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India’s visual memory of the last 60 years, from the power corridors in Delhi, to the dust and smoke in Bhopal, is impossible to imagine without Raghu Rai. His photographs turned news into history and everyday life into something unforgettable.
Born in 1942 in Jhang in undivided Punjab, his path into photography was accidental. He was trained as a civil engineer, but a single picture of a donkey he had clicked got published in The Times in London, pushing him toward the camera instead. His older brother, the photographer S Paul, had planted the seed, guiding him to look at ordinary streets with patience.
He joined The Statesman in 1966, and Henri Cartier‑Bresson later nominated him to Magnum Photos in 1977, making Rai the...
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