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White Throated Tits (Aegithalos niveogularis) of Yamunotri

Somendra — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 08:39:10 +0000

We reached Janakichatti on a clear and crisply cold December evening at 4pm, about and hour and a half before sunset. Janakichatti is the road head for the trek to Yamunotri, the source of the Yamuna river, and one of the four major centers of Hindu pilgrimage in Uttarakhand (The other three being Gangotri, Kedarnath [...]

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White Throated Tits (Aegithalos niveogularis) of Yamunotri

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Rushing Torrents: Some abstract black and white images

Somendra — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 05:32:38 +0000

While traveling in the Himalayas one is never very far from flowing water; every valley has a river, even the smallest have their own personal streams. The sound of flowing water, be it the soft murmur of a brook, the conversational babble of a stream or the full-throated roar of a waterfall, is a constant [...]

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Rushing Torrents: Some abstract black and white images

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Har-ki-dun, a trek in the Govind National Park, Uttarakhand

Somendra — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 06:48:51 +0000

This trek was the result of another off beat assignment. I was asked by a relative, who is also a publisher, whether I would be interested in working on a coffee table book covering the Forest Rest Houses of Uttarakhand. I jumped at the opportunity and volunteered to shoot the remote and less accessible Forest [...]

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Har-ki-dun, a trek in the Govind National Park, Uttarakhand

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Darjeeling : Still the queen of the hill stations

Somendra — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 05:52:37 +0000

A chance conversation with a friend resulted in a short visit to Darjeeling, the “Queen of the Hills”. The idea was to commemorate a course I had attended at the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, Darjeeling many years ago. Because of the incessant monsoon rains early September is not a good time to visit Darjeeling. But as [...]

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Darjeeling : Still the queen of the hill stations

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With the Palihas, Oraons and other tribes in the jungles of central India

Somendra — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 09:20:11 +0000

Forest clad hills, huge trees, clear bubbling streams, strange bird calls, springs trickling from dense bamboo groves, men with bows and arrows; we are at Sarai Deeh, a small sleepy village populated by the Paliha tribe, deep in the jungles of central India. Sarai Deeh can only be reached in a 4×4 jeep with a [...]

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With the Palihas, Oraons and other tribes in the jungles of central India

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The Demoiselle Cranes of Kheechan

Somendra — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 09:22:27 +0000

We reached Kheechan by first light and made our way to the terrace of a building next to the “Chugga Ghar” (literally feeding house) in the semi darkness. It was a typical cold and silent pre-dawn of a desert village. After ensuring that we had a good vantage point, Ram Narain, our guide went downstairs [...]

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The Demoiselle Cranes of Kheechan

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Portfolio: Interesting dining areas

Somendra — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 08:45:06 +0000

This portfolio contains images of beautiful dining areas. These images were made over a span of many years while photographing professionally for my clients. Some interesting dining areas

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Portfolio: Interesting dining areas

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Birding in the Raksham Chhitkul Wildlife Sanctuary, Baspa Valley, Kinnaur

Somendra — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 16:49:33 +0000

A tributary of the Sutlej, the Baspa river originates at a point near the tri-junction of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Tibet. It flows due west for about 60 kilometers before joining the Sutlej at Kharcham. This is the Baspa valley. A part of the Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh, the Baspa valley lies in the [...]

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Birding in the Raksham Chhitkul Wildlife Sanctuary, Baspa Valley, Kinnaur

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Exploring the Zanskar Valley

Somendra — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 08:21:12 +0000

It was late in September 2011. I was in Leh on a dream assignment. The assignment was open ended. I was to make my own itinerary and travel to places of my choice at my own pace. The idea was to make a nice portfolio of images from Ladakh. I was alone in my trusty [...]

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Exploring the Zanskar Valley

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Shooting tigers in the Bandhavgarh National Park

Somendra — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 09:35:27 +0000

The Bandhavgarh National Park boasts of the highest tiger density in the world. It is also tourist friendly, easily accessible, has good visibility and has well made jungle tracks. In short, it is the best place in the world to see tigers in the wild. During the last couple of years I have had the [...]

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Shooting tigers in the Bandhavgarh National Park

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