Ritu Rawal- The Wheelchair Virtuoso who Taught Dancing
So how did she teach dance to others when she can’t even step out of the wheelchair without help. There were no short-cuts, of course, she says. The road to success was as usual bumpy. But Ritu has phenomenal grit to see her through. I have been fascinated by dance since childhood.
He cycles 100km a day to peddle his 24 Books.
Writing books may be Rao’s passion but it earns him no bread. To made ends meet he sells tea for one rupee a cuppa. And while doing so he has to keep an open eye for the MCD evacuation squad who have displaced his make-shift stall once already. He has been a tea-seller since the last 25 years. Before tea-selling he has worked variously as a dishwasher, a construction labourer and a domestic servant.
Kanchendzonga expedition- Second Puja at Base Camp (Day 29)
However I was so busy capturing them in my camera that I forgot to observe. Today I realise how photography can often be done at the expense of observation. I had even read somewhere that a man can at best work on one of his faculties at one time. Engaging oneself in more than one does justice to neither. I must admit that while I try to keep my angle right my focus and exposure right I often miss out on the human details that can be observed in stillness of mind and contemplation.