(UPDATE: Fistful of Dreams is now available as an e-book for iPad/iPhone/iPod) Yes! Finally! A year of sleepless nights is now seeing the daylight! My first book, Fistful of Dreams: An Adopted Girl’s journey , is now available online on blurb bookstore. The book is in landscape format (10 x 8 inches) with 60 pages of… Continue reading Fistful of Dreams, the book
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Don’t leave me now
As a photojournalist, one of the most challenging beats to work on is the crime beat. It is a beat of extremes. I end up doing work that emotionally drains me out to something that is very mundane. Covering suicides drains me the most. Personally, there is a larger purpose in covering suicides…
Photographs, Autographs and Memories
A time travel back to my mom’s college years in understanding value of photographs, memories and relationships.
Notes from the field:Politics & Media
Wednesday morning coverage of the Diamond Jubilee inauguration of Karnataka Public Service Commission(KPSC) could have been just another event if not for the events chief guests – Governor HR Bharadwaj, and Chief Minister B S Yedyurappa – the two people, at loggerheads in the current political drama in the state. Them sharing the same podium, was medias’ ‘orgasmic’ moment…
Talking Few Singles
As an assignment for my course, I am talking about some fifteen single news images taken during the scholarship year.
Obama wave on TV
There’s only Obama on TV. All news channels are trying hard to give an exclusive perspective to his arrival in India. The “breaking news” concept has gone bit strange these days. Maybe I can expect another breaking news tonight. Something like “Breaking news: Obama tasted indian pickles at Taj,” will not surprise me anymore.
My Camera Obscura
As part of my scholarship studies course of a Diploma in Photojournalism from ACFJ, I had to make a pinhole camera / Camera Obscura out of a Pringles Potato wafers container. For me, making the Pringles Camera Obscura was not just about recreating the first known principle behind the design of cameras. It was also a nostalgic… Continue reading My Camera Obscura
And it rained
The hardest part of my job involves commuting across Bangalore city on a scooter. Why do I say that? There are two reasons for it. First reason is obvious: the great Bangalore traffic jams. Second, the unpredictable weather. When it rains, the roads get clogged with water. And It just gets worse. Today, it poured… Continue reading And it rained
Of Rann, Carlton Towers and other things bothering me
Industry: Media Product: News & Entertainment Customer : Citizen (and advertisers?) The Ram Gopal Varma movie RANN, took a dig on electronic media’s unethical practices. Talking point among the tech savvy crowd was suddenly all about the wrong doings of Indian electronic media. My colleague Monica says that ‘Indian electronic media is still in its… Continue reading Of Rann, Carlton Towers and other things bothering me
Notes From the Field : Chikungunya
Notes From the Field – Nishant Ratnakar Date: Monday, 11th May, 2009. Place: D J Halli near Bangalore. At a locality known as Moulana Compound: "Have any health officials visited your locality since the outbreak?" "No Sir. You are the first outsider to have stepped in here since we noticed the disease in our Compound"… Continue reading Notes From the Field : Chikungunya