HCL FOUNDATION

I photographed the path-breaking work of several NGOs across India for the HCL Grant Coffee Table Book, published by Roli Books.

Alternative fuel-based cooking stoves for adivasi/tribal women in Bhawanipatna in Kalahandi, Odisha to reduce kitchen smoke and incidence of lung problems.

UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES (UNHCR)

The Rohingya refugee community in Hyderabad, India, documented for UNHCR, looking at livelihoods, the popularity of football among the youth, and the importance of monthly Sustenance Assistance for the physically challenged.

Hyderabad, India is home to several Rohingya refugees who fled persecution in Myanmar.

Members of the Rohingya community play football at a ground near Balapur in Hyderabad, India. December 17, 2021.

HOWRAH SOUTH POINT

Father François Laborde, a French Jesuit priest who founded the non-profit Howrah South Point, is said to be the inspiration behind Dominique Lapierre’s “City of Joy,” a novel set in the slums of Kolkata. The writer had even arranged for all royalties from the sale of the book to be donated to the organisation.

Photographed the activities of the organisation and its current head, Father Laurent Bissara, for Famille Chrétienne.

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS (FAO)

Photographing small-scale fisheries, aquaculture and processing plants on the eastern coast of India.

I returned to Pudimadaka after eleven years. During my previous visit In 2011, I photographed protests by fishermen from this village near Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, India. They laid siege to a textile park, claiming that the pipelines extending deep into the Bay of Bengal were transporting untreated effluents, which were killing the fish that sustained their lives and livelihoods.

As I observed, groups of men moved around briskly in the pre-dawn darkness, getting ready to launch their boats into the sea. Some of the men who had gone out to fish earlier in the night had returned, displaying their sardine catch for these groups to purchase and use as bait for their morning hunts.

The textile park continues to pollute the sea, they told me. They now have head to farther into the sea, and the catches are dwindling. The younger ones are joining the same textile park, migrating to work on boats in distant Paradip, Malpe and Veraval, or joining the workforce in Visakhapatnam.

16 November 2022, Pudimadaka, Andhra Pradesh, India- Fishermen sort their nets before heading out into the Bay of Bengal on their small motor-powered sailboats.  This photo mission has been supported by Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (ICAR- CIFT), India.

16 November 2022, Pudimadaka, Andhra Pradesh, India- Fishermen return to the landing point on the beach after a hunt.  This photo mission has been supported by Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (ICAR- CIFT), India.

TWO WORLDS CANCER COLLABORATION

Cancer care, cancer screening, and palliative and end-of-life care for patients at the Kumudini Devi Palliative Care Center and Mandara Hospice for Children in Hyderabad, India.