With the Bengali festival of the goddess Durga in the offing, here is another photo-story.
can I exist?
the question remains still
even when broken
how holy do you feel?
living is but waiting
suppressing the scream
unseeing is fated
escape is a dream
voice there is little
pain there is much
the path is never easy
fate is mostly such
privilege is a myth
but indignity stands tall
the light does no justice
redness is all
Earlier Posts: 1. Old Lucknow 2. Colonial Lucknow 3. Going Downhill - Versey to Dentam 4. Going to Garhwal 5. The Walkers 6. Palamau 7. Rishikesh 8. Kolkata Kolkata 9. The Roar of the Clouds - Santiniketan 10. Of Pests and Men - Uttarey 11. Where Hikers Fear to Tread - Rudranath 12. Old Times 13. History in Ruins - Pushpagiri 14. Once There was a Heaven 15. Serenity 16. Pilgrim's Progress - Kedarnath 17. Unfinished - Gaumukh 18. Ghatshila 19. Nothing Important 20. Manu's Alaya - Manali 21. Santiniketan 22. Little Lhasa - Dharamshala 23. From Varuna to Assi - Varanasi 24. Tunganath 25. Transitory Blues 26. Gurudongmar 27. The Beginning 28. Yumesamdong 29. Bangali in Bangkok 30. Mukutmanipur 31. Rasvanti 32. The Old Town and the Sea 33. Budapest 34. The Last Post of 2019 35. Travel Travails 36. Cluj-Napoça 37. Presenting the Past 38. Far From the Urban Crowd 39. Silent Night Sleepless Night 40. Norwich 41. Photo Essay - The Road
Really enjoyed these vignettes. Thanks for sharing them!
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Something wells up as i visit this story. Thank you for telling it.
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Khub sundor likhecho dada !!! Short but explains almost everything.
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Interesting. As always.
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Loved this series.
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The pics, vocal & vibrant, script a narrative of their own. Mostly in monochrome, they mirror some unseemly realities. Of forced silences, helplessnesses, and nihilistic absurdity, it’s a sentient story.
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Every image is special, yet, ‘ Privilege is a Myth’ struck a chord.
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Splendid sid. I have no words to express how much I liked it. Blessed to have gifted friends like you.
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This photo story is beyond any absolute word, Sir
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