A journey up the Godavari - 1

This is a series of pictures taken on a journey up the Godavari about a year ago

It was the dry season but a sudden depression brought an endless dark sky and a strong wind. Dust started to swirl up from the sandbanks giving the image a sense of being on the sea coast


A tourist boat on a cruise on the Godavari


Traditional fishing at the site where the Polavaram Dam is to be constructed. The next set of pictures show the submergence area of the dam project

Fishing and Fisherfolk

Fishing on the River Simsang, Baghmara, Meghalaya - on the border with Bangladesh


Sailing out on the River Godavari, just downstream of the site of the Polavaram dam


Returning home, Byet Dwarka, Gulf of Kutch, Gujarat