these are the surfin' swamis...

... and i spent few days with them...

photographed them,

when they surfed,

and when they didn't...

beautiful ashram, a must visit :-)

on a gig...

keith and i took took test shots...

this is what we were doing... on a corporate gig.

teargassed in srinagar

srinagar.

young angry protesters.

angrier security force.

shells.

teargas.

tears.

breathlessness.

dirty shit.

awful.

myself, and my friends.

teary-eyed.

Kashmir...

we are in kashmir to attend altaf's wedding... that we attended.

major, major feast.

we also engaged ourselves in other things in kashmir...

for example...

eat...

shoot...

eat...

walk...

eat...

get into stone throwing activities of Kashmiri teenagers.

drink kahwa (kashmiri tea)

bottomline - its great here in Kashmir.

surely is a paradise on earth, minus the security forces for sure.