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“Dancers are the messengers of the gods. ” (Martha Graham - American dancer and choreographer, 1894-1991) This series of pictures was shot last afternoon in my street in Varanasi (Benaras). Men were emptying plaster bags from a truck. I was in rush but…

“When your intellect will completely pierce the veil of delusion, then you will become indifferent to what has been heard and what is to be heard [from the scriptures].” (Bhagavad Gita) This man was taking a break as he kept on emptying plaster bags from…

“For me, it is as though at every moment the actual world had completely lost its actuality. As though there was nothing there; as though there were no foundations for anything or as though it escaped us. Only one thing, however, is vividly present: the…

This boy was standing a tthe entrance of the little akhara which is near Aurangzeb’s mosque in Kashi, the oldest part of Varanasi (Benaras). That afternoon the temperature reached 48° and he was trying to get some freshness under this piece of cloth. He…

This portrait was shot with a contre-jour, French translation for “against daylight”. That young man was sitting under a big umbrella near Lal ghat along the Ganges in Varanasi (Benaras), I took this photograph while my camera was pointing directly towa…

“Smile at each other, smile at your wife, smile at your husband, smile at your children, smile at each other -- it doesn't matter who it is -- and that will help you to grow up in greater love for each other.” (Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Albanian born In…

“Soul receives from soul that knowledge, therefore not by book nor from tongue. If knowledge of mysteries come after emptiness of mind, that is illumination of heart.” (A poem by alal ad-Din Muhammad Balkhi, known as Jelaluddin Rumi - 1207–1273) Last Sun…

All day I think about it, then at night I say it. Where did I come from, and what am I supposed to be doing? I have no idea. My soul is from elsewhere, I'm sure of that, and I intend to end up there. This drunkenness began in some other tavern. When I get…

This picture was shot a few days ago at Prayag ghat along the Ganges in Varanasi (Benaras). I was watching this lady and I thought that whatever the sari can be it always gives a kind of radiance and a touch of dignity to women. It is amazing that it is d…

Nai Sadak market is an amazing market in the center of Varanasi (Benaras) where most of the Muslims shopkeepers sell any kind of fabrics. I always enjoy going there not only for some inspiration that I find for my work but also because this place allows m…

“Je veux une vie en forme d'arête (I want a fish bone shaped life) Sur une assiette bleue (Lying on a blue plate) Je veux une vie en forme de chose (I want a thingamajig shaped life) Au fond d'un machin tout seul (In the deep bottom of a contraption) Je v…

“Is it your face that adorns the garden? Is it your fragrance that intoxicates this garden? Is it your spirit that has made this brook a river of wine? Hundreds have looked for you and died searching in this garden where you hide behind the scenes. Bu…

“I know you even under the skin”. (Persius, Roman poet - Volterra, 34-62) It was last Sunday at Lal ghat in Varanasi (Benaras), this young man took a bath in the holy waters of the Ganges and washed himself. After that he treated several parts of his bod…

“Rise up nimbly and go on your strange journey to the ocean of meanings.” ( Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Balkhi, known as Jelaluddin Rumi - Persian poet, jurist, theologian, and mystic, 1207–1273) This was shot last Sunday at Prayag ghat along the Ganges in V…

“The drum of the realization of the promise is beating, we are sweeping the road to the sky. Your joy is here today, what remains for tomorrow? The armies of the day have chased the army of the night, Heaven and earth are filled with purity and light.…

On the road from Varanasi (Benaras) to Bhadohi there is a railway crossing, I often hope that a train will come in order to leave the car for a while and to take a few pictures of the countryside which is beautiful there. It is also fun to watch the peopl…

“We should worship lord Shiva so that we are freed from our worldly attachments just like a fruit falls from a tree after ripening. Once we are successful in doing this we are liberated from this vicious cycles of life and death.” (The Yajurveda यजुर्वेद…

“For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey; A lan…