Documentary Photographer and Photojournalist | Work: NY Times, Der Spiegel, Bloomberg News, MIT review magazine, etc | Member: Woman Photograph, Diversify Photo
Bengaluru, India
Joined April 2009
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THE FUTURE IS BALD!🤓🫡
I knew it. I knew it for a long, long time.
It just took TIME magazine a little more… well… time to discover it! 😂
I have always maintained that there are only two kinds of men in this world:
“Baldies… and future baldies!” 😎
So welcome to the club, gentlemen!
Jeff Bezos, Satya Nadella and the rest! Very august company indeed.👏👏
I may not officially be on the cover, but as you can see, I have managed to peep into the future! 😂
After all, some of us were simply ahead of our hairline.
The future isn’t just bright.
THE FUTURE IS BALD! Jai Ho! 🤣😎🤪 @TIME @satyanadella
#TheFutureIsBald #IKnewIt #BaldAndBeautiful #AheadOfMyHairline #KuchBhiHoSaktaHai
Thanks @pushkarv for the opportunity. I talked to @psingh400 , @GitikaTalukdar1, @vaishnaviisure1 about their work, challenge they face as women photographers in India.
In a continued celebration of World Photography Day, @samlaks, our guest columnist, traces the journey of pioneering Indian women photojournalists and explores what the future holds
A spotlight on the deserving
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@HomegrownIn y’all sick. please compensate sameer.
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The war aside, there's another food security crisis brewing -- Indian dairy farmers, the world's biggest milk producers are preparing for sharp falls in milk output because of heat stress in cattle in coming years. I report for @guardian with @samlaks . theguardian.com/environment/…
19 members of @DiversifyPhoto based in India have come together to raise funds for 7 different non-profits doing impactful covid relief work on the ground. Print sale runs between today and Monday, May 17th.
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ALT 19 members of Diversify Photo based in India have come together to raise funds for 7 different non-profits doing impactful covid relief work on the ground. Print sale runs between today and Monday, May 17th. For purchases within India, with a donation of Rs. 4500/- per print you can buy an 8x12" Epson Premium Lustre Giclee print for Rs. 550/- only. Please make a donation to 1 of the 6 non-profits selected by us between today and May 17th, add 'DPI21' in the donation description and upload the receipt while ordering the print on the website. If you'd like multiple prints, please make donations in multiples of Rs. 4500/- Non profits chosen by us for donations are Adivasi Lives Matter, Help Now Ambulances, Hemkunt Foundation, Indian Red Cross Society, Khana Chahiye, Last Wilderness Foundation. . . . For purchases outside India, 8x12" Kodak Endura Lustre prints are $75 and proceeds from the sales (after deducting print production costs) will be donated to Goonj's Rahat Covid fund.
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My profile of Priya Ramani, the journalist who took on a powerful man in India's #MeToo movement and won. nytimes.com/2021/03/28/us/pr…
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"Der Export von in der EU nicht zugelassenen Pestiziden ist gängige Praxis. Insgesamt haben hiesige Chemiekonzerne 2018 mehr als 81.000 Tonnen von in der EU verbotenen Pestiziden exportiert..." @katharinawecker @rohini_mohan @samlaks
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How cool!
@samlaks’s work got featured in Women Photograph: 2020 Year in Pictures.
Do check out the one hundred photographs by one hundred women. Some fantastic pictures here: womenphotograph.com/news/202…
Now for that pizza. 🍕❤️ – at Bengaluru, India
Online trolling is a tool to intimidate women journalists who solely do their job and seek the truth. It has become a troubling phenomenon that we can no longer ignore. Join us to discuss harmful effects of and solutions to #trolling and other forms of threats! #ThreatsToWIJ
Every day this year a #female reporter was targeted for her work! These #women were #arrested, #detained, #raided, #molested, #abducted, #raped, #disappeared & #murdered for bring #news and #information to the public. #ThreatsToWIJ is bleeding out our democracies. Pay attention!
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Every day this year a #female reporter was targeted for her work! These #women were #arrested, #detained, #raided, #molested, #abducted, #raped, #disappeared & #murdered for bring #news and #information to the public. #ThreatsToWIJ is bleeding out our democracies. Pay attention!
Indian Journalist Gauri Lankesh was shot dead outside her house in 2017. Her death highlights numerous threats and scale of danger women journalists in the field face. #ThreatsToWIJ
Women journalists all around the world get attacked every day. Online and Offline! These are often deliberate campaigns to silence them, or to impede their ability to work. #ThreatsToWIJ
#Womenjournalists will not stay silent. #CFWIJ has been documenting an unprecedented amount of #ThreatsToWIJ. We are starting our chat now. Join us to share your testimonies and stand against those who want to silence the voice of #womenjournos.
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Today afternoon, in the Subhash Mohalla locality in north-east Delhi, a group of men and women assaulted three staffers of @thecaravanindia—@Prabhtalks, @shahidtantray and a third staff member—to stop them from reporting.
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THE PHOTO BILL OF RIGHTS IS LIVE!
Sign your name to demand a more inclusive, equitable visual media industry! Outlining these pervasive issues, the Photo Bill of Rights offers solutions through actionable steps. Sign now!
#photobillofrights
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A recent assignments for Bloomberg @business on how an Indian Outsourcer Begins Bringing Back 150,000 Workers during Covid 19 with all the necessary precautions.
What's returning to office like in crowded India? A tiny fraction of 150,000-people HCL Technologies, India's 3rd largest outsourcer has returned. Team meetings & birthday celebrations=out. Thermal scans & tracking software=in bloom.bg/2BVFoFU via @technology with @BW
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On this #WorldEnvironmentDay, find out what the custodians of the nation's forests and wildlife have been doing, while the world has been preoccupied with Covid-19.
@takshaamulya @nkaggere
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New on the map: Today we added three more #women #journalists to our map, with total number reaching 299.
@samlaks @luavut @rabiamush
Here’s the map that will help you track #women #reporters covering #Covid19: womeninjournalism.org/covid1…
My on-going project on former women bonded labourers has received an honourable mention at the Marilyn Stafford fotoreportage award 2019. These amazing women work together to bring about changes in their lives and well as their community.
We're delighted to announce the WINNER & HONOURABLE MENTIONS for the #MarilynStaffordFotoReportageAward2019 supported by @UKNikon @Anna_Filip @ChristianaBotic #AliceProujansky @alasaleinad @GretaRico #NidaMehboob @samlaks @vivianaperetti
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