Batch of 99 – Reunion and Reflections
We were meeting again at the IIMC campus after 25 years. It was the batch that graduated in 1999, back when Kolkata was still called Calcutta. About 130 of us from a batch of over 350 had flown in from…
Shutter Story – Leh Gompa
I spotted this buddhist Gompa at large distance as I was walking up towards the Leh Palace. It was an instinctive shot, and I had a 70-200mm f/2.8 lens with my NikonZ8 that day. The dramatic backdrop of the mountain,…
Shutter Story: Lion Of Nairobi
The most exciting shots in the wildlife safari come with some exciting circumstances too. I had spent half a day in the Nairobi national park, and it almost closing time. The half day safari had not been too exciting till…
High Passes and Cultural Crossroads: A Photo blog on Ladakh
Its was less than a five kilometres hike, but it has left me winded because of the altitude, and a cough that I have been nursing for a week. Just a few days ago I was living at sea level…
Hoping for hope in Joburg – A photoblog
I relaxed as I landed back in Mumbai from Johannesburg, I wasn't hyper-vigilant anymore. I could trust that I wont be mugged at a traffic light and there wont be a day-light car jacking, even though I could still fall…
The Kenya Experience – Amboseli and Maasai Mara
Entering the African Savanna felt like a homecoming, as if it triggered a memory in the DNA of our ancient origins.. My eyes took time to adjust from the urban landscape to the open Savanna of Maasai Mara and Amboseli…
Ansel Adams
There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.
Susan Sontag
The painter constructs, the photographer discloses.
Chris Marker
The photo is the hunt. It’s the instinct of hunting without the desire to kill. It’s the hunt of angels… You track, you aim, you fire, and click! Instead of a dead man, you make him eternal.
From film to digital camera – a personal journey
The existence of National Camera Day (29th June) totally makes sense to me. I mean, we could also have had a World Refrigerator Day, but it just doesn't have that same magical appeal as cameras or the obsessive fans like…