Most days, this Hampi worker would have finished tending his crops, planting rice and spreading seeds long before I wiped the sleep from my eyes. However, the quickly-rising heat in my fanless guesthouse room, and the need to visit the communal bathroom, led me to stumble upon him one morning. I immediately went back to [...]

While visiting the ruins of Vijayanagara Empire, in the village of Hampi, Karnataka, India, I came across this wonderful scene. Being present at that place, at that moment, was nothing short of bliss for me.

This photo was taken in Hampi. A very small village in north Karnataka state, in India. Hampi is a UNESCO proteced World Heritage Site for its various monuments spread across the village and its surroundings. It is more popular for foreign tourists specially backpackers which is evident from the T-Shirt featuring Che Guevara! The shopkeeper [...]