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The Making of a Cricket Ball

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It takes 75 days to make, and lives for a day.

Surajkund Fair Play

The 8km separating Delhi from Surajkund was once a stretch of dense forest where sighting deer was a cinch. Today, the only antelopes you’ll sight here are the stuffed ones selling at the crafts mela.

Way of Life

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They trace their ancestry to the 4th century BC. Meet the Monpas of Arunachal Pradesh.

The Life of a Street

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Few other streets in the world house the variegated pageant of life Park Street does. And perhaps fewer still have changed character as dramatically over time as this 250 years old Kolkata landmark.

What the Camera Saw

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I asked him for some time, one on one. And explained my contact sheet idea. He wasn’t open to it.

Taj Restored

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Two much-loved hangouts of the Mumbai elite, housed in the Taj Mahal hotel, have risen triumphantly from their ashes.

Lost Christmas

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A town that once had a significant Anglo-Indian community is now a picture of desolation.

Hat in the Ring

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Indian designers haven’t yet put out headgear that is anywhere near as outlandish as their counterparts do in the West, but they have thrown their hats into the ring, so to speak.

Home away from Home

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A peek into the storied 226-year-old mansion in central Calcutta that goes by Fairlawn Hotel.

Pan India: A Shared Habitat

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Huts and malls, flyovers and shanties, shared habitats of the rich and poor, the photographer trains his gaze on how the Indian landscape has changed since the turn of the millennium.