This is of one of the facades of the Taj Mahal, which is probably one of the most extensively photographed monuments in the world. The sheer beauty of it leaves photographers baffled with regards to which angle to take it from. I believe that for … Read More →
Category Archives: India
Happiness lies within
I saw this gentleman contently playing his violin in Battery Park, New York in November 2008. From afar I could hear bits and pieces of the piece he was playing and it sounded real familiar. As I was exiting the park I walked across him … Read More →
Beauty and divinity
Art is often described as an expression of emotions that stimulates your senses to no end, and that is one of so many accurate definitions. Some of the most mind-blowing pieces of art express emotional beauty that is a pure and unadulterated form of truth. … Read More →
Wistful
My friends and I are part of an organization that funds the self-sustenance of impoverished villages in India, and this picture was taken in Purulia District (West Bengal, India), one of the poorest districts with the lowest education levels in the entire country. Visiting ten … Read More →
End-to-end
Taken from the door of a moving train on a bridge in West Bengal, India. It was scary standing there especially on a bridge that had no guard rails. In this boat I found it interesting to note how far apart both the people were. … Read More →
Hope, joy and wonder
A multitude of emotions portrayed by tribal kids in Purulia district, West Bengal (India). They were thrilled to see outsiders in their village who took an interest in them, not their parents. They actually loved going to school. The Nutanhat Development Project – educating lesser … Read More →
A livelihood
Taken during Taste of India, an Indian food festival organized by Association for India’s Development Penn State. Women from lesser privileged areas do this handiwork and this sells like hot cakes in the US. Money raised from this event goes towards socio-economic development in India.
Unison
At THON 2010, Penn State. Seeing thousands of students dancing straight for 46 hours in synchronized dance – raising millions of dollars for curing pediatric cancer. It’s a perpetual goose bump fest.
Giggle
Taken Purulia, WB in December 2009, in a village where AID Penn State helped in the education of the underprivileged. This girl was the brightest in her class, and her smile has become the face of AID Penn State.
Top of the world
There was once a man, on top of a hill, alone, on an overcast dusty winter afternoon in Purulia, West Bengal.