THE PERSON WHO WAS OPERATING THE SPOT WAS REALLY DISTURBING. EVERY TIME I WAS TRYING TO SHOOT THE MODELS AT THAT CORNER HE WAS REMOVEING THE SPOT MAKING DARKNESS FOR MY FRAME. BUT THIS TIME I GOT ONE SPICY PHOTOGRAPH. TO GUYS ARE LOOKING AT THE MODEL IN SAREE, THE MOST UNCOMMON DRESS IN TODAY'S WORLD.

FROM THE BACK

THIS WAS A RENU TANDON SHOW AT THE CRESENT. THE MOST UGLIEST SHOW IN TERMS OF LIGHTING PROVIDED FOR US. SO APART FROM THE FORMAL SHOW PHOTOGRAPHS I WAS TRYING FOR SOME OFFBEATS. SOME PEOPLE WERE STANDING AT THE BAR, I WAS TRYING TO DO SOMETHING INTERESTING WITH THEM AND THE MODELS. BUT THE PERSON WHO WAS OPERATING THE SPOT WAS REALLY DISTURBING. EVERY TIME I WAS TRYING TO SHOOT THE MODELS AT THAT CORNER HE WAS REMOVEING THE SPOT MAKING DARKNESS FOR MY FRAME.

ATLEAST TRY TO IMITATE THEM

WHO SAID THEY ARE DISABLED PEOPLE. THEY ARE THE MOST ABLE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD TO LAUGH , SMILE AND GRIN EVEN WHEN THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN ANY PEOPLE TO DO SO. WHEN THEY ARE LAUGHING, YOU CAN'T FIND OUT THEY ARE BLIND , SHORT OF ONE SENSE. JUST THINK WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU FACE POWER CUTS , AND NOW THINK OF THEMSELVES WHO HAVE NEVER SEEN LIGHTS IN THEIR LIFE.

IT IS NOT FAIR IN BOOK FAIR

I WAS DOING AN ASSIGNMENT ON DELHI BOOK FAIR BUT WHAT THIS MONK IS DOING. I WAS SUPPOSED TO CLICK A SIMPLE PHOTOGRAPH OF THIS PERSON FROM THE BACK FOR MY REPORTER, BUT AS USUAL I TRIED TO DO SOMETHING FUNNY.

A CROW DURING BREAKFAST

AT EDEN GARDENS KOLKATA. A CROW WAS SEARCHING FOR SOMETHING IN AN EMPTY CUP. AS USUAL I WAS FOLLOWING HIM TO GET HIS BEAK INSIDE THE CUP AND AFTER A LONG WAIT I ACHIEVED THAT. ON THAT DAY I REALISED SHOOTING A CROW IS VERY DIFFICULT.

HANDS OF GOD

A RAINY DAY IN KOLKATA. AT THAT MOMENT I WAS VERY MUCH MENTALLY DISTURBED BCOZ MY EARLY MORNING ASSIGMNMENT WAS CANCELLED AND I WAS TOTALLY WET DUE TO RAIN. STILL I COULDN'T RESIST MYSELF FROM CLICKING PHOTOGRAPH. NO ONE WAS THERE EXCEPT THIS HANDICAPPED MAN ON HIS CYCLE, SO I STARTED CLICKING HIS PHOTOGRAPH WITH THE BACKGROUND OF GREEN FIELD. STILL I WAS NOT GETTING MY MOMENT AS HE WAS UNDER A PLASTIC COVER BUT BY THEN ME AND MY CAMERA F-80 WERE FULL OF WATER INSPITE OF AN UMBRELLA. BUT IF YOU WANT SOMETHING GOD WILL DEFINITELY GIVE AND SUDDENLY THAT MAN RAISED HIS HAND AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PHOTOGRAPH I GOT MY MOMENT. IF YOU ASK ME WHAT IS SO SPECIAL IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH I WOULD DEFINITELY SAY HIS HAND. I GOT THIS PHOTOGRAPH PUBLISHED IN THE STATESMAN KOLKATA SUPPLIMENT- ON THE FRONT PAGE.

STORY OF A TURKEY

A MAN WAITING IN THE BUSY ROADS OF KOLKATA TO SALE A TURKEY. IT IS A MOOD PHOTOGRAPH OF KOLKATA, NO ONE IS BOTHERED ABOUT THIS INNOCENT TURKEY WHO WILL BE SOLD OUT FOR SOME HANDFUL OF MONEY. NO ONE WILL TALK ABOUT HER, EVERYTHING WILL CARRY ON AS USUAL. EVEN YOU WILL SCROLL DOWN THIS PHOTOGRAPH TO VIEW THE OTHER ONE.

LEARNING TO GROW

THIS IS A SHOT AT A KINDERGARTEN SCHOOL IN DELHI UNIVERSITY CAMPUS RUN BY THE DELHI UNIVERSITY WOMENS ASSOCIATION. I WAS THERE TO PROFILE THIS SCHOOL. WE REACHED LATE , IT WAS THE TIME TO GO HOME FOR THESE LITTLE MASTERS. BUT THESE LITTLE MASTERS NEVER DISHEARTENED ME NOT EVEN TODAY. I REALLY LIKE THIS PHOTOGRAPH, IT HAS A MOOD OF ITS OWN. IF THERE IS ANYTHING DISTURBING IN THIS FRAME IS THE LITTLE LADY BEHIND WHO IS STARING AT ME, BUT NEVER MIND. DONT THINK I ARRANGED THIS SHOT RATHER I ASKED THE TEACHER THERE TO CARRY ON IN THE NORMAL MANNER WITHOUT BOTHERING ME. BCOZ I HATE ASKING KIDS TO POSE FOR MY CAMERA. YOU CAN'T ASK NATURE TO HAVE A BIT OF RAIN TO CLICK A PHOTOGRAPH.

CATCH ! CATCH ! CATCH !

BEIJING ACROBATIC TROOP PERFORMING AT SIRI FORT. THEY WERE REALLY GOOD. ONLY THE LIGHTING THEY USED WAS NOT GOOD FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS, IT WAS TOO DARK.

AIMING FOR A BIG CATCH

BEIJING ACROBATIC TROOP PERFORMING AT SIRI FORT. I WAS TRYING TO SHOOT THEM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ACTION TO GET SOME INTERESTING PHOTOGRAPHS.

SHE WAS TOOOO HEAVY FOR AJAY

CRICKETER, AJAY JADEJA DANCING DURING THE PRESS CONFERENCE OF A TV PROGRAMME ' JHALAK DIKHLA JA' . NOTHING IS SO SPECIAL IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH EXCEPT THE EXPRESSION THAT HE GAVE.

WHEN A CELEB APPRECIATES

DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE ACTRESS URMILA MATONDKAR APPRECIATING SOMEONE'S SPEECH. I CLICKED THIS FOR A PARTICULAR REASON. I WANT TO MAKE A SERISE ' KNOWN CELEBS IN UNKNOWN MOODS '. ITS AN ORDINARY PHOTOGRAPH BUT HER SMILE MADE IT A NICE ONE.

FINISHING TOUCHES TO START

DESIGNER SUNEET VERMA GIVING FINISHING TOUCHES TO HIS MODEL BEFORE THE SHOW. I LIKED THIS , DON'T NO ABOUT YOU.

BURNING MISS

MISS AFGHANISTAN IN THE HANDS OF HAIR DRESSER DURING WILLS LIFESTYLE INDIA FASHION WEEK. SHE WAS ACTUALLY SCARED OF THE MAKE-UP ON HER FACE AND HAIR BEING DONE.

MIND YOUR TOUNGE

ANOTHER CANDID MOOD OF BACKSTAGE DURING WILLS LIFESTYLE INDIA FASHION WEEK. I WAS REALLY KEEN TO SHOOT SOME INTERESTING THINGS - I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH NEHA KAPUR ( A DISCLAIMER).

OFF RAMP LOVE

THIS IS NOT A ROMANTIC FILM BUT A BACKSTAGE PHOTOGRAPH. MOST INTERESTINGLY THE GUY WAS VERY MUCH AWARE OF ME. THEY WERE SHARING SOME ROMANTIC MOMENTS BETWEEN THE BUSY SCHEDULE OF FASHION WEEK.

KISS ME HERE

A MODEL GETTING HER MAKE-UP DONE BEFORE THE SHOW DURING WILLS LIFESTYLE INDIA FASHION WEEK. THESE ARE THE MOODS ONE CAN GET AT THE BACKSTAGE OTHER THAN GENERAL MAKE-UP SHOTS. I REALLY ENJOYED DOING ONLY BACKSTAGE DURING THIS FASHION WEEK. GOT SOME NICE MOODS.

FRAME WORK

DURING WILLS LIFESTYLE INDIA FASHION WEEK I WAS SUPPOSED TO SHOOT ONLY BACK-STAGE AND OFF-RAMP PHOTOGRAPHS. WHEN I SAW THIS WHITE FRAME HANGING OVER THE RAMP I STAYED THERE JUST TO TRY SOME INTERESTING PHOTOGRAPHS. AND I GOT ONE. HERE IT IS.

PUMPED TO GET A LUMP

I SHOT THIS PHOTOGRAPH IN THE BACK-STAGE DURING WILLS LIFESTYLE INDIA FASHION WEEK ROHIT BAL SHOW. NEHA KAPUR CHECKING HER BOOBS . THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS 101% CANDID. SHE WAS TOTALLY UNAWARE OF MY CLICKING. I LOVE SHOOTING THESE TYPE OF CANDID SHOTS.

WHEN A CELEB SCREAMS

WILL LIFESTYLE INDIA FASHION WEEK. A DRESSER GIVING FINAL TOUCHES ON SUPER MODEL, MISS INDIA NEHA KAPUR JUST BEFORE ROHIT BAL SHOW. I WAS JUST CLICKING NEHA KAPUR SINCE I WAS NOT ALLOWED INSIDE. SUDDENLY SHE SCREAMED OOUCH!! AND AS USUAL I CLICKED THAT PARTICULAR MOMENT WITHOUT DELAY. THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS SELECTED BY FDCI AS THE BEST PHOTOGRAPH OF DAY 1. THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS ALSO PUBLISHED IN OUR PAPER TODAY WITH FULL SEQUENCES.

NICE WORDS ALWAYS HELPS

Your street shots are very nice. They are interesting, shot at the right moment and some show a definite good sense of humour. It also seems that you work hard and sometimes return to locations to get the right shot. That is exemplary. In a nutshell....excellent work.

COMMENT OF SAURABH DAS, AP PHOTOGRAPHER.

TIME TO STOP

AN AFTER RAIN PHOTOGRAPH AT ITO, NEW DELHI. I WAS CLICKING TRAFFIC JAM PHOTOGRAPH WITH WATERLOGGING. THIS TIME AGAIN MY LUCK CLICKED BEFORE I CLICKED, FROM NOWHERE A BOY CAME ON A BICYCLE AND STOPED THERE FOR NO REASON. MAY BE FOR ME TO CLICK THIS MOOD PHOTOGRAPH. NO ITS NOT AN ARRANGED PHOTOGRAPH ITS 101% CANDID. HA! THIS ONE WAS PUBLISHED WITH DUE RESPECT IN A DOUBLE COLUMN SPACE. THIS TYPE OF RESPECT A PHOTOGRAPH GETS IN INDIA, THE COUNTRY OF INTELLECTUALS ( SO CALLED). TELL ME SHOULD I LAUGH OR CRY.

NOTHING LACKS IN LAXMI

LAXMI LAKDA, FIRST WOMAN TRAIN DRIVER OF NORTHERN RAILWAY OF INDIA. THIS PHOTOGRAPH HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MY BLOGGER BUT I LIKED THIS B'COZ OF HER CAN DO ANYTHING ATTITUDE. BEING A WOMAN SHE IS IN A MEN DOMINATED PROFESSION.

TELL ME THE GENDER OF THIS BIRD

OUTSIDE SIRI FORT AUDITORIUM THERE WAS A VINYL BOARD WITH FILM PHOTOGRAPHS, I WAS JUST TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING INTERESTING OUT OF IT. BUT NOTHING CLICKED. ATLAST I FIND A BIRD NEAR TO THIS BOARD AND I STARTED CLICKING. THEN THE BIRD START GIVING MOODS WHICH MATCHED WITH THE PHOTOGRAPH ON THE BOARD. THE BIRD'S EXPRESSION IS SAME AS ANY HUMAN EXPRESSION INFRONT OF THIS WOULD BE. ITS RATIONAL.

POLICE ON DUTY

ITS A VIEW IN SIRI FORT AUDITORIUM, NEW DELHI DURING OSIAN FILM FESTIVAL 2006. A POLICE PERSONNEL WAITING FOR THE PEOPLE TO CROSS THE METAL DETECTOR GATE , WHICH SEEMS HE IS LOOKING AT THE FILM POSTERS. ANY WAY THIS IS ONE SUCH PICTURE WHICH WILL NEVER PUBLISH FOR LACK OF SPACE IN THE PAPER OR NOT SO GOOD LIKE REASONS.
I AM PLANNING TO MAKE AN ALBUM WITH THE PHOTOGRAPHS WHICH WILL NEVER PUBLISH DURING IT'S TIME.

COLOUR PAINTING WITH B/W BRUSH.

PLEASE DON'T THINK THAT I AM TRYING TO SALE POVERTY. BUT I AM DEFINITELY TRYING TO SALE THE FUN IN POVERTY. A MOTHER MAKING SOME SKETCHES ON THE FACE OF HER CHILD . I KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE WHO CAN BROWSE THIS BLOG THEY CAN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT THIS TYPE OF FUN. PEOPLE WILL CRITICISE ME FOR PUTTING THIS PHOTOGRAPH IN THE BLOG BUT LOVE THIS CHEMISTRY BETWEEN MOTHER AND CHILD.

AIR BORNE

I LIKED THIS PHOTOGRAPH VERY MUCH. I WAS DOING AN ASSIGNMENT ON THE POLE VAULTERS OF DELHI. THE PERSON ON AIR IS ALSO A POLE VAULTER HE WAS JUMPING ON THE JUMPING MATTRESS. BUT I CAN SAY I DIDN'T NOTICED THE PEOPLE JOGGING IN THE BACKGROUND THATS AN ADDED FLAVOUR TO THE PHOTOGRAPH. BUT I CAN SAY THIS MUCH FROM MY EARLIER EXPERIENCES ( WITH PHOTOGRAPHY ONLY ) , IF YOU WANT SOMETHING FROM THE CORE OF YOUR HEART YOU WILL GET THAT AND THAT HAPPEND HERE ALSO.

DON'T FEEL ALONE I AM THERE TO SHOOT YOU

THIS WAS SHOT FROM MY OFFICE THROUGH THE WINDOW GLASS. THIS BIRD WAS SO CO-OPERATIVE YOU CAN'T IMAGINE. SHE WAITED FOR ME TO BRING MY CAMERA. WITH THIS PHOTOGRAPH I CAN SAY EVEN WHEN YOU ARE ALONE SOMEONE IS WATCHING YOU AS I WAS WATHCHING THIS BIRD ON 13TH FLOOR.

NATURE'S GIFT

SOMEONE IN MY OFFICE GAVE ME A CALL ITS STORMING OUTSIDE. IT WAS SO STRONG THAT STANDING STARIGHT WAS DIFFICULT THEN. I JUST RUSHED OUTSIDE WITH MY CAMERA BUT UNFORTUNATELY MY BATTERY WAS EXHAUSTED. AS I MANAGED TO GET A FRESH ONE I SAW THIS SUBJECT AND JUST STARTED CLICKING. I DIDN'T NOTICED THEN BUT I WONDER WHERE THIS GUY WAS LOOKING AT ? YOU CAN'T BLAME HIM , ITS NATURE'S GIFT.

TIGER IN TOWN

THE KING OF JUNGLE RULING THE HUMAN WORLD. WHEN EVER I CROSSED RIDGE ROAD IN NEW DELHI I ALWAYS SHOT THIS SUBJECT FROM THE RUNNING CAR BUT ON THAT DAY I GOT THE RIGHT THING ON THE RIGHT PLACE. THESE ARE THE SOFT TOYS BEING SOLD ON THE ROAD SIDE.SINCE I SHOT FROM A MOVING CAR THIS IS NOT THAT SHARP. ANY WAY SUBJECT MATTERS.

WHEN THE WORD CUTE FALLS SHORT

I DON'T THINK YOU WILL GET BORED WITH A COUPLE OF MORE PHOTOGRAPHS OF KIDS RATHER ENJOY SEEING. I SHOT IT DURING A BABY SHOW IN DELHI. HE WAS TOO CUTE.

ITS THEIR WAY OF LIFE

YES THIS MY MOST FAVOURITE SUBJECT. I LIKE VERY MUCH SHOOTING CHILDREN. I WENT TO A KINDERGARTEN SCHOOL TO SHOOT A PROFILE OF IT FOR A PRE-SCHOOL GUIDE. AS THE SCHOOL WAS CLOSED FOR SUMMER VACATION THERE WERE NO KIDS . BUT THE OWNER OF THE SCHOOL ASKED ME TO SHOOT HER GRAND CHILDRENS FOR THE PROFILE. THAT WAS A NICE EXPERIENCE. WITHIN A SHORT TIME THEY BECOME MY FRIEND AND START GIVING NICE POSES . SUDDENLY STARTED PLAYING WITH WATER . EVEN NOW I USE TO ENJOY SEEING THESE PHOTOGRAPHS.

FOOTBALL AGAIN

INDIA VS YEMEN AFC CUP MATCH IN NEW DELHI. I AM VERY FOND OF SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY SPECIALLY FOOTBALL , SO I WAS VERY EXCITED WHEN I GOT THIS ASSIGNMENT . UNFORTUNATELY AFTER SHOOTING 15 MINS. I HAD TO LEAVE FOR SOME OTHER ASSIGNMENT WHICH WAS ALSO CANCELLED AFTERWARDS. ANY WAY THIS WAS PRODUCT OF 15 MINS.

LOST IN HEAVEN ?

VICTORIAN

KOLKATA GRAFITI. I WENT THERE TO SHOOT THIS GRAFITI TWICE . ACTUALLY THRICE , BUT WHEN I WENT THERE FOR THE THIRD TIME THE WALL WAS PAINTED WHITE. I WAS REALLY UPSET , BUT HAPPY AT THE SAME TIME B'COZ NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO SHOOT THIS AGAIN. AS A PHOTOGRAPHER IT MATTERS.

CLIMBING A HERO

WORKERS CLEANINGTHE STATUE OF NETAJI SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE ON THE EVE OF HIS BIRTHDAY IN KOLKATA. THE SEQUENCE IN THE PHOTOGRAPH IS INTERESTING TO ME.

A BEAUTY OF KOLKATA

BEAUTIFUL KOLKATA. IN THE FOREGROUND THERE ARE FLOODLIGHTS OF THE FAMOUS EDEN GARDENS.

INTELLECTUAL

JAVED AKHTAR , AN INDIAN POET. HE IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH HIS GLASSES ON HIS HEAD RATHER THAN EYES. HE WAS IN KOLKATA TO INAUGURATE A BOOKSTORE. SINCE HE HIS LOOKING DOWN I HAD NOTHING TO SHOOT RATHER THAN HIS HEAD, WHICH I FOUND VERY INTERESTING.

FOOTBALL

FOOTBALL ACTION DURING EAST BENGAL PRACTICE SESSION IN KOLKATA. THE MAN IN YELLOW IS BAICHUNG BHUTIA , CAPTAIN OF INDIAN FOOTBALL TEAM. I LOVE TO SHOOT FOOTBALL MATCHES.

EYES ONLY

SHE IS A FOREIGNER PLAYING HOLI (FESTIVAL OF COLOUR) AT SUDDER STREET IN KOLKATA. ITS A NICE PLACE TO SHOOT HOLI IN KOLKATA. ITS ONLY THE EYES THAT ATTRACTED ME THE MOST.

LOVE SIGNAL

LOVING BIRDS. GREEN SIGNAL FOR THEM. I WAS DOING SOME OTHER ASSIGNMENT THERE AT ROHINI IN NEW DELHI. LIKE OTHER PHOTOGRAHS I NOTICED THIS ONE ALL OF A SUDDEN. I CLICKED LOTS OF FRAME WITH THE LIGHTS BUT I LIKED THIS GREEN SIGNAL ONE THAT DIRECTING TOWARDS THEM. ANOTHER INTERESTING THING IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS THE " L " FORMATION OF THE SIGNAL WHICH SIGNIFIES LOVE. ANY WAY I LOVE THIS PHOTOGRAPH MAY BE DUE TO THE LOVING BIRDS.

PANDORA'S BOX

I WAS SHOOTING THIS LITTLE BOY INSIDE A BOX FOR THE LAST 15MINS FROM A SIDE ANGLE. AS I CAME IN FRONT OF HIM JUST TO CHANGE MY ANGLE I FOUND AN INTERESTING THING WRITTEN ON THE BOX "CREATIVE EDUCATION" AND THE BOY WAS REALLY DOING SOME DRAWING ON IT. I WAS VERY EXCITED THEN. AGAIN WHEN I TRIED SOMETHING WITH THE PASSING LEGS (I MEAN THE LEGS OF PEDESTRIANS) I GOT A NICE LEG TO SHOW AND SIMULTANEOUSLY THE LOOK OF THE BOY. IT WAS AMAZING. SO I CALL IT PANDORA'S BOX.

NEVER SAY DIE IF YOU WANT TO FLY

NEVER SAY DIE. THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN AT A CANDEL LIGHT RALLY TO PROTEST AGAINST A VERDICT ON "JESSICA" MURDER CASE AT INDIA GATE IN NEW DELHI. I FOUND THIS INTERESTING B'COZ THE MAN SAYS NO TO WIND WHILE THERE IS ALSO A BANNER SAYING NO TO THE VERDICT IN THE BACKGROUND. I THINK THOSE PEOPLE ARE VERY SPECIAL TO ME WHO CAN SAY NO , B'COZ I CAN'T SAY THAT. ANY WAY I AM SAYING IT TWICE IN MY PHOTOGRAPH NO! NO! NEVER SAY DIE.

GAME OF WINDS DON'T MIND

DON'T TAKE IT OTHERWISE. I ACTUALLY SHOT THIS JUST AFTER AMERICAN PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH'S INDIAN VISIT AT INDIA GATE IN NEW DELHI. THERE IS NOTHING TO DO ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THESE NATIONS BUT JUST ANOTHER SUBJECT FOR A PHOTOGRAPHER. LOOK AT IT FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S POINT. IT TOOK NEARLY HALF AN HOUR TO TAKE THIS PHOTOGRAPH AS I CAN'T ASK A CROW TO POSE FOR ME.

MARK THAT STAYS

THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN WHEN THERE WAS A BLAST AT JAMA MASJID IN NEW DELHI, FORTUNATELY THERE WAS NO CASUALTY. THIS IS A BLOODY FOOT MARK OF AN INJURED. SINCE THERE WAS NOTHING SPECIAL TO SHOOT I TRIED THIS ON SLOW SHUTTER. I LIKE THIS AND WANT TO KNOW YOUR VIEWS AS WELL.

DON'T SELL THIS SMILE TO ANY TOOTH PASTE COMPANY

A SMILE OF MILLION DOLLARS. SHE WAS A MAID SERVANT NOW STUDIES IN A GOVERNMENT SCHOOL. THANKS TO 'CHETNA ' A NGO. I WAS THERE TO SHOOT A GROUP PHOTOGRAPH OF THE STUDENTS WHO WERE WORKING KIDS SOMEWHERE NOW WITH THE HELP OF 'CHETNA' THEY ARE STUDING IN THIS SCHOOL. BUT SUDDENLY THE SMILE OF SONA THIS LITTLE GIRL STRIKED ME. I REALLY CAN'T REMEMBER THAT I HAD EVER SEEN SUCH A CUTE SMILE. EVEN THE RICHEST PERSON ON EARTH CAN'T SMILE LIKE HER . IF YOU LOOK AT HER EYES YOU WILL CRY AND IF YOU LOOK AT HER SMILE YOU WILL DEFINITELY SMILE ITS LIKE MAGIC. TRY THIS.

MAKING OF A FORT

A FORT IN MAKING. AN ARTIST PAINTING A GRAFITI OF RED FORT. I WAS SO EXCITED WHEN I SAW THIS SUBJECT ON MY WAY BACK TO OFFICE FROM AN ASSIGNMENT THAT I DIDN'T NOTICED A CYCLE WHICH WAS COMING TOWARDS ME AND I HAD A SMALL ACCIDENT WITH THAT. FORGET ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED BEFOR CLICKING IT. ISN'T IT NICE TO SEE A FORT IN MAKING RED FORT IN MAKING ?

COME ON MAN

THIS IS ABSOLUTELY COMMON FOR EVERY COMMON MAN. THIS IS NOT AN ARRANGED PHOTOGRAPH. I WAS ROAMING ON THE SEA SIDE OF WORLIE IN MUMBAI AND WAS BORED OF THE SITUATION SINCE THERE WAS NO SUBJECT. SUDDENLY FROM NOWHERE A LITTLE GIRL CAME AND STARTED PLAYING WITH THE COMMON MAN STATUE . AND AN UNCOMMON PICTURE OF THE COMMON MAN BEEN CLICKED .

ADdVANI MINUS PRAMOD

LK ADVANI , FORMER Dy. PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA AT THE CONDOLENCE MEETING OF PRAMOD MAHAJAN. ACTUALLY THIS WAS NOT THE SCENE THERE. ONE OF THE EMPTY SEATS WAS OCCUPIED BY RAJNATH SINGH , PRESIDENT OF BJP WHO WAS DELIVERING HIS SPEECH AND THE OTHER ONE WAS OCCUPIED BY THE FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA , ATAL BEHARI VAJPAYEE WHO WENT OFF THE STAGE FOR SOME PERSONAL REASONS. BUT CAN YOU MISS THIS TYPE OF MOMENTS ?

COCA SHIELA

SHIELA DIKSHIT , CHIEF MINISTER OF DELHI DURING A PROGRAMME SPONSORED BY COCA COLA . IS SHE REALLY ENJOYING THE COLD CAN OF COKE DURING A HOT SUMMER DAY OR TRYING TO PROMOTE THE BRAND ? ANY WAY LET HER ENJOY HERSELF AS I ENJOYED CLICKING HER. I COULD REMEMBER WHILE SHOOTING THIS I KEPT THE SHUTTER PRESSED FOR SECONDS UNTIL MY BUFFER WAS FULL.

PLAY "STATION"

ITS A STILL FROM A PLAY "STATION". IT WAS THE MOST BOREING PLAY I HAD EVER SEEN BUT I MUST REVEAL THAT I ENJOYED IT SHOOTING.

BLIND CRICKET

THESE KIDS CAN'T SEE LIKE US BUT CAN PLAY CRICKET BETTER THAN US. IT WAS REALLY AMAZING TO SEE THEM PLAYING CRICKET WITH THE ROLLING SOUND OF THE BALL.

SWIM TO SUITE

FAVOURITE OF ALL AGES. I WAS SHOOTING SWIMWEAR COLLECTION FOR A AFTERNOON DAILY AT A SEVEN STAR HOTEL SWIMMING POOL , SUDDENLY MY ATTENTION MOVED TO THE BIG FAT OLD FACE PEEPING FROM THE BACK.

BIRD WATCHER

A MAN FROM BILLBOARD WATCHING THE BIRDS OF REALITY.

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