FOOTBALL | Saturday, May 27, 2023

6:56 PM

#FOOTBALL: when it’s sport instead of entertainment - the team won bronze, conceding two goals all day. #photojournalism

LIFE | Friday, April 2, 2021

10:15 PM

#LIFE: one last pic this evening that has no story and no wider significance. We simply stopped for food at a roadside dhaba and I made a picture of some of the staff feeding us. #india #gujarat #dhaba #photojournalism

TRIBES | Friday, April 2, 2021

10:11 PM

#TRIBES: a decent school, with actual classrooms and real teachers, is hard to organize. Even when it’s the best thing to do, prevailing attitudes, even parental envy and suspicion can ruin a child’s chances. #education #nomads #tribes #gujarat #india #children #photojournalism

TRIBES | Friday, April 2, 2021

10:08 PM

#TRIBES: it’s 2021 and there are 54 Million more male humans in India than female. Too much to unpack as always on Instagram. This picture is from 2008, these boys will all be of marrying age now. #malefemaleratio #india #gujarat #nomads #photojournalism

SNAKEBITE | Friday, April 2, 2021

10:00 PM

#SNAKEBITE: the #cobra was still a #snake, even after its venom sac had been drained and used by the health services to make anti-venom, and taunting it still resulted in a bite. #snakecharming #india #tribes #nomads #vadi #gujarat #photojournalism

THEUSUALSUSPECTS | Friday, April 2, 2021

9:47 PM

#THEUSUALSUSPECTS: certain communities were codified as automatic criminals in law, meaning that they could be arrested without evidence or due process, harassed and subject to indignities on the whims of the authorities. Those statutes were overturned and removed - not very long ago - but it is harder to change attitudes and prejudices that have been reinforced for generations. #VSSM worked tirelessly to return these tribes their rights and it often began with voting cards, enshrining their rights to rations and work and legal standing. Appreciate your right to vote, politicians will respect you more if you can and do. #tribes #nomads #denotifiedtribes #gujarat #votercardpower #disenfranchised #india #vote #photojournalism

TRIBES | Wednesday, March 31, 2021

11:33 PM

#TRIBES: this two-year old would be around 14 now. Has #India done enough in the meantime to give her opportunities denied to her parents and community? Or is life worse for women in 2021? I feel a follow-up story is due. #gujarat #nomads #photojournalism

TRIBES | Wednesday, March 31, 2021

11:27 PM

#TRIBES: as many of the nomadic tribes look to settle down, the odds are still against them, often lacking voting rights, historically labelled - in law - as members of a criminal tribe, courtesy of British rule, help comes slowly. Other #Gujaratis are often unaware of their fellow humans in their own state, preferring to explore the rest of the world first. #nomads #india #gujarat #photojournalism