For Times of India

For Times of India's Hyderabad edition. I was doing lead pictures for the Hyderabad Times page. My job to shoot celebries. If there is not any happeing celebrity than i use to collabrate with the local fashion desinger or with any branded clothing line and shoot it with the models.

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01. Religious Unity

Inner premises of “Basdhahi Ashoor Khana” . Also seen are “Hindu” women offering prayers reflecting communal harmony

02. Acts Of Faith

Inner premises of “Naal Sahab Ka Ashoor Khana”. Devotees, especially women, seen offering religious sanctification to the “Alams”

03. Bleeding Mourners

Mourners practicing “Khooni Matam” at the “Bibi-Ka-Alawa” . For this particular ritual, there is no age restriction as can be seen in the picture

04. Inflicting “Kham”

“Kham” ( The act of inflicting stabs with a knife) . As can be witnessed in the image, a mourner who is stabbing himself to near death, is being rescued by fellow mourners

05. Bruised Mourners

Mourners seen leaving the premises of “Bibi-Ka-Alawa” while performing Matam

06. Incense for the Martyr

“Bibi-Ka-Alam” is being carried out for procession

07. Preparing for the Last Journey

“Bibi-Ka-Alam” being mounted on an elephant before the procession begins. Also seen are the zealous mourners wailing at the Imams’ departure

08. The Force on Guard

View of “Bibi-Ka-Alam” procession through streets of Hyderabad. Also seen are mounted policemen monitoring and supervising the crowd

09. At “Charminar”

“Charminar”, The icon of Hyderabad (kindly refer prologue) as the backset of the procession

10. Mounting “Dhatti”

Devotees offering “Dhatti” (Sanctification) To the “Bibi-Ka-Alam”

11. For the Glimpse of “Alam”

Crowds witnessing the “Bibi-Ka-Alam” procession. The crowds stand long hours (sometime even the whole day) to witness the procession

12. Reliving the Pain

Mourners performing “Matam” with weapons such as swords, Chains fitted with small knifes (for hitting the back), iron wire with razors, along with the procession

13. Fire of Faith

Seen here is a large bed of fire being created for “Alawa”

14. Burning Souls

Mourners walking through the “Alawa” (fire bed) Ref; image No. : 13

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I really enoyed shooting resataurants, i always avoid people eating kind of shots. My approach towards the subject depends on for what i am shooting a newspaper or a magazine. You will find a kind of abstractive approach in my restaurants images.