The soul of a city

Set in the 1970s and 1980s, Pablo Bartholomew’s pictures of Delhi, Bombay and Calcutta trigger an unsettling experience of simultaneous joy and sorrow.

Churning sea, Bombay, 1979 .

The C Power Station, Ring Road, New Delhi, 1977.

A black and yellow taxi in Bombay, 1974.

Two girls on a Bombay Street, 1978.

Building, Bombay, 1978.

My bathoom shelf, New Delhi, 1974.

Katey and Naseer, Bombay, 1977.

Rubber gloves hanging in my verandah, New Delhi, 1978.

A kitchen, New Delhi, 1974.

Boatmen with horse, Bombay, 1979.

Medha knitting, Delhi, 1974.

Pooh in bed, Bombay, 1975.

Receptionist at OBM office, 1977, Calcutta.

Hanging out with the Maharani Bagh gang, New Delhi, 1976.

Nommie dancing at a party at Koko's, New Delhi, 1975.

Yusuf, New Delhi, 1973.

Band playing at the St. Stephen's College winter festival, 1974.

Chander with guitar, Delhi, 1975.

Somewhere on the Bombay-Poona highway, 1974.

Fan and glass, Bombay, 1979.

Nizamuddin gang hanging out at Ruhan's pad, New Delhi, 1978.

Nariman Point, Bombay, 1978.

Sunder with Pablo Jr, Calcutta, 1978.

Hanging out at Sunder and Ammu's with Poli, Sheena, Jai and the kids, Calcutta, 1976.

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A bird in my room, Bombay, 1979.