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.

gujarat

in ahmedabad, gujarat's capital...

its around 44-45 degrees, and thats hot by any means.

making photos are not at all easy.

the only way is to shoot either in the evenings or early mornings,

weaving my way through crazy traffic of a'bad,

as i was enjoying the meat samosas,

someone taps on my shoulder and asks, ...you a foreigner?

i reply, no!

"...NID (national institute of design) student then?"

no!

why else would you take photos here then?

what could i say to that... was left speechless.

there are somethings one cannot explain... so i let it be.

carried on... shooting of course!

this is manipur for you..

Here is one clichés

rajasthan.

colour.

turban clad man, smoking bidi.

there, i shot a cliché

so what?

on way to Pushkar

guess what i found on my way to pushkar...

was expecting to find chai somewhere along, 

found cafe coffee day instead!!

things we do when we travel alone...

take self portraits!