Journalism of Courage
Ajay Mandavi, part babu, part artist, fulltime educator, has ended up changing the lives of nearly 150 Maoists who have passed through his “arts and crafts” class at Kanker District Jail. (Source: Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)
The 47-year-old says his wish for 2015 is that every government office in Chhattisgarh displays at least one piece of work in wood made in our jail. (Source: Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)
Mandavi says he is not a Hindu, not a Christian. "I am a tribal, I am Dravidian”. He says that’s one reason the inmates at the jail trust him. (Source: Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)
Huddled in a back of a small truck enroute from Kanker to Rajnandgaon in Chattisgarh. (Source: Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)
An Instreet in the town of Kanker, Chattisgarh. (Source: Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)
A painting of Shivaji adorns the door to a house in Kanker, Chattisgarh. (Source: Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)
A place of worship in the precints of the ruins of the fort belonging to the erstwhile royalty of Kanker in Chattisgarh. (Source: Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)
The sacred lake atop the hill where the remains of the royal fort stands in Kanker, Chattisgarh. (Source: Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)
The remains of the Royal fort on the hilltop at Kanker, Chattisgarh. (Source: Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)
The Kanker heritage Palace, property of the erstwhile Kanker royalty who now run the only mainstream tourism property in the area in Kanker, Chattisgarh. (Source: Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)
The Kanker heritage Palace, property of the erstwhile Kanker royalty who now run the only mainstream tourism property in the area in Kanker, Chattisgarh. (Source: Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)
The Kanker heritage Palace, property of the erstwhile Kanker royalty who now run the only mainstream tourism property in the area in Kanker, Chattisgarh. (Source: Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)
The Kanker heritage Palace, property of the erstwhile Kanker royalty who now run the only mainstream tourism property in the area in Kanker, Chattisgarh. (Source: Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)
The Kanker heritage Palace, property of the erstwhile Kanker royalty who now run the only mainstream tourism property in the area in Kanker, Chattisgarh. (Source: Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)
The Kanker heritage Palace, property of the erstwhile Kanker royalty who now run the only mainstream tourism property in the area in Kanker, Chattisgarh. (Source: Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)
Tribals at the weekly shandy in Makri near Govindpur, in Kanker, Chattisgarh. (Source: Express Photo)
Tribals at the weekly shandy in Makri near Govindpur, in Kanker, Chattisgarh. (Source: Express Photo)
Tribals at the weekly shandy in Makri near Govindpur, in Kanker, Chattisgarh. (Source: Express Photo)
Tribals at the weekly shandy in Makri near Govindpur, in Kanker, Chattisgarh. (Source: Express Photo)
Cock Fight at the weekly shandy in Makri near Govindpur, Kanker , Chattisgarh. (Source: Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)
Cock Fight at the weekly shandy in Makri near Govindpur, Kanker , Chattisgarh. (Source: Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)
Tribals betting and watching a cock fight during a weekly shandy in Makri,near Govindpur, Kanker, Chattisgarh. (Source: Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)
Tribals at the weekly shandy in Makri near Govindpur, in Kanker, Chattisgarh. (Source: Express Photo)
Tribals at the weekly shandy in Makri near Govindpur, in Kanker, Chattisgarh. (Source: Express Photo)
