Sunil Janah https://photomail.org/tag/sunil-janah/ Discover, Debate, Define, The Art of Photography Wed, 24 Jul 2024 03:49:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 The making of a nation, through Sunil Janah’s eyes https://photomail.org/the-making-of-a-nation-through-sunil-janahs-eyes/ Sun, 06 Feb 2022 05:52:04 +0000 https://photomail.org/?p=13321 After Sunil Janah moved to the US in his later days, these prints were mostly forgotten. Rahman says it is by another coincidence that they landed in India as a collector managed to buy some of them. “The timing of the exhibition coincides with the 75th anniversary of Independence. At a time when the BJP is trying to demolish Nehru’s legacy and spreading the narrative of ‘Make In India’, Janah’s works assume significance as the ‘Make In India’ started in the 1950s. That is why it is so important that people see these pictures. We should not forget this history and the BJP is trying to make us forget it.” Apart from their historical significance, these are stunning images, says Rahman. “That was a time of great hope. Now, we have a different view about industries. We perceive industries as polluting, but at that time we needed all these factories because we needed indigenous manufacturing. Also, they provided jobs to lakhs of people, particularly in backward areas. There was a great positive energy which actually can be felt in Janah’s photographs.”

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]]> Celebrating Resistance, 152 years of Mahatma Gandhi https://photomail.org/celebrating-resistance-152-years-of-mahatma-gandhi/ Sat, 02 Oct 2021 16:43:06 +0000 https://photomail.org/?p=13008 On Gandhi's 152nd anniversary, PhotoMail remembers him through these everlasting imageries. There are hundreds of photographs of Gandhi, often the author is unknown. Here is a collection of photographs by known Indian and International photographers.

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]]> Lyn and Lys, Egyptian Belly Dancers, Sunil Janah https://photomail.org/lyn-and-lys-egyptian-belly-dancers-sunil-janah-image-of-the-day/ https://photomail.org/lyn-and-lys-egyptian-belly-dancers-sunil-janah-image-of-the-day/#respond Sun, 21 Feb 2021 13:17:39 +0000 http://photomail.org/?p=9607 Sunil Janah (1918 - 2012) was an Indian photojournalist and documentary photographer. He captured history in the making, documenting the people's struggles against colonialism and the emergence of independent India after 1947. Born in Assam in 1918,

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