German Bakery, Rishikesh, 2009

One of our favourite spots in Rishikesh

Bridge

Bridge, just after Rudraprayag

Biru

Biru ( background) with Senior Lala. Biru is our friend and the magic-man of the mountains.

Mountains

Near Tunganath. Biru, Raju, Banerjee, Whitney and Dharmaraj

Lord Of The Lofty Heights

Just back from a trek to Tunganath in Uttaranchal. Photograph taken at Tunganath ( 13,000 feet)

Tura Friends

My two friends on the road to Tura in Meghalya. Water is precious in Tura. My blue t-shirt friend is carrying water in a beer can. His big brother is carrying the umbrella. Both are helping their mother.

Garo Hills

The contrast between the roads that lead to Tura and the villages are stark. Though Phiding is on the other side of the divide, his love for the Sangmas is evident on his NCP-Agatha-t-shirt. But for many like Nere ( photograph at the top)--a mother of ten living in the remote Chibragre village--entitlement is an alien idea. "We need water, roads. What else do I ask for", she says. Nere stays in Chibrage village in Garo Hills.