Mohit Gupta | Photo Journal Travel & Documentary Photography Musings
North India: Foggy Winters
“31 trains cancelled, 72 late” reads today’s Times of India. This has been a common story this winter, throughout North India…
Umeed
I was driving down back home, accompanied by these 3 kids. I could clearly sense their excitement about sitting in a car. One among them shouted with a thumping voice “FM please”…
Pushkar Mela: Cattle Traders
Pushkar holds one of India’s (probably world’s) largest cattle (mainly camels and horses) fair (By the way the priciest horse was being quoted around 1.5 million Indian rupees). Traders arrive at Pushkar well before the fair starts…
William Dalrymple: Nine Lives
Sometimes the photographer in me thinks what if William was a photographer, the kind of majestic imagery (the one he currently weaves through his words) he would have generated from all his amazing travels…
Ravana makers of Titarpur
It’s ironic that for the families of Titarpur, Ravana brings good fortune – they make better money making these effigies than they make on their usual days – thanks to the skills inherited from their Ravan Baba, who is almost a legend in their village…
Documentary
North India: Foggy Winters
“31 trains cancelled, 72 late” reads today’s Times of India. This has been a common story this winter, throughout North India…
Travel
Pushkar Mela: Cattle Traders
Pushkar holds one of India’s (probably world’s) largest cattle (mainly camels and horses) fair (By the way the priciest horse was being quoted around 1.5 million Indian rupees). Traders arrive at Pushkar well before the fair starts…
Street
Chai, The Special Indian Tea
Chandni Chowk and the area around is hub to some of the tastiest food in India whether it’s Kebabs, Tandoori Chicken, Paranthas or just a cup of milk tea (chai).
Portraits
Ravana makers of Titarpur
It’s ironic that for the families of Titarpur, Ravana brings good fortune – they make better money making these effigies than they make on their usual days – thanks to the skills inherited from their Ravan Baba, who is almost a legend in their village…
Faith
Ramadan Mubarak
One of the most sacred Islamic occassions, Ramadan is observed during the ninth and holiest Islamic month of the same name, a time when the great Prophet Muhammad was said to have received the knowledge of Quran…
Books
William Dalrymple: Nine Lives
Sometimes the photographer in me thinks what if William was a photographer, the kind of majestic imagery (the one he currently weaves through his words) he would have generated from all his amazing travels…