The Siege of Lucknow Residency, 1857
Nawab of Awadh Shuja-ud-Daula agreed to allow a British resident to set base in his domain and the British residency was established when the capital of Awadh shifted from Faizabad to Lucknow in 1775. Construction of Lucknow Residency which began in 1775 was completed...
Last of the Northern White Rhinos
The photo above, taken in Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya on 12 January 2013, fortuitously captures the only four Northern White Rhinos alive in the world at the time. Two of these were males and two females. The very last members of this critically endangered...
All in a Days Work
The couple had just entered Amer Fort riding an elephant. I noticed that the mahout was taking photographs of the couple with a mobile phone (tourists' or his own - I don't know). My focus was the mahout taking a photograph of his customers. However, I noticed that...
Lady in the Pink
Taj Mahal is closed to public on Fridays and the best place, I learnt from internet, was to go see it from Mahtab Bagh across the Yamuna river. The bonus is that you can see and photograph it in its regal isolation as the usual throng of people on Taj is absent....
Life in the Backwaters
A recent boat journey through the backwaters of Kerala was very fascinating. A five-hour journey through the backwaters made me aware of a lifestyle I had never seen before. Sitting on the top deck of the houseboat I kept on clicking to capture the scenes from...
And Here is the Corroboration
In continuation of my previous post, I am pleased to report that one of my fellow tourists, present that day to witness my face-off with the cheetah, Mr. Bert Huizinga, sent me a few of the photographs that he took of that 'spectacular event' (his words not mine)....