The Rancho effect

Published in December 30th, 2009
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How I wish this writing on the wall  Changed to this!

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Images from Bolpur, Birbhum

Published in December 23rd, 2009
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Here’s this Baul singer, Poltu Das with his du-taara.    And this face which instantly caught my attention

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Kolkata’s Vidyasagar Setu

Published in December 23rd, 2009
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There’s something stunning about this piece of engineering. Here’s what I captured from my taxi as we crossed the Hooghly.      

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Spotted at the cloak room of New Delhi Railway station

Published in December 15th, 2009
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Couldn’t decide which was more frightening: the English or the rats!

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Paa: Paa (r) excellence!

Published in December 8th, 2009
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Watching R Balki’s Paa has been so uplifting. It teaches you to celebrate the goodness of life- however short it is. Auro (Amitabh Bachchan)- a 12 year old patient of progeria suffers from a rare congenital disorder which makes him age rapidly. He has been brought up by a single mother (Vidya Balan) and his [...]

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A bag of sugar and a busy road

Published in December 6th, 2009
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I photographed this old man in Gaya (Bihar) with a bag of sugar trying to cross the road unsuccessfully for a good fifteen minutes.    

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