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Pan India: A Shared Habitat

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.

arindam arindam | 10 Sep, 2009

Photographer Prashant Panjiar captures shared spaces and shows Indians as they really are.

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS

1 Anita and Anjesh Dhakkar, newly wed, in their family home in Theekrya village, Rajasthan. Son of a farmer, Anjesh is still studying in Class 10

2 Flatmates Dilip Kumar Tiwari, Biju Kumar, Abhishek Bose, Jayant Raj and Tanmoy Bose share a home in Gurgaon. This ‘family’ is made up of friends from the same management school, now working as executives in different companies

3 A mechanic’s shop in Delhi

4 Beach at a fishing village in Veriampatnam, Pondicherry

5 A statue outside a church in Kodaikanal

6 Pragati Maidan, Delhi

7 A brick kiln in Bhumalramaram village near Hyderabad

8 Plaza and parking lot at Nehru Place, Delhi