Getting around to making my new website was something I'd been putting … Continue Reading ››

Labourer Sohan Lal (55) holds passport sized images of his daughter Murti (right) … Continue Reading ››

The Dongria Kondh tribe’s struggle against Vedanta Resources began in 1997 after the first agreement was reached between the Odisha government and a subsidiary of Vedanta for a mine … Continue Reading ››

Villagers made fun of former postmaster Faisal … Continue Reading ››

After doing a guided walk to some of Delhi’s ancient baolis (stepwells) I decided to explore more of them. I'd been living in the city for 5 years and though … Continue Reading ››

Australia's four month Oz … Continue Reading ››

For any book lover within striking distance the venerable Hardayal Library in Old Delhi is a … Continue Reading ››

In 2008 I began working on a story about India’s fieriest and most regal … Continue Reading ››

Holi, also called the Festival of Colours, is a spring festival celebrated by Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jains and others. It is primarily observed in India, Nepal, … Continue Reading ››

Faced with India's seemingly all-pervading endemic corruption one could be forgiven for beginning to lose faith in human nature. So it was really refreshing recently to … Continue Reading ››

Working with great natural light for portraiture is difficult to top and capturing people at ease … Continue Reading ››

Sadly, the Indian media still reports with dispiriting frequency on horrific accounts of  so-called 'honour killings'.  These occur mainly in the Northern states and are virtually unknown in South … Continue Reading ››

The Indian festival of Kartik Poornima,is celebrated with particular fervour annually in October or  November in Pushkar, Rajasthan. Its held in the … Continue Reading ››

Just reaching the Druk Gawa Khilwa (DGK) Buddhist Nunnery atop the lofty Druk Amitabha Mountain near Kathmandu in Nepal was a challenge in itself. Firstly the taxi driver and … Continue Reading ››

Durga puja celebrates worship of the Hindu goddess Durga. It refers to all the six days observed as Mahalaya, … Continue Reading ››

*UPDATED WITH NEW IMAGES 15/09/2011*

In May 2010 I went to photograph 65 year old Mammu Singh who was at that time one of India's last official hangmen. This was in the context of an Indian court having just convicted Ajmal … Continue Reading ››

When  I first saw this story reported in the Indian press with a headline something … Continue Reading ››

Krishna Janmashtami, is a Hindu festival celebrating the birth of Krishna, an avatar of the god Vishnu. Janmashtami is … Continue Reading ››

In 2009 I had a great 3 week assignment for the WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) in Nepal. The aim of this was to highlight WWF's … Continue Reading ››

One of the most fascinating assignments I’ve done in India was for the Independent newspaper with their award winning South Asia Correspondent Andrew Buncombe and concerned Ishamuddin Khan, … Continue Reading ››

62 year old Dr Anil Kumar Jhingan, seeing me perspiring freely as I worked, graciously apologises that the AC unit is not working due to a power cut. I ask him not to worry and he welcomes another patient into his consulting room in New Delhi … Continue Reading ››

I’d noticed the rusting carcass of a scooter in the road outside my Delhi flat even during the moving-in process last year. But as it was tucked away it barely registered with me as now into my third year in the country, I … Continue Reading ››