Countries - Kiran Kreer | Travel Photographer | Writer https://imkiran.com/stories/countries/ Sat, 09 May 2026 04:56:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 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 When Children Work In Train Stations, India https://imkiran.com/when-children-work-in-train-stations-india/ Fri, 23 Jan 2026 13:22:25 +0000 http://www.imkiran.com/?p=5153 In India’s railway stations, thousands of children work daily to support their families. This story documents their lives, resilience, and the reality of child labour in urban spaces. When children work, they find a purpose in life to earn a little for their families. When they change themselves within cultures to be who they are […]

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]]> 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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]]> Being The Black Sheep Of The Family https://imkiran.com/being-the-black-sheep-of-the-family/ Mon, 07 May 2018 11:48:22 +0000 https://www.imkiran.com/?p=9443   This boy could have been an inventor, a singer, a writer, a creator or a wanderer. But his parents choose this path for him first. Here boys come in a new reality and world, where they are groomed and trained to become something that would keep the tradition alive. Traditions passed on through generations, […]

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]]> Ganga Aarti Puja in Rishikesh, India https://imkiran.com/ganga-aarti-puja-rishikesh-india/ Fri, 13 Jan 2017 12:50:22 +0000 http://www.imkiran.com/?p=6282 I walk down the steps, heading to a prayer, Aarti Puja, as I’m looking up at the blue skies, I felt the energy and waves of the singing changing the essence of nature itself, with the sun reaching down to the horizon. Leaving my shoes at the doorstep of the ashram build along the Ganga […]

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]]> The Wanderer of Rishikesh, India https://imkiran.com/the-wanderer-of-rishikesh-india/ Mon, 02 Jan 2017 11:56:33 +0000 http://www.imkiran.com/?p=6255 I walked passed her everyday, noticing her sitting there on her own, with a steel cup on her side, her tiny body covered with a blanket. Hiding from the cold. Eyes looking down at all those passing by, just hearing the footsteps and sounds of dropping coins. At times she would sit facing the wall, […]

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]]> Paniya The Slave Tribe Of Wayanad, India https://imkiran.com/paniya-the-slave-tribe-of-wayanad/ Fri, 09 Sep 2016 13:45:33 +0000 http://www.imkiran.com/?p=6075 When I heard about the Paniya slave tribes in Wayanad, I started researching more about their location, heritage and history. To my surprise, I found that they have been around long before the locals starting living among them, mainly in the mountains. The main ethnic group was the Paniya tribes, also the Kurumar and Adiyars. […]

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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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]]> Ooty Ruined By Tourism and Development, India https://imkiran.com/ooty-ruined-by-tourism-and-development-india/ Sun, 17 Jul 2016 06:53:02 +0000 http://www.imkiran.com/?p=5772 A few days ago I made my way up to Ooty, a city in the mountains, with hopes of seeing the beautiful nature and cultures of locals living among tea plantations, the clouds, the cold and amazing sceneries. It was a ride that I will always remember, as somehow it got me closer to fellow […]

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]]> Follow The Flower Trail In Bangalore, India https://imkiran.com/follow-flower-trail-bangalore-india/ Sun, 03 Jul 2016 09:08:25 +0000 http://www.imkiran.com/?p=5703 K R Market (Krishna Rajendra Market) also known as City Market, is the largest wholesale market established in 1928, about 88 years ago in Bangalore. Started off as a small red and white building, crowded with locals, farmers and buyers, today it’s much bigger. I took a ride to one of the oldest and largest […]

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]]> Gypsy Tales of Rajasthan https://imkiran.com/gypsy-tales-of-rajasthan/ Sat, 12 Mar 2016 03:52:01 +0000 http://www.imkiran.com/?p=5260 An elder gypsy telling me tales of his life and how hard it has become today to live as a camel herder. He has been traveling back here to the Pushkar camel fair for almost 40 years at times for weeks on foot just to look for some income to survive. “We live from day […]

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