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“I meet my God through my camera”: Raghu Rai (1942–2026), India’s master chronicler of six decades

“I meet my God through my camera”: Raghu Rai (1942–2026), India’s master chronicler of six decades

by Amrita Priya | Apr 28, 2026

(April 28, 2026) It all started with a donkey. In the early 1960s, Raghu Rai was on a break from his engineering job, visiting his elder brother in their village. His brother was a photographer. Rai borrowed a camera, with no particular plan in mind, and pointed it at...
Like father, like son: Ace photographer Nitin Rai’s journey was a roller-coaster ride

Like father, like son: Ace photographer Nitin Rai’s journey was a roller-coaster ride

by Vikram Sharma | Nov 7, 2021

(November 7, 2021) On December 6, 1992, when Indian photographer Nitin Rai found himself surrounded by a sea of ‘Kar sevaks’ in Ayodhya, he had no inkling of what was coming. Hundreds of security personnel were posted all across the temple town, all roads...

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