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AI in India’s Cane Fields- MICROSOFT SOURCES
In rural Maharashtra, sugar cane farmer Suresh Jagtap is using AI-powered tools to adapt to climate change and improve crop yields. With support from local scientists and Microsoft technology, his fields are equipped with sensors and weather stations that provide real-time data and actionable insights. This project explores how AI is reshaping traditional farming in India, helping smallholders make smarter decisions and secure more sustainable harvests.
TEMPLE ELEPHANT CAMP-The New York Times-Lens
The Temple Elephant Rejuvenation Camp is a photography project documenting the lives of domesticated and wild Asian elephants. Initiated by Tamil Nadu's government after a temple incident, it provides 48 days of natural habitat, nutrition, and medical care for temple elephants, exploring their welfare, mahout relationships, and social interactions.
FINANCIAL TIMES
Commissioned by the Financial Times, I photographed the election campaigns in Tamil Nadu, covering both Narendra Modi’s BJP rallies and the DMK’s local campaigning in Chennai and Vellore.
The assignment captured the political contrast, public energy, and regional dynamics during a crucial moment in India’s national elections.
The assignment captured the political contrast, public energy, and regional dynamics during a crucial moment in India’s national elections.
LIFE IN TROUBLED WATERS-The New York Times-Lens
A project on the effect of unscientific construction
along the coasts of Tamil Nadu, Chennai, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal and Goa, India. Documents the
impact of climate change along. with chemical plants, factories and harbours
that came upon the seashore, and also other
development activity which disturbed the sand
movement and wave patterns, thus triggering
largescale erosion and deposition of sand. The
project also focuses on how erosion and drastic
environmental degradation affect the livelihood of the
fishermen living along the coast.
along the coasts of Tamil Nadu, Chennai, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal and Goa, India. Documents the
impact of climate change along. with chemical plants, factories and harbours
that came upon the seashore, and also other
development activity which disturbed the sand
movement and wave patterns, thus triggering
largescale erosion and deposition of sand. The
project also focuses on how erosion and drastic
environmental degradation affect the livelihood of the
fishermen living along the coast.
TECH - MARKETS-BANGALORE, INDIA-REST OF WORLD
This photography assignment explores SP Road, Bangalore, as part of a global Rest of World longform story on informal tech marketplaces around the world. SP Road is a noisy, chaotic, and vital 2-kilometer stretch in Bengaluru, India — a mecca for hardware geeks, drone builders, mobile repairers, and small-scale tech entrepreneurs. Through the eyes of longtime visitor and drone executive Nihal Mohan, we uncover how this bustling market continues to power India's grassroots tech movement, despite crumbling infrastructure and a rapidly digitizing future. This story is part of Rest of World’s global series documenting the informal, high-energy tech sales hubs that fuel innovation in cities across the globe..
JALLIKATTU-The New York Times-Lens
Jallikattu, held during the Pongal festival in Tamil Nadu, is a centuries-old bull-taming event that celebrates courage, community, and cultural pride. In this intense tradition, participants attempt to hold onto a charging bull, showcasing strength and daring in front of cheering crowds.
However, the festival has drawn criticism from animal rights groups who highlight the fear and stress bulls may endure during the event. This ongoing tension between cultural preservation and animal welfare has made Jallikattu one of India's most fiercely debated traditions.
Photographed in the Madurai and Tiruchirappalli (Tirchy) regions of Tamil Nadu.
However, the festival has drawn criticism from animal rights groups who highlight the fear and stress bulls may endure during the event. This ongoing tension between cultural preservation and animal welfare has made Jallikattu one of India's most fiercely debated traditions.
Photographed in the Madurai and Tiruchirappalli (Tirchy) regions of Tamil Nadu.
RURAL EXODUS
Thirty-four-year-old Lalapa left his village due to hunger. His story is echoed by millions fleeing rural India, driven out by crop failure, debt, drought, and unreliable electricity. “My crops failed, my children were hungry. I had to migrate,” he says — a familiar refrain in districts like Raichur and Gulbarga, where worsening agrarian distress continues to push families toward cities.
These migrants, lured by agents with false promises, often end up in the construction industry, the backbone of urban growth working long hours for meager wages. They live in makeshift shanties without water, sanitation, or electricity, and remain invisible to the system: no ID, no health care, no official recognition.
Their children rarely attend school, moving with each project site. Many are pulled into labor themselves, exposed to disease and malnutrition. Women often take up low-paid domestic work to survive.
Despite some efforts by NGOs and government schemes, the struggle of migrant laborers remains one of India’s most urgent but overlooked development challenges. Documenting their lives across districts like Raichur and Gulbarga reveals the deep rural-urban divide still shaping the country today.
These migrants, lured by agents with false promises, often end up in the construction industry, the backbone of urban growth working long hours for meager wages. They live in makeshift shanties without water, sanitation, or electricity, and remain invisible to the system: no ID, no health care, no official recognition.
Their children rarely attend school, moving with each project site. Many are pulled into labor themselves, exposed to disease and malnutrition. Women often take up low-paid domestic work to survive.
Despite some efforts by NGOs and government schemes, the struggle of migrant laborers remains one of India’s most urgent but overlooked development challenges. Documenting their lives across districts like Raichur and Gulbarga reveals the deep rural-urban divide still shaping the country today.
VANISHING TRIBES
Vanishing Traders is a posed portrait project on disappearing traders and professionals in India.Till about a decade ago, it was the local milkman who woke me up daily ringing the bell of his cycle, pouring milk into the steel vessel or glass bottle kept overnight on the doorstep. This was a daily ritual in every Indian home. Evenings were complete only after the candy-man came by pushing his cart. Cracked plastic pots and buckets were religiously saved for the fix-it man, who stopped by every few months.
Dry fruit-sellers and small traders came regularly, ready to barter their ware for bric-a-brac.The austerity of reduce, reuse and recycle was just the way of life. But not anymore. These mobile traders, nomadic in the sense that they wandered with their trade, have nearly vanished along with some of the professions.Modernisation and availability of cheaper goods in a country with a growing wealthier middle class has made these trade redundant.I have been documenting these vanishing traders since 2011. My photography project looks at them as heroes of a bygone era, Most of the traders are example for subsistence living before the three Rs became an activist’s mantra.
Dry fruit-sellers and small traders came regularly, ready to barter their ware for bric-a-brac.The austerity of reduce, reuse and recycle was just the way of life. But not anymore. These mobile traders, nomadic in the sense that they wandered with their trade, have nearly vanished along with some of the professions.Modernisation and availability of cheaper goods in a country with a growing wealthier middle class has made these trade redundant.I have been documenting these vanishing traders since 2011. My photography project looks at them as heroes of a bygone era, Most of the traders are example for subsistence living before the three Rs became an activist’s mantra.
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