Tag Archives: India

Postcard from Patnem Beach, Goa

Posted on 12 April, 2013 by Robin Wyatt

Welcome to my office! I’m only partly kidding. I’m back in Goa, which seems to exert a kind of gravitational pull on me (you may remember this postcard, which I shared with you last November). This time I’m here on …

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An evening in Banares, the ‘City of Light’ – A travel photo essay

Posted on 28 March, 2013 by Robin Wyatt

Readers of my monthly newsletter may have seen this image before, because I offered it as a free wallpaper download in the December 2012 issue (you can click the link if you missed it then and fancy emblazoning your desktop with it …

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An evening in Banares, the ‘City of Light’

Posted on 28 March, 2013 by Robin Wyatt

Indulge your senses by the side of India’s holiest river, the Ganges.

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Postcard from Coonoor’s tea plantations

Posted on 24 February, 2013 by Robin Wyatt

Yesterday, I sent you a postcard of South India’s Nilgiri Hills (or ‘Blue Mountains’) at dusk. Today, I’ve been continuing my ramblings around these parts, using the hill station of Ooty as my base. (If you’re ever in these parts, I …

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Postcard from the Blue Mountains

Posted on 23 February, 2013 by Robin Wyatt

This weekend, I’m visiting South India’s Nilgiri Hills. Known in English as the ‘Blue Mountains’, these are part of the larger Western Ghats mountain chain. Some say that these hills got their name from the smoky haze that frequently envelopes the area, while …

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Changing lives through CSR – Visual storytelling for GSMA Mobile for Development

Posted on 31 January, 2013 by Robin Wyatt

In December 2012, I had the pleasure of travelling on assignment to two rural parts of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh for Mobile for Development, a corporate social responsibility (CSR) / not-for-profit initiative of the GSM Association (GSMA). My …

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Muslims and metalworkers – A travel photo essay from Moradabad

Posted on 30 December, 2012 by Robin Wyatt

I’m delighted to say that my collaboration with writer Meera Vijayann, which you first saw fruits of in our jointly produced photo essay on the Qawwali of Nizamuddin Dargah in Delhi, has borne further fruits. This time, we invite you to …

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Muslims and metalworkers: A day in Moradabad

Posted on 30 December, 2012 by Robin Wyatt

Wander off the ‘Lonely Planet Trail’ to explore the back lanes and workshops of India’s ‘brass capital’.

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To make you laugh – A postcard from Shanti Nagar in Bangalore

Posted on 30 December, 2012 by Robin Wyatt

I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve heard the phrase, “only in India”, following some apparently bizarre happening or other. (It’s not something that only expats say, I hasten to add.) Yesterday, as I was walking through the …

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Postcard from Fort Aguada, Goa

Posted on 16 November, 2012 by Robin Wyatt

I wouldn’t quite call it an annual pilgrimage, but it’s verging on that… I was recently in Goa, and I have this postcard for you:   Fort Aguada is a 17th Century Portuguese fortification. It was constructed in 1612 to …

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Happy Diwali 2012 from India

Posted on 15 November, 2012 by Robin Wyatt

Here’s a quick (somewhat belated) Diwali postcard for you from India!   No, this is not bad Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator work. This is the handiwork of Arthur deFreslon (see his spooky face on the right?) and his keyring torch! It was …

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Qawwali at Nizamuddin Dargah – A travel photo essay

Posted on 30 October, 2012 by Robin Wyatt

If you’re a reader of my monthly newsletter, you’ll have met this gentleman in the September 2012 issue (TIP: if you’ve not done so already, sign up here). You may have even let his face grace your desktop, as I gave …

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Qawwali at Nizamuddin Dargah

Posted on 30 October, 2012 by Robin Wyatt

Witness the electrifying Qawwali, as Sufi singers and musicians perform at Nizamuddin Dargah in Delhi.

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Follow your passion – Don’t just take it from me!

Posted on 23 August, 2012 by Robin Wyatt

I do what I do because I took the decision a couple of years back to follow my passion. I was unhappy with what I was doing in my professional life before that, so threw my hat over the wall …

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Saving lives and building HOPE for Delhi’s mothers and children

Posted on 16 August, 2012 by Robin Wyatt

This is Poonam, a beneficiary of HOPE foundation’s Sanjha Pahel initiative in Delhi and one of the success stories of their maternal and child health work.

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Bringing HOPE to the children of rural Karnataka

Posted on 16 August, 2012 by Robin Wyatt

These small children in rural India are ready and waiting to learn. See how Robin Wyatt Vision helped HOPE foundation reach out to donors for support in building the school buildings they need on this plot of land.

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Weekend by the river’s edge

Posted on 30 May, 2012 by Robin Wyatt

India is well-known for being somewhere where one just can’t seem to escape people. Even the once hidden mountain paradise region of Ladakh seems to have tourists crawling all over it these days. Yet last weekend, I found somewhere just …

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Always get a model release

Posted on 24 May, 2012 by Robin Wyatt

  Meet Pughazhenthi. He’s really special. Born without arms, he is nevertheless an artist. A ‘toe painter’, to be precise, though his talented feet create beautiful handicrafts as well. He’s also stood first in India’s Tamil Nadu State swimming competition …

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A Hindu Wedding

Posted on 3 February, 2012 by Robin Wyatt

Here’s something very different for you. Last weekend, I had the great pleasure of attending the wedding of two dear friends, Abhishek (who’s starred on these pages a couple of times (1 | 2) before) and Rohini. Theirs was a …

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The Importance of Giving Back – A lesson from Madurai, India

Posted on 24 January, 2012 by Robin Wyatt

Meet M Balasubramaniam. He’s a drinks vendor who runs a small stall opposite the historic Meenakshi Temple in Madurai, South India. My good friend Abhishek Kumar and I paid him a visit shortly after New Year, following a lengthy stroll …

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