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Category Archives: Photography
Black & White Portraits
I have put together a collection of Black & White Portraits. Click here to see the slide show. (Opens a new window).
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Cycling trip across the Jalori Pass, Himachal Pradesh
Day one is always hard. But staying the night at Raju bharti’s guest house in Gushani more than made up for it. Lovely family to stay with and an absolutely gorgeous place too. On day two rode through rain and … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, adventure touring, cycle tour in india, Cycling, cycling in india, himachal pradesh, indian himalyas, Photography, Travel
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LIFE photo archive on the web
The LIFE magazine photo archive (millions of photos), most never published before, is now available online, for free. A teat for some of us (I still have old copies of LIFE magazine!). And we have Google to thank for it. … Continue reading
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Copyrights and wrongs
The Picture Archive Council of America (PACA), has created a powerpoint presentation that dispels many a myth and sheds light on what copyright protects and for how long, what is fair use, what is an infringement and what is not. … Continue reading
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Photo Gallery
I had an ambitious plan for the presentation of my images… while that will happen when it will happen, for now here are couple of slideshows. Clicking on an image will open a Flash based slideshow
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Dispatches from the border – III
I had heard about the 25-foot Shivling, even before I had reached Ziro. With the Amarnath story still fresh in my mind this appeared too tempting to be passed without an investigation. While little kids at the Don Bosco Church … Continue reading
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Dispatches from the border – II
As you drive on the well-maintained National Highway 52, given the volume or absence of traffic, you experience a serene calm. The assorted trees stand unruffled, kids play quietly in the verandahs, people appear to be talking softly or not … Continue reading
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Dispatches from the border
A two and a half hour flight followed by a one hour helicopter ride, leading on to 17 hours in a taxi, is a long way off from Delhi. And here I am sitting by a mist-covered lake at an … Continue reading
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Sailing through Spiti (Part II)
It’s freezing cold when we leave Losar. The guest house chowkidar tells us the temperature at night is normally sub-zero. So, on that cheerful note, we leave behind Losar’s square white houses, their roofs trimmed with firewood, their windows framed … Continue reading
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Spiti: Swirling box of crayons (Part I)
Spiti has been hovering in our travel consciousness for a while now. We’ve been hovering near Spiti too, but somehow we’ve never quite made it. Last year we reached as close as Kalpa, about 12 kilometres up from Rekong Peo … Continue reading
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