It's Like That
“Don’t cry, someday nice things will come.” (Vijay) Families disembark the train at Churchgate Station/Mumbai Trains overloaded with...
Leaving
Indu, Aagya and Aarya on an outing with us to south Mumbai to see some murals. Indu surprised us with a gift purchased by her husband...
Making Difficult Decisions
We make decisions every day regarding how to spend donations so lovingly sent our way to help lessen the devastating financial burdens...
You Must Adjust
Mumbai street - another day, another auto-rickshaw ride. Veer needs shoes, Khunbunitsa, Nazma and Siddarth need urgent dental care,...
Ageing In (this) Place
Without the aid of glasses she can see only so far ahead, requiring her to slowly pick her way down the lane. She’s hunched over, but...
Heartbeats
These are just some of the beautiful faces in the community who I have the privilege of capturing in a photo on good days, on bad days,...
Losing Sleep
“Are you sleeping?” “Well, yes, we were sleeping.” We check the time as our phone lights up the room with a video call. Mumbai is about...
What to Do? Covid news from the source.
The slum community abuts a middle-class apartment building in Mumbai Who could miss the daily, hourly, up-to-the minute news, coming from...
Collective Spirit and some Angst
Two girls visiting in front of their homes along the pipeline area of the community. Her daily text and voice messages arrive either in...
Standing By: managing the issues of the pandemic from afar
It’s well past midnight in Victoria when I hear the unmistakable sound of a WhatsApp message. We’ve come to anticipate this sound late at...
