In the year of 2018, I travelled more than I had initially planned for, and enjoyed every bit of it. Some of the highlights of my journeys included a very well spent week of winter in Ladakh, an action packed week in Kyrgyzstan and many happy days in Iceland.  The year started with our annual photography tour to shoot winter landscapes in Ladakh. I was returning here after a gap of two years, and immensely enjoyed being here. Here is an image that I loved making during this week.  Most of my travel this year was leading photography tours for Darter Photography. My next tour was a ph ..read more

Here is a collection my images of winters in Ladakh, made over several visits in a span of about 7 years. Originally posted on medium.com – Winters in Ladakh — India’s ultimate landscape photography experience! Powdery snow on the mountains over a frozen Pangong Tso Lake, in Ladakh during winters. I first visited Ladakh exactly ten years ago. This was well before the region became every motor-cyclist’s ultimate destination, part of every traveller’s tick-off list and every holidaymaker’s check-in dream. In those days, tourists were in smaller numbers and Leh had more homes than guesthous ..read more

Originally published on medium.com Unusual political boundaries have isolated North-East India from rest of the world (and rest of India) for many years. This is perhaps one of the reasons that has allowed this region to retain and celebrate a good part of its indigenous culture without significant influence from outside. Performances at the Hornbill Festival, Kohima. The Hornbill Festival in the hill-state of Nagaland is perhaps the most eclectic and elaborate of all the cultural events in the region. It offers a glimpse of North-East India’s rich culture, even though it showcases life and r ..read more

Image below, of porters drag sledges on a frozen Zanskar River, facilitating us on ‘Chadar Trek’. It was about seven years ago that I walked on the now well-known Chadar Trek–a fascinating walk on the ice-sheets of Zanskar in winter months. We walked for nearly two weeks, crossing over from Indus Valley to the habitations in Zanskar region. We walked over thick and thin ice and sometimes had to face climbing challenges where the ice-surface was completely broken. In the year that we were there, we noticed no more than a handful of trekkers along the path and occasional Zanskar-locals trying t ..read more

Originally posted on medium.com For a small landlocked country in Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan is surprisingly visually rich and beautiful. Its tall snow-covered mountains reach to the sky, standing majestically amidst undulating landscapes. Its hills are home to gently wavering grasslands inhabited by semi-nomadic shepherds. These grasslands are dotted with yurts, the mobile homes of shepherds where a traveller encounters the generous hospitality of every proud Kyrgyz. Graceful Central Asian horses canter in these heavenly gardens, adding a sense of spiritual upliftment to the entire landscape ..read more

Here is a collection my images of winters in Ladakh, made over several visits in a span of about 7 years. Originally posted on medium.com – Winters in Ladakh — India’s ultimate landscape photography experience! Powdery snow on the mountains over a frozen Pangong Tso Lake, in Ladakh during winters. I first visited Ladakh exactly ten years ago. This was well before the region became every motor-cyclist’s ultimate destination, part of every traveller’s tick-off list and every holidaymaker’s check-in dream. In those days, tourists were in smaller numbers and Leh had more homes than guesthouses an ..read more