Family

Girls on a flower farm, Doomara village, Rajasthan, India. This is one of my absolute all-time favorite photos, as it perfectly captures how happy these hardy, hard-working people are.

A homeless man sleeps with the company of a family of stray dogs (a mother and three puppies total), Allahabad, India.

A stray dog and and its puppy in the Bowbazar area of Kolkata, India.

Nepalese immigrant worker and her baby, Leh, Ladakh, India

A man holds his son while selling balloons during immersion of Ganesh idols in the Yamuna River for the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, Delhi, India

A dalit girl does a contortion act for no one at the Pushkar Camel Fair, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. Such girls are deprived an education, make almost no money, and endanger their health with the routines they do. There wasn't even anyone watching.

Children in Kharekhari village near Pushkar, Rajasthan, India

Striking group of pilgrims in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India

A homeless toddler peeks over his mother's leg as she lies sleeping in a cart near Jama Masjod Mosque, Delhi, India

A couple hold hands while swimming along the Yamuna River during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, Delhi, India

A homeless family sleeps on concrete, using each other for pillows, in the Paharganj area of Delhi, India

A family of Hindu pilgrims during Kartik Purnima, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India

Family relaxing at the Pushkar Camel Fair, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India

The lovely people of Pushkar, Rajasthan, India

A toddler covered in red gulal powder during immersion of Ganesh idols in the Yamuna River for the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, Delhi, India

A woman walks her daughter to school, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India

A mother walks with her daughter under her wing in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India

Brothers working for a chile dealer at the Khari Baoli spice market, Delhi, India

A boy and his father at their shop, Paharganj, Delhi, India

Dalit woman and her daughter, Haridwar, India

Dalit woman and her daughter, Haridwar, India

Nepalese immigrant women work at a construction site in Manali, India

Mother and daughter in Kullu, India

Nepalese immigrant women work at a construction site in Manali, India

Girl and her sister in Saboo village, Ladakh, India

Happy girl and her baby sister in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India

Families arriver for immersion of Ganesh idols in the Yamuna River during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, Delhi, India

Father and son share a moment in a textiles shop in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India

A man and his daughter during immersion of Ganesh idols in the Yamuna River for the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, Delhi, India

Friends hanging out in Paharganj, Delhi, India

Portrait of a mother and baby in Kullu, India

Two sisters play along the Ganges River in Haridwar, India

A family walk down a deserted road near Sidiyas village, Rajasthan, India

Men covered in gulal powder during the Holi festival, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India

Friendly families a tent camp community along the Ganges River, Haridwar, India

Matriach and grandchildren in Kharekhari village, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India

Two sisters play along the Ganges River in Haridwar, India

A homeless family sleeps on concrete at sunrise near Jama Masjid Mosque, Delhi, India

Father and children working at a money exchange, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India

Father and son at Taragarh Fort, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India

Indian tourists play at Snow Point on the summit of Rohtang Pass, Manali, India

A homeless family at sunrise near Jama Masjid Mosque, Delhi, India

A Ladakhi (Army) Scout and his toddler daughter in Leh, India

Famillies in blue, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India

A man holds his son while selling balloons during immersion of Ganesh idols in the Yamuna River for the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, Delhi, India

Mom and her boys, including identical twins, ride down a country lane pulled by a cow, in remote Maseena village, Rajasthan, India

Farming family in their house, Kharekhari Village, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India

Happy mother and her baby in Kullu, India

A man and his daughter during immersion of Ganesh idols in the Yamuna River for the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, Delhi, India

Mother and son in Kullu, India

Family at the Ajmer train station, Rajasthan, India

People visit shimmering golden Pushkar Lake, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India

Dalit woman and her daughter, Haridwar, India

A homeless family at sunrise near Jama Masjid Mosque, Delhi, India

Mom and her boys, including identical twins, ride down a country lane pulled by a cow, in remote Maseena village, Rajasthan, India

A homeless family at sunrise near Jama Masjid Mosque, Delhi, India

Cycle rickshaw driver and his children, Haridwar, India

A homeless family sleeps on concrete at sunrise near Jama Masjid Mosque, Delhi, India

Ladakhi girls in Leh, India

A homeless family sleeps on concrete at sunrise near Jama Masjid Mosque, Delhi, India

Handsome family in Kullu, India

Red macaque monkey family, with a serious looking male, Budha Pushkar, Rajasthan, India

Red macaque monkey family, with a serious looking male, Budha Pushkar, Rajasthan, India

A family of women flower farmers, Picholiya village, Rajasthan, India

A family of langur monkeys including a tiny infant, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India

A man and his son, who has a bandaged eye injury, watch a parade Mahashivaratri (Shiva's birthday) in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India

A man and his son pray under a large fig tree, which is considered sacred, Udaipur Kalan village, Rajasthan, India

Early morning scene of a family on the street in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India

A family of langur monkeys including a tiny infant, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India

Girls on a flower farm, Doomara village, Rajasthan, India. This is one of my all-time favorite photos, as it perfectly captures how happy these hardy, hard-working, simple people are.

Husband and wife flower farmers, Shrinagar, Rajasthan, India

A family of women flower farmers, Picholiya village, Rajasthan, India

Ladies and girls carry laundry on their heads on a farm in Picholiya village, Rajasthan, India

A family of langur monkeys including a tiny infant, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India

Happy brothers at a shelter at Sealdah Railway Station, Kolkata, India

Grandfather and his baby boy in Salkia, Howrah, India

A boy serves chai tea to rice farmers, Surajkund village, Rajasthan, India

Children in Ganahera, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India

Cows pull a farming cart near Kharekhari village, Rajasthan, India

Girls and ladies walk through chapati wheat on their farm in Doomara village, Rajasthan, India

Father and son in the Hooghly River during Mahalaya, Babughat, Kolkata, India

Happy brothers at a shelter at Sealdah Railway Station, Kolkata, India

Brothers embrace at the Pushkar Camel Fair, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India

Muslim man and his granddaughter during Eid al-Adha, Red Road, Madian, Kolkata, India

Farming families of the Cheeta caste in Kharekhari village, Rajasthan, India.

Flower farming family in the remote village of Kishanpura Goyla, Rajasthan, India

Hindus pray for deceased relatives during Mahalaya, Babughat, Kolkata, India

A woman prostrates herself every few steps as an exercise in religious asceticism, Assi Ghat, Varanasi, India

Happy girls and their mom in Kharekhari village, Rajasthan, India

A woman releases a candle into the Ganges River, Dashashwamedh Ghat, Varanasi, India