Photographer at The Indian Express, based in Mumbai, India.
Mumbai, India
Joined January 2017
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While the govt is banking heavily on Maharashtra's first ever desalination plant in Manori, the project has left fisherfolk worried.
I travel to the coast to find out why.
With @sankhashoots, this is the story of a thirsty city and its anxious coast : indianexpress.com/article/ci…
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1,100 trees cut, 150 tribal families left out: Inside a Rs 13,505-crore project indianexpress.com/article/in…
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Over 1,100 trees felled, 150 tribal families left out of FRA compensation, & habitats of 26 Schedule I wildlife species under threat. An @IndianExpress ground report from Maharashtra’s Karjat examines the ecological, climatic and social costs of a ₹13,505 cr hydropower project.
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Mumbai air quality: On October 15, IQAir ranked Mumbai the most polluted city in India. The same day, the Central Pollution Control Board described the air as ‘Satisfactory’. The Indian Express finds out why?
Written by: @_iampratip
Read: indianexpress.com/article/ci…
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As Mumbai’s skyline remained shrouded in haze, CPCB/MPCB/BMC report ‘satisfactory’ AQI while private platforms stated otherwise. From CPCB’s AQI scale, unchanged since 2009, to different methodologies, the answer goes beyond a mere comparison of numbers. @IndianExpress
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As Mumbai reels under extreme heat, pollution and haze, the civic authorities have greenlit the removal of 7,663 trees in just five months. Read this brilliant revelatory story by @nayonikakb, that raises questions about Mumbai's environmental priorities. @IndianExpress
Despite smog and heat, Mumbai okays removal of 7,633 trees in five months indianexpress.com/article/ci…
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In Maharashtra’s Pande village, around 100 men observe a 350-year-old Navratri tradition called Ubhyachi Navratra. For nine days and nights, devotees remain on their feet, taking turns to lean but never sitting or lying down, as an act of faith and devotion to Lord Kalbhairavnath.
Watch the story with @Pallavi_Smart & @sankhashoots
Produced by @chowdhury_tista
Edited By @MeeteshDixit
youtu.be/MG2mvun_vQg
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India will never cease to fascinate you!
In Sahara, a 350-Year-Old Navratri Ritual: 9 Days Without Ever Sitting on the Ground.
Men use sticks that have been handed down generations to help them through the 9 days. They sleep standing or leaning.
Must watch
youtu.be/MG2mvun_vQg?si=85_o… via @YouTube
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From market-rate rents to greater public access, a state panel has recommended slew of measures for Mumbai’s gymkhanas, many of which occupy government land but remain largely out of bounds for ordinary citizens. Read more 👇🏾@IndianExpress
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96% survival on paper, zero on ground, CAG finds out why Green India Mission - one of India’s flagship programmes against climate change, failed to take off. Read more 👇🏾
@IndianExpress
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Sandas Chincoli village is caught between two extremes—floods and drought. A ground report from the village highlights the struggles of residents facing water scarcity and flooding.
Read the report in Hindustan Times.
@s_gangan – at Mumbai, India
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BMC spent Rs 493 crore meant for improving Mumbai’s air quality on acquiring electric buses for BEST. Yet, BEST’s fleet has shrunk by nearly 29% over the last five years.
So, where did Mumbai’s clean-air money go ?
Tap link to read👇🏾@IndianExpress
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The Election Commission of India is under fire like never before.
The SIR has struck 13 crore names off draft rolls, putting the EC at the centre of intense public debate over its role in deciding who gets to vote — and who doesn’t.
HOWEVER, what nobody knew: through that same period, some of the sharpest questions were being asked from inside.
Out today, after months of work. Our #ExpressInvestigation 🧵
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The latest United Nations report identifies Mumbai as facing a growing risk of permanent inundation due to rising sea levels, warning that more than 14 million people across the region could be at immediate risk of losing their homes. Read more 👇🏼
Mumbai heading underwater? UN flags city at risk of permanent inundation indianexpress.com/article/ci…
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#BombayHighCourt directed CBI to probe death of former celebrity manager Disha Salian, record statement of petitioner Satish Salian, father of deceased, register FIR & appoint experienced officer for probe. None to be treated accused without sufficient grounds @IndianExpress
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After three days of reporting on the devastating impact of the Nepal floods and what it means for multiple families across Maharashtra who still lack any concrete information on the whereabouts of their members, this one feels like a tiny sliver of hope.
Tourists from Maharashtra, who were stranded in Tibet on their way back from Kailash Mansarovar, amid the flood situation in Nepal, reached Mumbai yesterday.
#nepalflood #mumbai – at Mumbai, India
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Mumbai has mapped landslide-prone hills and issued warnings, yet people remain at risk. In this @IndianExpress report, we examine why those warnings haven’t translated into mitigation & why agencies remain caught in a jurisdictional deadlock. Read more👇🏾
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One of the pictures that I shot yesterday of Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran at Bombay House, is published on the front pages of both IE and FE. A pleasant surprise on World Photography Day ❤️
#photojournalism #worldphotographyday – at Mumbai, India
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Documents accessed by @IndianExpress under RTI reveal how delays in the Deonar landfill cleanup are casting a shadow over rehabilitation in the state government’s ambitious Dharavi redevelopment project. Read more👇
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