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IMAGES FROM THE FIELD
While shooting a documentary on water and sanitation, we came across these two friends helping each other draw water from the school hand-pump. The one labouring the handle was short and had to jump to pump the handle. There were moments where she flew as she watched her friend drink. Then, they switched.
Location: Near the Chambal River, Madhya Pradesh.
The rubble in Darbar Square after the devastating earthquake that struck Nepal in 2015. The crowds in the image are looking for the dead buried under the debris.
Location: Kathmandu, Nepal.
Halfway up a remote mountain, as night fell, we were forced to shelter at the home of this gentleman. The family put us all up - some 10 people - giving us their best rooms and food. Ever grateful.
Location: Doda, J&K.
The Grewal Sports Stadium hosts an annual jamboree of rural sporting excellence. From traditional races to wholly local ones, these Rural Olympic Games draw crowds from all over the state. For the participants, it is the cash prizes that are the main draw.
Location: Kila Raipur, Punjab.
Downstream from the Dhuandhar Falls, a fisherman seeks his quarry in the stream running 35 feet below.
The dramatic sheer cliffs and the turbulent Chambal river created an unforgettable setting for what ought to have been a sedate setting for a gentle sport.
Location: Dhuandhar Falls, Madhya Pradesh.
A Ladakhi friend told us, 'Wherever you place the camera in Ladakh, you get stunning frames.'
Turns out, he was right: this was a perfectly regular day near the base of the Thiksey Gompa.
Location: Leh, J&K.
Fulche Tamang was at least 101 years old when we met him in a makeshift hospital outside Kathmandu. He'd survived the 2015 earthquake and did not like the attention being forced upon him by the media: all of whom were looking for a happy story in the midst of the gloom. Just behind Fulche, a doctor worked tirelessly on a patient who died while we were there.
Location: outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal.
A backwater in Kerala, India. Still and reflective: a watercolour worthy of praise in a state known for activism and politics.
Location: Alleppey, Kerala.
Dramatic skies over the Chenab River. This sight took our breath away.
Location: Doda, J&K.
A small Syrian Orthodox Chapel in a Kerala Village.
Christianity is said to have arrived here with Thomas, the disciple of Jesus, in AD 52.
Parishioners sit on the floor, leaving their footwear outside. Lamps and ghee (clarified butter) do for candles and oil.
This is a wholly Indian expression of the Christian faith, complete with a Holy Place separated by a curtain.
Location: Pathanamthitta, Kerala.
In 2014, Narendra Modi and the right-wing BJP came to power after 10 years of a Congress-led alliance, the UPA. This image is from outside the BJP headquarters in Delhi, where a havan (a sacred Hindu religious ceremony) was being performed to celebrate the victory. These sweets would later be distributed as prasad.
Location: New Delhi, Delhi.
Shooting with the Creative Director for Charbagh, Adil Ahmed. Here Adil sets the Lalique table in the City Palace, Jaipur, while the documentary film team waits out of the frame for the shot.
Location: City Palace, Jaipur, Rajasthan.
Early lighting work on the set of the entrance to the Maritime Exhibition grounds during the International Fleet Review 2016. Combining music, images, live action, lights and effects, the presentation drew thousands of visitors including the PM, CM and all the Chiefs of Staff.
Location: Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
Independent photographer Surender Solanki had been documenting the River Yamuna for years. He took us to see a nullah flowing with sewage and industrial effluents. Almost 50 feet across, it looked to be as deep. Downstream, children bathed and cattle sipped on the water: both blissfully unconcerned with the reality of the river they loved.
Location: Wazirabad, Delhi.
Children run through a new village established by Muslims forced to leave their homes after the riots around Muzaffarnagar. They had bought small plots at exorbitant prices from the village sarpanch (village head), spending the compensation money the government had given them. None of them expected to go home to their own lands anytime soon.
Location: Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh.
The ruins around Tughlaqabad on one very sunny morning.
Location: Tughlaqabad Fort, Delhi.
Looking for the dead amidst the rubble of the Dharahara Tower in Nepal. The 2015 earthquake had devastated the country, leaving thousands homeless and hundreds dead.
Location: Kathmandu, Nepal.
An Indian brand challenged the likes of Harley Davidson for most of 2015. At the Royal Enfield factory.
Location: Oragadam, outside Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
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