Aks: March 2005 @ Baithak

Views from Gadani

Thursday, March 31, 2005 | 3 comments

Mithra Birdie

focuses on the two faces of beach life in Southern Balochistan, Pakistan.

Photographs taken in February 2004

The tranquil scene captured at Gadani Beach, Balochistan, is in contrast to the activities taking place a stone's throw away. This deserted stretch of the coastline is used to scrap old ships. These ship breaking yards are fascinating places, gigantic metal structures pulled onto the shore, heavy chains and discarded parts of ancient ships strewn the beach.

Shipbreaking activites at Gadani.

Sacred Fire

Thursday, March 24, 2005 | 2 comments

Hemanshu Kumar

captures the element in Benares, Uttar Pradesh.

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Cremation. Photographed at Manikarnika Ghat, Benares, November 2004.

Arti Lamp. Photographed at Dasashwamedh Ghat, Benares, November 2004.

Arti. Photographed at Dasashwamedh Ghat, Benares, November 2004.

Arti 2. Photographed at Dasashwamedh Ghat, Benares, November 2004.

Arti 3. Photographed at Dasashwamedh Ghat, Benares, November 2004.

Night Lights

Thursday, March 24, 2005 | 7 comments

The darkness that night casts on us wouldn't be quite so enigmatic were it not for the dim, bright, natural, man-made, yellow, blue and all manner of lights that dispel the shadows in playful ways and hide and show what they will.