June 2009, Hyderabad.

Start of a small series on Shilparamam, a handicrafts village where artists from all over India sell their wares.

February 2009, Keoladeo Ghana National Park.

I had never seen so many birds in one place before! The sky was almost blotted out as the Pintails (Anas acuta) rose one after the other from the water cackling trying to escape a hunting marsh harrier. The loud whoosh of their beating wings, the commotion all around was an amazing spectacle.

January 2009, Keloladeo Ghana National Park.

Sarus Crane (Grus antigone)

May 2009, Hyderabad.

December 2008, Hyderabad.

May 2009, Hyderabad.

May 2009, Hyderabad.

April 2008, Araku.

This kid would repeatedly run from the top of this rock and launch himself onto the bare and slippery rock and slide down the water and plunge into the shallow pool at the bottom of the rock. One wrong step and there was danger of him smashing his face on the rock or breaking some bones!

December 2008, Hyderabad.

He was selling little crowns made of faux metal, similar to the ones worn by beauty queens after winning fancy titles like Miss Universe or Miss World, to tourists outside the Golconda fort. It was his after school job.

August 2008, Vellore.