Is the Safe City project making you safer?

Images allegedly captured by Safe City cameras were leaked online. Safe City claims that their cameras only takes pictures of number plates but these…

Magic moments – incredible photos on mysticism

Today, a magical photographer and a brave journalist Iason Athanasiadis, wrote to me after reading some of my comments in NYT. This is such…

Glimpses of nineteenth century Iran

The nineteenth century photos from Iran, commissioned by the ruling monarch are delightful. A special photographer was assigned the task to capture shots of…

Longing for Istanbul

Discovered some fabulous photos of Istanbul here taken by Nuri Bilge Ceylan. Looking at these images, my longing for Istanbul has come back. I…

Two pictures – many stories

Nearly eight years ago, this image of General Musharraf made headlines.. And today I saw the following image here where Ms Bhutto is pampering her dog..…

Woodcuts from Mahboob Ali – Revisiting Lahore

Lahore features again. It is a little difficult not to yearn for Lahore if you belong there… First, Mahboob Ali from Lahore (Pakistan) sent…