Recently there was a photography competition @ Tata Capital on the occasion of our 62nd Independence Day with the theme being "Future India... Here's what I sent in:
"Future India: Let there be light"
Rabindranath Tagore had envisioned India as a "knowledge superpower" long before it became today's buzzword when he penned the famous lines: "Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high; / Where knowledge is free; … " - this photograph attempts to capture Kaviguru's dreams being realised in future India where the light of knowledge has eradicated the darkness of ignorance across the nation...
"Future India: India Shining and it's closer than we think!"
In the photograph, the mirror has an inscription that reads: "Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear" – India shining bright is closer than we think… and this photograph captures attempts to capture just that.
"Future India: Never look back"
I believe that this photograph is a metaphor of the state of future India – a brave, young nation moving forward towards greatness, one step at a time and leaving its imprint on the world…

Rabindranath Tagore had envisioned India as a "knowledge superpower" long before it became today's buzzword when he penned the famous lines: "Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high; / Where knowledge is free; … " - this photograph attempts to capture Kaviguru's dreams being realised in future India where the light of knowledge has eradicated the darkness of ignorance across the nation...

In the photograph, the mirror has an inscription that reads: "Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear" – India shining bright is closer than we think… and this photograph captures attempts to capture just that.

I believe that this photograph is a metaphor of the state of future India – a brave, young nation moving forward towards greatness, one step at a time and leaving its imprint on the world…