Photo Essay
Images of the two Punjabs, partitioned yet forever alike
A photographer’s journey through the Punjab in India and Pakistan shows a land and a people still tied together, despite Partition and the militarised border in between
Graciela Magnoni | Sep 15, 2023
A Rohingya photographer’s dispatch on food-aid cuts in the refugee camps
The reduction in World Food Program rations for Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, is exacerbating their immense suffering. Food insecurity and malnutrition, already acute, are worsening.
Sahat Zia Hero | Apr 28, 2023
The artisans of Tambat Ali
A community of coppersmiths in Pune keeps an endangered craft alive.
Sagar Shiriskar and Manvi Gautam | Nov 15, 2022
The shifting Sundarban
Human-animal conflict in the Sundarban is being exacerbated by the climate crisis.
Siddhanta Goswami and Subhajit Naskar | Mar 07, 2022
Kashmiri shawl wallahs of Guwahati
A Guwahati midwinter in hope and warmth.
Brishbhanu Baruah | Feb 12, 2021
Silent squares
Kathmandu’s streets lie empty as Nepal goes into lockdown.
Giacomo d’Orlando | Apr 07, 2020
Stranded in Geneva Camp
Life in the largest refugee camp for Bangladesh’s Urdu-speaking community.
Gabriele Cecconi | Jun 27, 2019
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