Diksh*t Sharma

16/02/2024

A refuge in the warmth of a local family’s home, where the bitter cold outside melted away in the glow of their hospitality. Amidst broken conversations and shared smiles, we exchanged stories, bridging the gap between our worlds. Khinaliq, Azerbaijan. 2023. ⁣
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09/03/2023

Different seasons from a dream house up on the mountains. Manali, 2021-23. ⁣
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I’ve spent hours, days and months watching this same view in different seasons from when the grass is green with the sun shining bright, glorious sunsets with the last rays hitting the snow-clad peaks behind, rainy days to the magical snowfall when everything turns to grayscale. Sometimes, the memory of a place is what you can possess and in the end what possesses you. ⁣
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02/09/2021

A shepherd and his dog casually strolling around Beas Kund. ⁣
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28/12/2020

A glimpse of few happy impactful moments from building the fish sanctuary along with the local community for the conservation of the Vembanad Ecosystem.

The adverse side effects of technological advancements, apathetic lifestyle choices and inventions such as plastic have been affecting life below water at a disastrous rate. Fish sanctuaries are a democratic approach to increase the fish population using indigenous methods. They are built by humans, using bamboo which acts as an artificial mangrove. These sanctuaries help fish breed by acting as a no-fishing zone and a safe haven for the fish, thus directly contributing to the UNSDG goals of Life Below Water & Climate Action and support the communities who depend on the lake for their livelihoods. For climate change and anthropogenic pollution affecting water bodies across the world, such solutions which are also called Nature-Based solutions are the way forward to adapt to changes and mitigate future uncertainties.

We have been in the water for over four hours. Time seemed to just vanish, and those hours have been some of my most heartfelt & impactful moments, which would live on.

Special thanks to Cherish Expeditions, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) Tata Motors, Sustera, CGH Earth Experience Hotels for all their support!

A glimpse of few happy impactful moments from building the fish sanctuary along with the local community for the conservation of the Vembanad Ecosystem.The a...

02/12/2020

Reminiscence of being in isolation; courtesy COVID-19. October, 2020. //⁣⁣
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𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮, 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴. 𝘞𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘵. 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘴 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘭𝘺. ⁣⁣
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𝘛𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧? 𝘐𝘧 𝘴𝘰, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘴. ⁣⁣
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𝘔𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺, 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘶𝘱, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺. ⁣⁣
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#2020

05/11/2020

Stoked to receive an official selection of 'Prelude, Cello Suite No. 1: Over The Flood Waters In Assam' under the Ultra Short Film Category for the 2020!

Register for the festival here to not miss all the other brilliant films from 12th-15th November. http://indicfilmutsav.indicapictures.com

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30/08/2020

Introductory music; extract from Bach’s Prelude, Cello Suite No. 1, over the flood waters in Assam.

Calm waters and the azure sky as fettered to the prism of art are but indicative of the surface reality underneath which lies the story of untold misery pertaining to the wretched of the earth that escapes the media gaze. The surface tranquillity notwithstanding the artistic representation as evident in the narrative aims at establishing an empathic vibration of kindred souls so as to invoke their corroborative gestures for effecting the amelioration of the human condition as witnessed in the discursive lens.

There was a time when people welcomed the 'first flooding' of the year which would replenish the fertility of the land. But today, things have come to such a pass that excessive flooding caused by climate change, human exploitation, politics & failed policies leave the state reeling on an annual basis. Faulty embankments lead more to disasters rather than providing protection. Children are unable to attend schools due to the frequent floods. More than 1,00,000 hectares of cropland submerged. Over 5.6 million people affected in 30 districts. Lakhs of houses washed away; several villages submerged. Animals come out of the wild in search of food & shelter to empty villages nearby. While the floods leave a trail of destruction behind, it becomes incumbent on us to take up the cudgels and help the distressed tide over the crisis.

Those willing to lend a hand to the cause, in any form, may please follow the link for information relating to relief measures being undertaken by different organisations - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1aHSalmoHqJ-FQD7NdFRwNtiQ_-atz_Ec?usp=sharing

Introductory music; extract from Bach’s Prelude, Cello Suite No. 1, over the flood waters in Assam. Calm waters and the azure sky as fettered to the prism of...

03/08/2020

The Dhaulagiri Range. @ Dhaulagiri, Nepal

12/04/2020

Moments from few days before being hit by Corona.

My visits to Hampi have been special & meaningful ones with different stories each time. There is a lot more to Hampi than just visiting the heritage monuments and experiencing a coracle ride.

Listening to the multitude of stories and folklores from the villages around, meeting the sweet locals who have been a part of those stories. Falling in love with the curves and cracks, the perfections and imperfections of the rocks, climbing them, and chasing the most magical sunsets. Meeting soulful people from across the globe who have fallen in love with the place and looks at it as living in a magical dreamland that keeps pulling them back. Beautiful bondings through random musical sessions. There is so much to do and explore or do nothing at all and just be by yourself, be in the now, embrace nature's offerings, enrich and nourish your soul, have a moment of quiet introspection, or just be there, breathe and let it be.

This video is a collection of few moments amongst many special ones, from this magical little paradisiacal side of Hampi, which always has its own sweet changing vibe every time I visit there.

My visits to Hampi have been special & meaningful ones with different stories each time. There is a lot more to Hampi than just visiting the heritage monumen...

03/04/2020

While we self isolate ourselves, stray animals are starving by struggling to find food. Despite Animal Rights Activists and Associations trying to do their part, they still do need volunteers, cooperation of law-enforcement authorities and more benevolent minds to help in anyway one could provide, perhaps just by leaving a heartfelt bowl of water and food outside their house. We all need more compassionate people for a better world to live in.

01/04/2020

A time for self reflection. Kep, Cambodia.

27/02/2020

An impromptu cover of 'Can't Help Falling in Love'; a result of a random jam session during the golden hours at this paradisiacal location in Hampi, with birds singing, trees dancing and water flowing beside us as we sing into the magical evening with changing hues.

An impromptu cover of 'Can't Help Falling in Love'; a result of a random jam session during the golden hours at this paradisiacal location in Hampi, with bir...