Samosas for the soul
Posted on Feb 11th, 2016 in Middles
Two young men were having a conversation within my earshot. “Let’s try this out. It is the college canteen, but they call it cafe. The cup of tea may be expensive, but we will at least see what it is like to be in this place where the Stephanians hang out.” Having overheard the conversation that was clearly private, even …
Raghu Rai: World through his lens
Posted on Jan 25th, 2016 in Book Reviews
Picturing Time: The Greatest Photographs of Raghu Rai Aleph. Pages 193. Rs 1999. Book review by Roopinder Singh Raghu Rai has dominated the visual narrative of Indian photography like a colossus. His photographs, seen by the masses through newspapers and magazines, have helped shape perceptions, immortalised some of the subjects and he himself has been the subject of a documentary …
