Countries - Kiran Kreer | Travel Photographer | Writer https://imkiran.com/stories/countries/ Sun, 03 May 2026 14:33:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://imkiran.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/cropped-kirankreerlogo-favicon-32x32.png Countries - Kiran Kreer | Travel Photographer | Writer https://imkiran.com/stories/countries/ 32 32 The Stilt Fisherman Of Sri Lanka https://imkiran.com/the-stilt-fisherman-of-sri-lanka/ Sat, 09 Dec 2023 06:49:32 +0000 http://www.imkiran.com/?p=5228 I was here on my birthday month, Feb 2016, taking a break from India and looking for some special fishermen Ive been hearing about. It happened after weeks of waiting, looking out for the best locations to capture the scenes of the stilt fishing culture here, I finally got my images. Being waist deep in […]

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]]> A Little African Village in Senegal, Karang Post https://imkiran.com/a-little-african-village-in-senegal-karang-post/ Fri, 20 Sep 2019 10:58:56 +0000 https://www.imkiran.com/?p=9425   She was the first to walk towards me when I put up the black thin cloth, on the concrete wall, right outside my room. “What is this?” So many ideas ran across my mind, just with those simple words. I could say, it’s an idea I’m working on, or I could tell her it’s […]

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]]> A Beautiful Native Neighbour in Senegal https://imkiran.com/a-beautiful-native-neighbour-in-senegal/ Tue, 03 Sep 2019 11:04:19 +0000 https://www.imkiran.com/?p=9429 I’ve always heard her voice from a distance but never seen her before. It was my second week in Senegal, a village close to the borders. She was on the other side of the wall in between our rural homes. The week had passed, then one windy morning, as I was just waking up, she […]

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]]> No Equality and Safety For Women In Jaffna, Sri Lanka https://imkiran.com/no-equality-and-safety-for-women-in-jaffna-sri-lanka/ Wed, 03 Aug 2016 09:16:24 +0000 http://www.imkiran.com/?p=5875   My recent conversation with a women who lived in Jaffna her whole life, she explains to me how life has changed since the defeat of the rebels, Tamil Tigers, after the civil war in Sri Lanka. Some of the details may be disturbing, reader discretion is advised. This is merely to help raise awareness […]

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]]> The Bicycle Revolution – Battle Of Jaffna, Sri Lanka https://imkiran.com/the-bicycle-revolution-battle-of-jaffna/ Sun, 31 Jul 2016 15:34:00 +0000 http://www.imkiran.com/?p=5780 The Bicycle Revolution – Battle Of Jaffna It has been part of the Tamil culture in Jaffna for over a 100 years. It was used for urban logistics, commercial transportation, daily commute and a livelihood during the Battle Of Jaffna, in Sri Lanka. With the blockade of fuel and supplies during the civil war, the bicycles became the […]

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]]> The New Generation Of Kayts, Jaffna – Sri Lanka https://imkiran.com/the-new-generation-of-kayts/ Thu, 28 Jul 2016 06:33:54 +0000 http://www.imkiran.com/?p=5767 A portrait of a young boy who lives in a school campus nearby, walking in the empty streets of Kayts, Jaffna. Many children in Kayts were babies when the war broke out in August 2006 with the Sri Lankan military and the Tamil Tigers military rebels, their parents who survived still recall the terror and […]

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]]> Being Paralyzed But Doing Something That I Can First https://imkiran.com/being-paralyzed-but-doing-something-that-i-can-first/ Sat, 14 Nov 2015 08:26:17 +0000 http://www.imkiran.com/?p=5004 “To me it’s okay if I lost my legs. Even if I lost the ability to walk, I’m just thankful that I’m still alive. I have my hands, I have my eyes, my mind and I have my life. I have many plans for myself. Now I will work hard to regain my strength first, […]

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]]> A Day In My Life | Learning How Not To Walk (Nepal) https://imkiran.com/a-day-in-my-life-learning-how-not-to-walk/ Thu, 05 Nov 2015 14:01:52 +0000 http://www.imkiran.com/?p=4879 A time stamp photo series of my 24 hours spent in the Spinal Injury Rehabilitation Centre, (SIRC) in Nepal. The only centre where mainly earthquake related patients would come to get treatments. Paralysed and loosing the ability to walk, something we take for granted, the ability to function normally as others and learning to adapt into a new […]

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]]> Children Wanting Solar Lights For Reading | Nepal Earthquake https://imkiran.com/children-wanting-solar-lights-for-reading/ Wed, 21 Oct 2015 08:57:43 +0000 http://www.imkiran.com/?p=4849 We walked around with bags full of solar lights and handed them out to those elderly and mother with babies. We went to an emergency camp site in Kathmandu where thousands of earthquake victims are still living in tents. Many of them who are homeless. We only had 100 Nokero solar lights to give out […]

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]]> A Teacher Who Lost Everything | Nepal Earthquake https://imkiran.com/a-teacher-who-lost-everything-nepal/ Wed, 30 Sep 2015 09:47:20 +0000 http://www.imkiran.com/?p=4819 It was a big day in my life, after the earthquake here in Nepal. I didn’t have any expectations on what it will be like spending 24 hours in a spinal cord injury centre, a rehabilitation centre. Staying awake for that many hours was hard at first but slowly my motions and mind got adjusted […]

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]]> What I Learned From Nepali Women During Teej Festival https://imkiran.com/what-i-learned-from-nepali-women-during-teej-festival/ Fri, 18 Sep 2015 20:23:20 +0000 http://www.imkiran.com/?p=4710 Images from a recent festival here called Teej. Welcoming the monsoon season and is celebrated primarily by girls and women, dress in red, with songs, dancing and prayer rituals. Women pray to goddess Parvati seeking the wellness of their husband. They fast a full day for the long lives of their husbands. The single girls […]

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]]> Thoughts Of A Homeless https://imkiran.com/thoughts-of-a-homeless/ Fri, 18 Sep 2015 16:29:47 +0000 http://www.imkiran.com/?p=5129 Sometimes you come along and I see you just being there. Silent. Just then time stood still between us. You are there on your own now, I am here just passing through. I wish to do something, but I don’t, I won’t. I ignore you as you don’t mean anything to me, you ignore me […]

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]]> Mother’s Cry For Help In IDP Earthquake Camp In Kathmandu https://imkiran.com/mothers-cry-for-help-in-idp-earthquake-camp-in-kathmandu/ Wed, 16 Sep 2015 18:03:23 +0000 http://www.imkiran.com/?p=4721 “We have no where to go. I’m trying to gather five to seven families here to rent a piece of land nearby, so we can start building our new home. It won’t be like our homes before but it would be a start. With the little money we have, we can start a small house […]

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]]> Helpless Gurung Child | Voices Of Nepal https://imkiran.com/helpless-gurung-child-voicesofnepal/ Tue, 15 Sep 2015 17:10:58 +0000 http://www.imkiran.com/?p=4699 Title: Helpless Gurung Child At the village north of Dhading, a Gurung child looks out from her door when a relief aid team passes by, while her mother stands by her side. Gurung people also called Tamu, are an ethnic group from different parts of Nepal, many who are homeless today after the earthquake. (Dhading, […]

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