If you've ever been in a mustard field before you'll know that I took this picture despite an almost 100% chance of coming to greivous bodily harm... I'm talking about the honey bees, of course... ;)_____Nikon F75, 28-110mmFuji 100 ISO2004, During a bike trip from Ahmedabad to Modhera, In...

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The Jumma Masjid in Ahmedabad one balmy afternoon. These kids were playing cricket (believe it!) in the mosque, and quite enjoying themselves, until I took out my camera- then everyone wanted themselves photographed. No amount of cajoling could get them to resume their game and they just sat there posing to the camera, talking and laughing amongst themselves and I thought what the hell, here goes..._____Nikon F75, 28-110mmFuji...

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Chai, or tea, is a socio-cultural phenomenon in India. 'Let's meet over a cuppa' has a whole different experience connected to it! Most villages, towns and even bustling megapolis' are dotted with roadside vendors selling a decidedly heady version of the brew involving, apart from the ubiquitous tea leves of course, milk and sugar and a host of spices- cardamom, cinnamon, cloves. More often than not these roadside stalls become...

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...imagine us years from today?Sharing a park bench quietly,How terribly strange to be seventy.Old friendsMemory brushes the same years,Silently sharing the same fears..._____Nikon F75, 28-110mmFuji 100 ISO2004, A roadside 'graveyard', Ahmedabad, In...

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Some pictures don't need paragraphs written about them. Not because they're especially evocative or anything, but because they just are!_____Nikon F75, 28-110mmFuji 400 ISO2004, Cafe Mint at Ahmedabad, In...

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Ahmedabad is a funny town. Or rather, two funny towns. You see, a river runs through it, effectively dividing the city into two halves- the older, more conservative half mostly inhabited by families and businesses that have been there for the last 300 years or so; and the newer, more upmarket half comprising a cosmopolitan demographic of people who've chosen to migrate here in the last 15-20 years or so.The newer half purports...

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