Stories
Photo essays from the forests of India
A single photograph shows a moment. These are the minutes around it — one walk, one waterhole, one evening — told in the order the frames were made, with the time each one was taken.
Most are from Ranthambhore, where I spend the most days; others are from Rajaji, Jawai and a few places that are not forests at all. Choose a picture to open its story.
Legacy — three mothers, one bloodline, one season
First Light — five minutes with Riddhi, 10 April 2026
Two and a Half Minutes — Riddhi walks past, 2 June 2026
The Waterhole — Durga and her four cubs
The Siblings — two young tigers at dusk
The Lake — life on the lakes of Ranthambhore
Chital — the deer you stop seeing
The Bear and the Log — three minutes with a sloth bear
Rajaji — a leopard in a tree and two days of birds
Leopard Country — the granite hills of Jawai
Udaipur — Lake Pichola at dusk
Under the Arches — a tigress at dawn, 9 April 2026
The Road — a tiger and the jeeps
Midnight, Dubai — the first minutes of 2026
Dubai — the creek, the marina and a morning walk