Category: Life and times

Once revered. Always revered.

Worshipers sit for prayers inside the 15th century Khair-ul-Manzil, now a historical monument.

Keeping pace with the appetite of a city.

With the city of Ranchi, experiencing rapid growth, eateries are thriving, though not always happily.

Fanning the coals.

A rustic electric fan keeps a charcoal oven burning hot

A Gaddi herd momentarily stops traffic.

Herdsmen guide goats through a small Himalayan town.

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The gods come to town.

A procession of devotees ferry a Himachali deity on a palanquin

The 18th state.

Huddle under umbrellas a crowd gathers to celebrate Himachal day

The Ranchi Rajdhani Ac 3 tier.

A look inside the Ac 3 tier coaches of the Ranchi Rajdhani passenger express.

Trains of the Ranchi Rajdhani.

The two different trains of the Ranchi Rajdhani that ferry passengers to their destinations

Rajdhani Express, first of the superfasts.

The train service that initiated the era of speedy travel on Indian rails.

Ponies for the road.

A mountain pony and its handler enroute to Vaishnodevi

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Wars of Humayun.

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John Murray and his photo of the infamous well of Bibighar.

One of the earliest photos of the infamous well of Bibighar in Cawnpore, British India.