Posted by gargi on 27 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: Pakistan, Passing On
I was returning home in the evening, stuck in a traffic jam somewhere near Andheri Subway, when dad rang.
Dad: Benazir Bhutto has been shot dead
Me: How ? ( i meant how would gunmen get past a security cordon… would she have the equivalent of Z level security)…. but it came out as how….
Dad: With a [...]
Posted by gargi on 06 Sep 2007 | Tagged as: Diary
It is said that your first cameraman is like your first love … you never really forget him. He has seen you at your most vulnerable, your most insecure, and at that zone … where you are afraid of being laughed at.
It was my first shoot. I was supposed to get the curtain raiser [...]
Posted by gargi on 30 Dec 2006 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
I am not shedding tears at the death of Saddam. Nor is this a rant on the inappropriateness of the death sentance. Instead it is a lament for justice.
‘Justice’ that is delivered without due process being followed is vigilantism - and there is no worse example for Democracy (let’s not forget that Iraq was invaded [...]
Posted by gargi on 19 Nov 2006 | Tagged as: India
I lived in Great Britain between 1986 and 1994, where I studied Economics and then Communication Policy. I was there during the height and then the decline of the Thatcher era. I would think that it would be impossible to be studying Economics, understanding sociology and living in Thatcher’s Britain and not be [...]
Posted by gargi on 20 Sep 2005 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
In another life time i went to Amsterdam. A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far, away. There one of the places that i visited was Anne Frank museum. Like most people who visited - i came away with one question, how? How can people be so cruel. and of course Why?
It was about [...]
Posted by gargi on 18 Aug 2004 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
This seems to be a month for obituaries of photojournalists. First there was Henri Cartier Bresson who passed away at the begining of the month. And today it is another great photographer Carl Mydans.
I wonder if there is a major event happening up there that requires the services of such wonderful observers of humankind.
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Posted by gargi on 05 Aug 2004 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
he last of the giants passes on. A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away - i went to see an exhibition of his work. Any thing that I say about his work will seem trite and trivial. So let me just post one of my favourite photographs - from Srinagar
Srinagar, Kashmir, 1948 [...]
Posted by gargi on 01 Jan 2004 | Tagged as: India
For me this year is marked by one person, whose belief in what should be right, led to his death.
Satyendra Dubey. Ironical, because Satyendra - in Sanskrit means the Lord of Truth. Rarely do you see someone living up to the weight bestowed by their name. But Satyandra Dubey did.
He spoke out - not to [...]
Posted by gargi on 29 Sep 2003 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
Last week two of my favourite writers - Hugo Young and Edward Said died.
Young was the political columnist for the Guardian, and Said was, well Said - probably the most prolific writer of his times. A scholar, an idealist, a supporter of the state of Palestine. Both were men of honour and integrity. Both wrote [...]
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