Category: India
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Piteous fate
Piteous fate When the market is over the unsold flowers go down the drain. Photo of the week: drain behind flower market, Lucknow, India 2017
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Symbiosis
Symbiosis A rare case of nature copying architecture. Photo of the week: Asafi Masjid, Lucknow, India 2017
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The thinker
The thinker Withdrawn in the night, alone among 20 million fellow Mumbaikars. Photo of the week: Mumbai, India 2014
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Light drops
Light drops The sun shines through the jali of a dark tomb laying down a bunch of pearls in the corner. Photo of the week: HauzKhas, New Delhi, India 2014
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Charpai
Charpai Timeless symbol of village India. Photo of the week: charpai, Orchha, M.P., India 2014
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Curtain in the wind
Curtain in the wind Not a breath of wind but trees and houses struggle to remain standing. Photo of the week: Curtain, Bageshwar, Uttarakhand, India 2013
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Light in the dark
Light in the dark There aren’t many Brahma temples in India and when we peep through the jalis of this one we see to our surprise a nicely lit Mukhalingam, a lingam with four faces. So this rare Brahma temple in Khajuraho is actually a Shiva temple. Without the help of Surya, the sun god,…
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Courtyard order
Courtyard order After last week’s two buffaloes out of more than half a billion livestock animals, we have here two specimens out of a total of 1.4 billion humans in India. A mother and child beautifying the courtyard of their house for an upcoming festival. Photo of the week: Courtyard, Orchha, Madhya Pradesh, India 2017
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Buffalo buddies
Buffalo buddies Two sweet young buffaloes having a nap in their courtyard. Two specimens out of a total of more than half a billion livestock animals in India. Photo of the week: Buffaloes, Orchha, Madhya Pradesh, India 2017
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Sunset silhouette
Sunset silhouette Plants, stones, an Indian cow, drawn in sharp outlines against a clear evening sky.I don’t think I ever consciously noticed the forms of these plants – stems, flowers, leaves – in such amazing detail as on this silhouette picture. Photo of the week: Orchha, Madhya Pradesh, India 2017
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