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Amita Ambwani
- Oct 3, 2018
- 5 min
In search of The Dhaneta Jats
If there is any project that has come close to risking my equipment and life, it was photographing the Dhaneta Jats. An old foxed book in my guest room , spots of deterioration and yellow with age had majestic strength to send me searching the Baani grasslands for India’s most reclusive tribe - The Dhaneta Jats. Protective, traditional and almost impossible to photograph, I yearned to see them up close. Braving the heat and the long stretches of parched dusty desert along wit
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Amita Ambwani
- Sep 21, 2018
- 3 min
The Meghwals - 'Prayers &Rains'
Hodko, Gujarat 60 kms from Bhuj near a village called Hudko, Nilesh Bhai, has invited me for lunch. I am going to meet him in his village after a span of 4 years. I came to this village in 2014 and have known him since then. Nilesh Bhai is a senior member of the Meghwal community . On our way to their house, he tells me about the drought that has currently engulfed the area . Water is scarce and while desert dwellers work around the scarcity, this is truly a tough time. On my
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Amita Ambwani
- Sep 19, 2018
- 2 min
The Brokpas- The Pure Aryans?
About 160 kms North- west of Leh and across the LOC along the winding mountain ranges of the Himalayas are the 4 villages of Dha, Dharchik, Hanu and Gahanu. Here lives the Brokpa community also popularly called ‘Dard’ . This community is arguably one of the most intriguing subjects of the Himalyan Terrain. Special permits are needed to explore the interior locations. Ethnically, the Brokpas have different appearance. Visually they are exotic both because of their physical fe
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Amita Ambwani
- Sep 15, 2018
- 4 min
My Journey with the Rabaris of Gujarat
I first interacted and photographed the men and women of the Rabari community in 2013 in a town called Arambhada near Okha in Gujarat . Completely enamored by the preservation and display of traditional lifestyle ,culture, social practices and the various legends behind the tribe, I kept coming back for more. I have now visited this region atleast eight times in last five years and always found it brimming with character and legends. My jorney with the Rabaris is about 6ye
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