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Some women chatting and a Indian man going to the temple in beautiful Jodhpur

Once a year I sit myself down at a desk and try to put a finger on the reason I take pictures. A sort of exercise in self-reflection the answer to which changes ever so often. I find taking pictures is less about capturing the moment and more about realizing how that split moment has [...]

Nuns praying around the Mahabodhi temple in Bodhgaya.For Buddhists, Bodhgaya is the most important of the main four pilgrimage sites related to the life of Gautama Buddha, the other three being Kushinagar, Lumbini, and Sarnath. In 2002, Mahabodhi Temple, located in Bodhgaya, became a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

“Comfortable in one’s skin”
She wanders out the kitchen and swings open her lovelyFrench gates, the squeakiness, familiar music to her ears.She breathes deeply the air of the season, slowly enjoying the moment. Another day she greets with gratitude. Can pieces from another time actually give her lessons in life?There is a certain “je ne sais [...]

The last of the film reel sputters to an end to the buzzing of the projector, spilling out one last bit of light on to the screen in the words ‘THE END’. The mammoth american 1930s projecter fittingly named the ‘Strong Mogul’ hums and then blanks leaving the 112 year old cinema in darkness. The [...]