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Category Archives: Photography
Which camera should I buy?
I am often asked ‘Which camera should I buy?’ Sometimes the query is about digital SLR (DSLR) cameras, at other times it is about point-and-shoot (P&S) cameras. After trying to answer the question in short bytes online and in long … Continue reading
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Tagged camera, camera reviews, dslr camera, p&s camera, point and shoot camera
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Manali to Leh – Self-supported cycling trip
After years of thinking about it and weeks of planning we finally did it. Close to 600 kms of cycling from Manali to Leh (because Tanglang La was closed and we had to take a detour at Debring and go … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling, LinkedIn, Photography, Travel
Tagged adventure, bicycle, cycle tour in india, Cycling, cycling in india, indian himalyas, ladakh, leh, manali, Manali to Leh, Manali to Leh cycling, Travel
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Hiking in the Spiti valley
In June I traveled almost the entire length of the Spiti valley in the ‘European backpacker’ style. Using local buses (non-a/c with non-reclining seats), hitching rides, and hiking– from village to village and from monastery to monastery; eating in ‘dhabas’, … Continue reading
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Tagged backpacking, hiking, hiking in india, himachal pradesh, himalyas, indian himalyas, Photography, spiti valley
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Top 40 Outstanding Nature Photographs – a set on Flikr
The International League of Conservation Photographers, a fellowship of the top professional conservation photographers working today, was recruited to nominate nature photographs that the member photographers considered to be ‘the best,’ in whatever way they chose to define it, to … Continue reading
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Going to Zero!
Zero is a quaint name for an unknown town hidden in the undergrowth of the deep jungles of Arunachal Pradesh — a state that is itself tucked away in the north-east of the country and is clearly not on the … Continue reading
Posted in Culture & Society, Photography, Travel
Tagged adventure, arunachal pradesh, north-east india, Photography, Travel, wilderness
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Digital photo-documentaries by underprivileged kids
Some years ago I had an opportunity to work with underprivileged kids across of India. One project that I really enjoyed was working with them to create a photo-documentary of their world. Most of these kids had never seen a … Continue reading
Posted in Culture & Society, Education, Photography, Travel
Tagged documentary, kids, Photography
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Musings on self-supported cycle travel
I like the idea of self-supported cycle travel. It gives you a feeling of freedom, almost liberation from the constraints of ‘tourism’. Or at least that is what I thought. To put it to test, the first order of business … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling, Photography, Travel
Tagged adventure, adventure travel, bicycle, Cycling, cycling in india, Photography, self-supported cycling, Travel
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Buffaloes on Zebra Crossings – The Gurgaon Story
AEDES Am Pfefferberg, a gallery that focuses on architecture, organized an exhibition & seminar ‘What makes India urban?’ Our documentary ‘Buffaloes on Zebra Crossings – The Gurgaon Story’ was part of this. The exhibition was inaugurated on October 9, 2009 … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, documentary, people, Photography, society, urbanism
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Buffaloes on zebra crossings – The Gurgaon story
Our documentary film was first shown as part of an exhibition & seminar ‘What makes India urban?’ at AEDES Am Pfefferberg, Berlin, a gallery that focuses on architecture. In less than two decades, the rural landscape of Gurgaon has taken … Continue reading →