Life Experiences - Kiran Kreer https://imkiran.com/stories/experiences/ Sun, 03 May 2026 14:39:52 +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 Life Experiences - Kiran Kreer https://imkiran.com/stories/experiences/ 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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]]> Six Years Living As A Nomad And Explorer https://imkiran.com/six-years-living-as-a-nomad-and-explorer/ Wed, 03 Oct 2018 11:23:49 +0000 https://www.imkiran.com/?p=9435 “You must had got a big sponsor? You must have made a lot of money in your other projects? Why should people pay for your dreams to explore the world? Normal people work, save money and then travel. How can you call yourself a nomad and still afford travelling in Europe? If you are a […]

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]]> An Apple Tree in Finland, My Voyage Across Europe Begins https://imkiran.com/an-apple-tree-in-finland-my-voyage-across-europe-begins/ Fri, 28 Sep 2018 11:13:25 +0000 https://www.imkiran.com/?p=9432 Just two days ago I was in a capital city, Kuala Lumpur, with concrete buildings, construction work and rush hours. From a city where I grew up, nine thousand kilometres away and four flights later, I find myself in the urban sailing town. Nested in the southwest coast of Finland, 160km from Helsinki, my new […]

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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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]]> What Are Fears That We Grew Up With? https://imkiran.com/what-are-fears-that-we-grew-up-with/ Sun, 25 Jun 2017 10:32:55 +0000 http://www.imkiran.com/?p=7910 When I was a kid, I used to be afraid of exams and my results. My dad used to be really strict with this, mainly when it’s that time of the month to get the report card signed. In school I used to be afraid of the bullies and my teachers, of been asked questions […]

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]]> What Is Your ‘Why’? https://imkiran.com/what-is-your-why/ https://imkiran.com/what-is-your-why/#respond Thu, 23 Mar 2017 10:39:39 +0000 http://www.imkiran.com/?p=7803 The big ‘Why’ is something we all need to ask. Why do you do something? Why do you believe in another? Why do you wake up each morning and head to work? Why do you think you need to earn Money? Years ago when I was working in the city, working to make money and […]

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]]> https://imkiran.com/what-is-your-why/feed/ 0 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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]]> Floating Through Life – A Letter For A Dreamer https://imkiran.com/floating-through-life-a-letter-for-a-dreamer/ Thu, 18 Aug 2016 08:34:18 +0000 http://www.imkiran.com/?p=5979 Dear Dreamer,  I know you had a dream. As children we all had dreams and wishes of what we wanted to be or do when we grew up. Somehow along the way of becoming adults, exposed to the harsh reality of surviving adult lives, we forgot what it was like being a child with a […]

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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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]]> Temiar Tribe Women of Gua Musang – Malaysia https://imkiran.com/temiar-tribe-women-of-gua-musang-malaysia/ Mon, 16 May 2016 09:37:09 +0000 http://www.imkiran.com/?p=5404 Some beauties can only be found in the farthest areas of the world, like the Temiar women. Hidden from the common eyes of society and civilisation. A human race of it’s own culture, nature and ancient history living in the deep rainforest of Malaysia. It’s believed that the first Temiar people came about 30,000 years […]

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]]> The Man Behind The Camera, The Edge (My Story) https://imkiran.com/man-behind-camera-kiran-kreer-options-edge-cover-story/ Thu, 24 Mar 2016 16:49:39 +0000 http://www.imkiran.com/?p=5264 Armed with little more than a camera, a mobile phone and minimal change of clothes, Kiran Kreer travels to disaster areas and places of abject poverty. There, he spends weeks getting to know the locals, capturing their reality and raising funds to provide them with much-needed aid. PETRINA FERNANDEZ speaks to the documentary photographer on trading a cushy corporate […]

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]]> Free Life Of A Gypsy Women, Rajasthan, India https://imkiran.com/free-life-of-a-gypsy-women/ Tue, 01 Mar 2016 16:59:41 +0000 http://www.imkiran.com/?p=5256 During my visit to Pushkar for the annual camel fair, I had a chance to meet the gypsies, the Kalbeliya and Banjara people living close to the city deserts. The gypsies have been living here for almost 30 years now, nomads of their own kind, with tents set up along the dusty streets of Rajasthan. […]

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]]> The Outcast Gypsy Child, Chennai, India https://imkiran.com/the-outcast-gypsy-child/ Fri, 05 Feb 2016 11:16:05 +0000 http://www.imkiran.com/?p=5223 A child awaits her turn to fill in a bucket of water in a gypsy slum of Chennai. Water that comes from the ground, polluted by the scums of society and industrialization. Living around garbage and deceases. Gypsies today are openly being discriminated in many parts of India as a lower cast of humans. You […]

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]]> Flames of the Bay, Chennai, India https://imkiran.com/flames-of-the-bay/ Fri, 15 Jan 2016 15:33:14 +0000 http://www.imkiran.com/?p=5189 She stood there watching me move, to see her whisper into the shadows. She burns with fire that flames her soul, she leads a life that gives her pleasure, to be whole. I see her sweat falling off her life, making a living for her family, her child. The hope of being present. It’s never […]

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