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The search for gold early in the morning in Guru Bazar.

In the lanes of Amritsar’s Guru Bazar, a gold rush like no other

A community of sweepers separate the gold particles from the dust and sell it back to the jewellers.
Shivam Khanna
The dargah gets decked up with yellow mustard flowers.

Spring in the step

On Basant Panchami, the Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya dargah in Delhi becomes a riot of yellow as it celebrates the arrival of spring and renewal of hope.
Shivam Khanna
Mohammad Shakir rests at home in Old Delhi’s Sheesh Mahal area before beginning his rounds. All the pictures in the series were taken on April 15 and 17, 2023. 

The dawn men of Delhi

Town criers walk the bylanes of Old Delhi, performing the age-old task of waking up households for the Sehri meal taken at dawn through Ramzan.
Shivam Khanna
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