Remembering Raghu Rai through a personal lens
India, April 27 -- "Munna" was a word Raghu Rai--Raghuuncle to me--used for anyone he loved. Today, the man whose every pore breathed India, whose every image was an overwhelming interpretation of this spirit, has left us. All of us Munnas feel suddenly orphaned.
He was a close friend and colleague of my father, Kishor Parekh. Together, along with his elder brother S Paul, they changed the face of photojournalism in India. For me, he was also the constant presence through my growing years--a guest in our home, and later, the guiding light who led me into photography after my father passed away.
"Each one of us will have to step aside one day, so that new energies can come and flow." he once told me. Today, he steps aside. But it is hard to ...
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