Met her on our way to Tapola in Mahabaleshwar. At this time, the lady was trying to just pose for the camera.
This is when I asked her to smile and not worry about posing!
What a beautiful difference a smile makes!!
The Moustache Man
A very interesting person, who was also an enthusiastic conversationalist. He told us about the mountain ranges visible from Deoria Tal, his life in the hills. I asked him if I can take his picture, he said, "Sure! Why not? I am just an oldie"
She was such a sweet shy Gharwali Farmer. We met her on our way to Deoria Tal in Uttrakhand. I requested her if I can take her picture, reluctantly she said yes. You can actually see that shyness clearly in the way she is smiling!
Met this beautiful lady on our trek to Deoria Tal. First she was shy to get clicked, but in just few seconds, she got excited about the picture. She even suggested what would be the best angle for the shot.
Just look at her smile - pure joy!
Saw on him near Pike Street in Seattle. It was the combination of colors that he was wearing that caught my attention that helped me recognize him even later on some other day in a different place. I asked him if I could take his picture, he smiled and nodded.
Met him at Tegallalang Rice Terrace Garden in Bali. I was walking out of the garden, when he saw me and asked me to click picture. This had never happened to me, some one coming up to me and asking for a picture. Gladly, I took out my camera, and clicked 3-4 shots. After that, he asked me for money for the picture. Not willing to argue, I paid him some amount. But overall it was a little weird experience!
A vegetable vendor in Ooty. Manjan and his wife allowed me to put a camera in their stall while I shot a walking scene. We didn't speak the same language, but they were somehow able to convey that Manjan wanted a picture from my camera with carrots in his hand.
Captured this in a village near Jodhpur. The lady in the picture was in a hurry, and when I asked her if I can take her picture, she said yes, but her eyes kept wandering from camera to other side.
This young woman was from a Bishnoi village in Rajasthan. As she concentratedly cooked food for the group, I couldn't resist reflecting on her strength, and this time I mean both physical and mental - taking care of big families, doing all/most of the household chores alone, and helping their husbands in their businesses too!
The two Kalbelia singers - as they sang traditional Rajasthani folk music, everybody around them danced. It was music and magic!
Head of a Bishnoi family (Salawas village in Jodhpur)
Head of a village household in Jodhpur, Rajasthan
Potter of a Bishnoi family(Salawas village in Jodhpur)
The shy man of a Kalbelia dance group I met in Sam Sand Dunes in Jaisalmer
She is Goma - loves to dance, smile, and hug. But she is shy too - shied away when I persisted her to study, smiled and shied away when I told her she is beautiful, shied away when I told her, her smile is so lively.
Baby monks in Namdroling Monastery in Kushalnagar, Coorg
One of the many shopkeepers inside Jodhpur fort selling traditional Rajasthani items
He stopped me when I was walking to the Gurudwara in Jaisalmer city. He told me how proud he was to have 4 daughters and how much he loves and respects his wife.
He played his tune sitting in a corner of Jodhpur fort, undisturbed by the many tourists that pass him
A beautiful shy farmer in Tilwari Village near Dehradun city
A beautiful shy farmer in Tilwari Village near Dehradun city
He is Mukesh. Quitely painting in his tiny space in Jaisalmer fort
