Maha Brinda Natyam – A New Guinness World Record

More than 2500 Kuchipudi dancers of five generations of all ages, living legends to the current students, from all over the world  ensemble and set a new guinness record after performing the largest Kuchipudi Dance in Hyderabad on 26/12/2010.

Fortunate to have attended this convention and I spent the whole day at the venue and documented this glorious event right from the rehearsals till the end of the performance.

I would like to share with you, the photo documentary of this wonderful event.

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Olivier Culmann’s Photo Exhibition

Today evening, I have attended for the inauguration of a photo exhibition called ‘TV Viewers’ by Olivier Culmann, a French photographer, at one of the local galleries in Hyderabad.

It was scheduled by 7.00 pm in the evening, but I could not be there at the time because of the traffic jam, unexpectedly too much today evening. Anyways, I arrived just at the time of lamp lightening, but I missed the introduction talk by the photographer.

I like the works exhibited by the artist, it has a painterly quality, and these works made me remembered the paintings of the renaissance artist, Jan Van Eyck, especially The Arnolfini Portrait.

Some of the images of Culmann’s can be compared with this 15th Century Flemish painter, Jan Van Eyck, with regards to the tones, colours, light & compositions.

Overall, I enjoyed the show and had a little talk with the photographer.

And of course, I shot some images right from the time  I entered in to the gallery, untill I walked away.

Here are these. And don’t miss the show in Kalakriti gallery if you are in Hyderabad this week.

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Story That Never Ends

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The more I am observing the life the more I am attached to it and enjoying my immediate reactions through photography. ‘Life’ is wonderful and lovely and especially the life in countries like India is indeed incredible.

Too many people, busiest streets, excessive contrast everywhere and yet harmony. This is just the beauty of India. I am really can not avoid being I live here every moment. Probably this would be my photo narration that will never have an end for it, as long as I am living within India and experiencing it everyday. It’s really a wonderful world.

I keep updating images of my every little visual experience of the life around me.

Keep coming to my home page to enjoy it, as much as I do indeed.

And please wait few moments when the application and images of home page loading in your web browser for the first time. Because it is such a lengthy story that takes bit more seconds to present before you. Bear with it, and experience India.

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The Beef Shop

Since from the time I was back from my recent travel to north east India, I am working on segregating and featuring the images. While doing so, I have come across a set of images that I have shot in one of the markets in Darjeeling, West Bengal.

This beautiful market is situated in a small gloomy street opposite to the main taxi stand in Darjeeling, found very interesting as I was walking through this hub of nearly a dozen of meat selling shops.

Probably, I thought I had been to the place at the right time when it was little busy early in the morning as the sellers bring in the beef, hanging, cutting, chopping etc.

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Back from the travel

Back home in last week from my 20 days travel stretching from north west India to the north east India, covering few places in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Meghalaya, Assam and Sikkim.

As mentioned in the previous post regarding this trip, I have traveled light carrying only the Leica M8(leaving behind my heavy Nikon D3) and couple of pair of clothes fitted in a small bag. In fact it gave me great freedom and flexibility to move around with the light kit, especially the Leica M8 which is very small and best suited for the street photography. Switching from Nikon D3 to the Leica M8, I feel that I lessen the burden of 2kg from my hand during the shooting.

When it comes to the places I visited, though life is interesting everywhere, I like the north east India most, and as well Jodhpur in Rajasthan, north west India.

As far as my photography is concerned, I have gained the higher freedom of expression, and the visual quality of the images are far more refined than the earlier ones. I found that I am becoming more sensitive and disciplined in terms of seeing and making images. And probably it is my love towards the life has made me to respond to everything I see and capture more number of images than any of the travels I did before. As usual, it is a great joy to experience the life and capture the same in an image….and after every travel  I am becoming a man and a photographer……

I would like to share with you some of many images I have shot during this trip……

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