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FOREIGN POLICY MAGAZINE FEATURES INDIA MINING STORY
Men carry coke on bicycles 25km from an illegal mine to the district town of Hazaribagh. This coke is for household consumption and the carrier can expect to make INR.300-500 (US$7-12) for every load...
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TEA, SAMOSAS AND TIGER RELOCATION
Rajasthan’s chief wildlife warden Ramesh Mehrotra (left) discusses tiger relocation over a cup of tea with colleagues at the Jogi Mahal guesthouse in Ranthambore park. Mehrotra later took objection to...
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WHY INDIA’S COTTON FARMERS STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE
Cotton-farmers take a break for tea in the Vidarbha village of Adgaon Budruk. Maharashtra, India ©Tom Pietrasik 2011 I recently came across a report by the International Cotton Advisory Committee,...
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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
A woman harvests a mustard crop in rural Haryana. Women farmers shoulder 70 to 80 percent of India’s agricultural work but their labour is rarely recognized. Lagarpur, Haryana. India ©Tom Pietrasik...
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THE SAD STORY OF DHANGA BAIGA
Dhanga Baiga photographed twelve months ago while being treated for the hunger-related tuberculosis that led to his death on March 21st 2011. Bilaspur District, Chhattisgarh. India ©Tom Pietrasik 2010...
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TWO INDIAS EXIST IN HEALTHCARE
The Guardian website now features a short film I made about a health project in rural India called Jan Swasthya Sayhog (JSS). I have photographed the JSS several times before and always felt that...
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