The conflict in Kashmir dates back to October 1947 to the birth of the two modern nations of India and Pakistan.  The conflict of whether this mountainous region is to be governed from New Delhi or Islamabad has cost tens of thousands of human lives, and continues to be the main source of negative relations [...]

“Do you know where the Habibia college is?”
“Yes of course,” he said, lowering the taxi’s window and shaking my hand
“Can you take me there for 100 Afghani?”
“I am sorry, I can’t but what about 120?”
“Ok,then no problem.”

This was typical of the conversations I would have with taxi drivers as I tried to make [...]

NIHON-JIN, BURAKU-MIN: Portraits of Japan’s outcast people
“The Buraku-Min (tribal people) compose one of the main minority groups in Japan, along with the Ainu of Hokkaidōand the Ryukyuans of Okinawa. Despite being thoroughly Japanese, racially and ethnically, the Buraku-Min still face discrimination and struggle under the weight of their shared history in Japan. “
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You better hold on, something’s happening here.
You better hold on, meet you in Tompkins Square.
— Lou Reed, Hold On (1989)
Tompkins Square Park is about the resistance and struggle of people in the Lower East Side, literally to exist as the community faced drastic gentrification in the late 1980s and mid-1990s. This story focuses [...]

Dharavi’s tight and bustling alleys filled with machine shops, recycling plants, and makeshift homes house more than a million people on some of Mumbai’s most sought after land. This photo essay is a glimpse of the daily life of Dharavi’s residents.

I was fortunate enough to receive two assignments due to the recent “Slumdog Millionaire” hype [...]

Leprosy in Nepal still affects thousands of people and is closely related to the widespread poverty the country faces. Insufficient diet, contaminated water and generally poor living conditions are among the contributing factors to it’s prevalence and new cases of leprosy emerge on a daily basis. To add insult to injury, the age-old social stigma [...]