In another life, I was a Photographer. Waiting hours for that perfect moment.
Kathmandu, 2013
Dia de Los Muertos, Oaxaca, 2012
Not much has changed.
In 2015, I started a project to capture Old Dubai.
I wasn’t sure what I was getting into it. But turns out, I wasn’t the only one obsessed with Bur Dubai..
Allan Gurganus
Roma, 2017
Chennai, 2014
According to wikipedia, Bur Dubai literally translates to Mainland Dubai, a reference to the traditional separation of the Bur Dubai area from Deira by the Dubai Creek. But my father explained carefully that the Bur in Bur Dubai is from the Hindi word Paar which means across. And since the Arabic language doesn't allow for the pronunciation of 'Pa' and is instead pronounced 'Ba', Paar Dubai thus became Bur Dubai.
“Stories only happen to the people who can tell them.”
Arun Bhai
Bombay, 2018