Deal with life

In the US there is not much to life, but you don’t have to deal with life.In India, there is so much more to life, but you have to deal with life all the time. In India… You have to deal with heat.You have to deal with traffic.You have to deal with noise.You have to …

When it rains, it pours

We’ve all heard the phrase “When it rains, it pours.” To experience it is something else. The dark clouds summoned the rains, and the rains obliged with thunder, lightning and serious amounts of water. Safely tucked inside an air-conditioned car, I experienced the joy of a tropical downpour. All these pictures were taken from a …

Children and the fumigator

Ten past seven in the evening. Delhi. We were having chai and biscuits in the living room when I heard children screaming in high pitch voices against the backdrop of a loud motor gradually fading away. My wife dismissed the whole scene as “The fumigator must be here.” The fumigator vehicle drives around the neighborhood …

A visit to Jama Masjid

The heat in Delhi was unrelenting but I told myself, if I want to call myself a photographer, I have to get out there, click photographs and collect stories. No pain no gain as they say. And so, my little excursion to visit Jama Masjid began. Jama Masjid is one of India’s largest mosques, built …

First Impressions

After a twenty-one hour uneventful flight, we arrived in New Delhi, India which welcomed us with 30 degree celsius and 80% humidity. The first thing you notice is the sheer number of people, many of whom play a part in what I believe is unnecessary over-employment. Unnecessary for me, necessary for them. At midnight, there …

Memory Full

The day is here Farewells, drinks and tearsLast goodbyes are overNew hellos to begin Boxes on a shipBags on a planeMemories are forever carry-ons Together for twenty yearsWe lived hereWe arrived with two suitcases eachWe return with boxes, bags and memories Two wishes remained for meSee the city fog through my lensAnd run five miles …

It’s time

After having spent half my life in the US, twenty-two years to be precise, my wife and I have decided to move back to India.  It’s time to go home. We missed many birthdays, weddings, Diwalis and funerals in India, but an immigrant’s journey in a home away from home can be incredibly rewarding in …