Evil Smoke

Evil SmokeOriginally uploaded by travelling writer. Helmets can save you only from the road accidents. It can’t save you from cancer. For such evils, its only your will power which can fight it out. Some facts Half the male tuberculosis deaths in India are caused by smoking, and three quarters of the smokers who become… Continue reading Evil Smoke

Do they really mean it..

The Karnataka flag is seen hoisted at the entrance of one of the popular wholesale malls of Bangalore during the recent protests over the judgement given by the Tribunal for Cauvery river water sharing issue. This was a common site in front of big commercial complexes, supermarkets, malls,multiplexes IT and BPO company office buildings in… Continue reading Do they really mean it..

Irfan

IrfanOriginally uploaded by travelling writer. Date: November 4th,2006. Place:Russel Market, Bangalore I thought child labour was banned in my country. But poverty I guess forces children to work. Irfan, works along with his friend and another lady who runs this service of cleaning prawns for customers after they have struck a deal with one of… Continue reading Irfan

Bunking college

Bunking collegeOriginally uploaded by travelling writer. This was one of my published photographs in Bangalore Vijay Times. The story was on bunking classes in College. I was already on an assignment to a popular women’s college in the city when I was told to make a photograph for this feature story. I was actually there… Continue reading Bunking college

Janapada Jathre 2007: A Festival of folk dance

Saturday evening and a free concert at a hillock; what a combo it was for connoisseurs of folk music and dance! This was the atmosphere I was treated to when I arrived at Lal Bagh. This year’s Janapada Jathre, the festival of folk music and dance was held at the base of the Lal Bagh… Continue reading Janapada Jathre 2007: A Festival of folk dance

Footprints of time

Kaipunjal Beach, Udupi district, Karnataka. © Nishant Ratnakar

Footprints of time Originally uploaded by travelling writer. Sometimes unexpected moments in life give out the best pictures. When I took this shot I never really thought it’ll create such a sudden fan following for it. But, it has hardly been a week since I uploaded this on Flickr, the image seems to have been… Continue reading Footprints of time

Kilikili : Wobbling laughter of children

At the inaguration of modified Coles park, Bangalore. It-was modified into a Universally Accesible Park which houses play equipments designed keeping in mind the requirements of children with disabilities. The park was redesigned largely due to the efforts of KiliKili an NGO operating in Bangalore.

The following photographs are from one of the interesting assignments I have done till date. It is from the Universally Accessible Park (UAP) project undertaken by KiliKili, an NGO based in Bangalore, along with the help from the city administration, the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP). This NGO is a network of ‘Parents of children with… Continue reading Kilikili : Wobbling laughter of children