Getting ready for a wedding in Bikaner, India.

Pradip Saha, film maker.

Mugli, sitting alone, waiting for her son, in Kashmir, India. It was in 1990 that Mugli’s son Nazir Ahmed Teli disappeared. He was 35 years old and a school teacher, Mugli’s only child and sole bread earner for the family after her husband died. Mugli died in October 2009, after living alone for 19 years in her rickety, but neat house, waiting for her son to come back. He never did.

Father waiting by his son who was injured during political protests in Srinagar, India.

Traditional basket maker, Chizami, India.

Waiting to fly to the Middle East to work as construction labourers, their first time out of the country. Kathmandu, Nepal.

Wearing a turban in Assam, India.

Growing up in Chizami, India.

Somnath Batabyal, academic and writer.