Monkeys welcomed me when I visited the fascinating Buddhist Kanheri Caves on the northern outskirts of Mumbai. This exciting trip was another step in my rediscovery of Buddhism in India.
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Christmas in Kolkata is colourful, vibrant, full of joy. It is called Boro Din, the big day in the Bengali language.
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Unforgettable shoot: celebrated make-up artist Cory Wallia at work, Bombay (now Mumbai), India 1997.
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Riyad Vinci Wadia was an avant-garde filmmaker. He has made BOMgAY (1996), India’s first gay movie. I filmed and interviewed Riyad in 1997, when homosexuality was still criminalized in India.
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After 22 years, I met Ashok Row Kavi, India’s first gay rights activist, again in Mumbai. I first filmed him in 1997, when homosexuality was still a big taboo in India.
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On one of my last days in Mumbai, I discovered this beautiful image of Lord Shiva made of flowers.
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Zoroastrian, gay, artist, teacher - Faredoon Bhujwala, better known as Dodo, is a colourful personality with many facets.
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The Mumbai Urban Art Festival is a tribute to the megacity’s first inhabitants, the Koli fisherfolk.
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Enjoying chai with my cousin at the tea stall of the Das family in Kolkata has become a tradition. See how they prepare their excellent chai.
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“The Buddhas Within” is a sculpture by the artist Satish Gupta. There is a tragic story behind it.
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Meet Isaac Nahoum, the owner of the legendary Jewish bakery Nahoum & Sons in the busy New Market area of Kolkata, India.
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