rajen nair: Child labours as rag pickers are these boys from Dharavi slums, they can be often seen at garbage dumbed on street corners, collecting discarded plastic waste, bottles, empty cans, boxes, metals etc, days collection is sold to scraped dealers and these bo
rajen nair: It is heart breaking sight for me to see these cancer patients squatting on footpaths, waiting for treatment outside cancer hospital in Parel, Mumbai, there is increasing number of cancer patents coming to Mumbai for treatment from other states, poorer pa
rajen nair: Cows loitering on streets is a common sight in most cities in India, Cow has become a religious symbol in Hinduism with strict enforcement of ban on cow slaughter and beef consumption in northern states of India, cow vigilante group known as Cow Rakshak,
rajen nair: #MothersDay it needs lot of courage to declare that she is proud of her Gay son during a LGBT queer pride march in Mumbai, salute to this brave mom on Mothers Day and greetings to all the lovely mothers @rajennair .. .. .. .. .. #mothersday #mother #love
rajen nair: Mother's Day - Mothers of cancer affected children offering Aarti and praying to God for their children to recover from cancer and for good health. In my involvement with cancer kids teaching them photography though the focus is always on the children but
rajen nair: Unidentified corpse lying on kurla railway station FOB, victim of train accident, either run over by train on the tracks or fallen from overcrowded train and this the third corpse I am posting pics within a week, it is reported that on an average daily 9
rajen nair: Mumbai's Bandra Railway station is a Grade 1 heritage structure built in 1869 during the British rule, its sloping Mangalore tiles roofs and Grecian facade is a architectural marvel @rajennair #bandra #bandrastation #railways #gettyimages #gettyreportage
rajen nair: Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, which means Save Girl Educate Girl was launched by Indian Prime Minister Modi to address the declining Child Sex Ratio and to empowering women, ironically this girl was seen begging just below slogan BBBP, indicates more need to b
rajen nair: Two dead bodies carried by helper on Kurla railway station FOB, they are victims of train accidents, either they were run by running train while crossing railway track or fallen from train due to over crowding, on an average 9 people die on Mumbai railway
rajen nair: This street children is watching in awe at the foreigner, this scene made me think of the disparity between rich and poor and the gap is widening all over the world, rich becoming richer and the poor becoming poorer, street children condemned to live rest
rajen nair: This blind was holding a radio closer to his ear listening to old Bollywood songs of legendary singer Kishor Kumar and it made me think he is seeing through his ears and those of us hard on hearing and my deaf students of photography we compensate our los
rajen nair: Traditional Kerala's kitchen known in local Malayalam language ' Aduppu ' woods were used to lit the fire and earthen pots for cooking food especially fish curry as it gave good taste. The smell of smoke emanating from wood fire kitchen still makes me n
rajen nair: This disabled boy on wheelchair need to be lifted over kurla railway station FOB since there is no slope facilities, earlier I had posted his pic waiting down the FOB and his companion pleading with passerby to help to lift him, it must be horrifying expe
rajen nair: A young mother with baby in her arms braving the scorching heat, was selling Chinese made toys to passengers in the cars stopping at traffic signals, my heart goes out to this young mother and her baby @rajennair #baby #mother #streetsellers #poverty #ge
rajen nair: Today is #WorldMalariaDay #Repost @rajennair with @repostapp ・・・ Dengue cases are reported in many parts of Mumbai, so far three deaths reported from dengue out of the 9796 suspected cases reported, which indicate alarming rise of dengue cases. BMC, the c
rajen nair: Hindu funeral rites - rice is cooked in a pot so those paying respect can place little rice on the deceased mouth as part of funeral rites, in the background is bamboo cot wrapped in white to carry the body to the cremation pyre, if wife dies she is sen
rajen nair: Parineeta young cancer patient was struggling to hold the cameras and reach her index finger on to the shutter button to click pics, I asked her about it, she told she lost her thumb and index finger to chemotherapy, yet Parineeta who has come from Kolkat
rajen nair: After the school vacation started many of the Mumbai people go out of the city on Summer holidays, this becomes visible when we see less crowd in the trains during peak hours and for a change traveling on Mumbai local train becomes a joy ride, this commut
rajen nair: She is a street dweller and begs outside CST railway station, there will be dogs around her, whom she feeds and take care, I have clicked her before with her pet dogs, yesterday I saw her walking with number of street dogs following her, I have observed t
rajen nair: India's Supreme Court liquor ban on highway had forced many wine shops to pull down shutters thus threatening many jobless. There are many wine shops located near to the highway within the city, they too had to shut down whereby many tipplers had to run a
rajen nair: Burqa clad Mothers standing outside BMC school waiting for their kids to come out once the class is over, these women are from nearby slum areas and realise the importance of imparting education to their children, so that their kids grow up to get a decen
rajen nair: It is school exams here, this kid while studying can't keep away from chatting on cell phone outside his hut, and keeping a watch on him is the word ' Mother' scribbled in Marathi on the door @rajennair #exams #children #kid #cellphone #addiction #mother
rajen nair: Mumbai's Chawla are residential building found in middle class areas, each flat is pocket sized having a common veranda and toilets, it was constructed during the 50's meant for the poor immigrant workers of the textile mills, under the redevelopment plan
rajen nair: A blind begging in Mumbai local train is always a disturbing sign for me and there are many of them I see every second day when I travel in train, these blinds are not able to get either get a proper jobs or is it they prefer to beg is matter of conjectur
rajen nair: Vembanad is the longest lake in India and largest in Kerala. It is approximately 14 kilometer wide and 96.5 meter in length cutting across several district in Kerala. Both the lake and fishermen on sail boat is a wonderful sight @rajennair #vembanad #lak
rajen nair: Turtle love couple on banks of a city pond @rajennair #turtle #love #couple #gettyimages #gettyreportage #reportage #reportagespotlight #everydaymumbai #24hourproject #iphone #streetphotographyinternational #everydayindia #animal #streetphotography
rajen nair: Happy Gudi Padwa (New Year) to all Marathis, may the coming year bring joy, prosperity and happiness. Ladies attired in traditional colourful sarees, take out procession riding on scooters as part of Gudi Padwa celebration in Girgoan @rajennair #gudipadwa
rajen nair: Mumbai city sweats as temperature soars past 35 degree, weathermen said in coming days it will touch 40 degree, sign of climate change ? Boys having a splash at city's Banganga tank to beat heat @rajennair #humid #heat #hot #summer #weather #gettyimages #
rajen nair: Street children playing street cricket on Mumbai footpath, while cricket fans look forward to Ind-Aus test match played at Dharmasala today @rajennair #cricket #streetchildren #streetcricket #India #australia #testmatch #gettyimages #gettyreportage #repor
rajen nair: A cripple person got down from his wheel chair, had to crawl up the steps of a public toilet, imagine what could be the plight of this disabled inside the toilet which lack facilities for disable, this is the case with all public toilets and buildings in