Back from a month in South-East Asia
Happy Diwali everyone! May the days ahead be filled with high quality light to all of you!I just got back from a month of travelling in South East Asia, and it is good to be back home in time for the...
View ArticleSunrise over Angkor Wat, Cambodia
Sunrise over the well-known Angkor Wat temple is a much photographed spectacle. On a morning when the air is still–it typically is–the spires of the temple reflect perfectly on a tank overlooking the...
View ArticleTravel Photography: In Cambodia, on an untrodden path…
This article appeared in October issue of Terrascape magazine, where I write a column on photography. Read all the earlier travel photography articles on India Travel & Photography Blog. Sometimes,...
View ArticleCambodian Monks on a boat
I was walking in this small village adjoining Tonle Sap Lake, where I made this image. The village was a long line of houses on either side of a unmetalled road. The road was a raised mud-bank, while...
View ArticleLush Green Paddy Fields of Cambodia
One evening, we were driving on some small roads in countryside Cambodia in Siem Reap Province. I was keen to see the lush paddy fields and palm trees–a feature of the country’s rural landscapes. My...
View ArticleRural Cambodia – Rice fields, sugar palms and a colourful sky.
Last year, I spent two weeks travelling in Cambodia during the post-monsoon months. Starting from Siem Reap, I quickly moved on from the well-known temples of Angkor Wat, seeking to understand the...
View ArticleCambodian Countryside
This photograph was made in a small village at edge of Tonle Sap Lake. It was a sunny afternoon and I was walking with my Cambodian friend along the narrow street that connected practically every house...
View ArticleLife on Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia.
Daily photo: life on Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia. In the background are floating houses that move from place to place depending on the water level of the lake. You would find a village here today, gone...
View ArticleCamobodia – Life After Khmer Rouge Genocide
Walking the long wooded path towards Beng Melea Temple, I heard a mild sound of music coming through the air. It grew on me as I closed-in to its source – a bunch of uniformed men on a raised platform...
View ArticleHow to spend a weekend in Siem Reap
It was nearly a thousand years ago when Khmer Kings commissioned the construction of gigantic temples on the edge of Tonle Sap Lake. They probably never had envisioned a future where people from...
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