Daily:January 12, 2026

The photograph was taken in 2008, on the streets of Kolkata, during a quiet walk through the city. It was a cold winter morning. The old man sat by the roadside, unhurried and withdrawn, having spent the entire night there with almost nothing to keep himself warm. Perhaps no one had ever stopped to photograph him before—not photographers, not social card agencies, not anyone who might notice his existence. As I crouched down and moved closer to frame him, he […]