For over a decade now, I have been travelling across India to capture photographs. I began by taking photographs while travelling with fellow photography enthusiasts back in college and on leisurely holidays with friends and family. Later, I made images while travelling on assignments as a journalist and also developed a few travel photo essays.
These photographs have remained scattered across various platforms: themed albums on my website (like this) and Facebook (like this), published works in newspapers and magazines (like this), and unprocessed files on my hard drives. On revisiting these photographs, I realised I had never placed them together to see if they tell a travel story. This sparked the idea for a personal project of curating an archive of my travel postcards — from the mountains of Arunachal to the beaches of Goa, from the Kumbh Mela to the Hornbill Festival, and from the backwaters of Kerala to the valley of Kashmir.
This collection features images made while on different journeys — walking with pilgrims, navigating winding mountain roads on my motorcycle, strolling by serene lakes, exploring bustling streets, trekking up hills, and watching the sunset on beaches. Some of the photos are touristy by design.
This project is a work in progress. If you want to buy prints, please email me at abhsaha@gmail.com.
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After a hard day’s work at school.
Gulmarg, 2016
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Fatherhood.
Meghalaya, 2014
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Naga traditions.
Hornbill Festival, Nagaland, 2018
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The beautiful, eye-shaped lake on a rainy afternoon.
Nainital, 2016
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The sun sets on the pine and deodar-lined landscape and a heritage train through the mountains.
(For the album, click here.)
Shimla, 2014
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A fort and a lake.
Jaipur, 2016
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Hill towns.
Aizawl, 2018 and Shillong, 2024
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Nomadic herder communities travel hundreds of kilometres between Jammu plains and Kashmir mountains through high mountain passes.
Pir Panjal mountains, 2017
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Mithun sighting.
East Siang, Arunachal Pradesh, 2019
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Chai break.
Delhi, 2014
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“Ye sing bechna mera kaam hai, aur isme bhi izzat hai.”
(“Selling horns is my job. There is dignity in it.”)
Delhi, 2015
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Inside the heritage tram of Kolkata. It was discontinued in 2024.
Kolkata, 2013
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The fishing life.
Royapuram harbour, Chennai, 2013
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Casting their nets on a late autumn afternoon.
Barpeta, Assam, 2018
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Memories of a childhood in the village.
Odisha, 2011
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Passing on traditions.
Chennai, 2013
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A classical dance recital.
Purisai, Tamil Nadu, 2013
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A baul singer.
Birbhum, West Bengal, 2013
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Rituals, with fruits sewn on the body.
Chennai, 2013
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A mela for camel and much more.
Pushkar, Rajasthan, 2014
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Drawn by faith.
Maha Kumbh Mela, Allahabad, 2013
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Colours and more colours.
(For the album, click here.)
Nandgaon and Barsana, Uttar Pradesh, 2015
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Men in search of God.
Maha Kumbh, Allahabad, 2013 and Ambubachi, Guwahati, 2012
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Past the Bodhi tree.
Bodh Gaya, Bihar, 2011
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Coastal wanderings.
Puducherry, 2013
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Dusk by the sea.
Chennai, 2013
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The calm backwaters.
Alleppey, Kerala, 2017
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Raising his voice above the sound of the gushing water, our guide Leaderfield screamed, “This fall ceases to exist in the winter, and no tourist dares to come here during monsoons. You people have made it!”
East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, 2012
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A living-root bridge over the Wahthyllong river in Mawlynnong.
(For the travel story, click here.)
Meghalaya, 2012
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The Dal Lake in Kashmir reveals a new kind of magic each time I see it.
Srinagar, 2016
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Golden sunsets.
Goa, 2012
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Abhishek Saha 