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Anil, a coolie at Delhi's Sarojini Nagar market

Anil

“This is Anil, one of the coolies from Delhi’s Sarojini market. I used to choose Anil a lot of the time when we first arrived in Delhi because he was the smallest. By the time we left three years later, he was one of the biggest.”

Close-up of a steam engine

Steam power!

“India’s National Rail Museum is a fascinating place for a photographer to visit – there’s a tremendous range of lines, shapes, colours and textures all brought together in a relatively compact area. The light on a winter’s afternoon is ideal – just enough edge taken off that brilliant Delhi sunshine.”

A vulture in an aviary

Vulture Recovery Plan

“Mystery deaths among Indian white-backed vultures, long-billed vultures and slender-billed vultures has cut their numbers by more than 97% in India in twelve years. And the rate of decline is increasing.” Three species of vulture in India are suddenly faced with extinction. The Editor reports on plans to rehabilitate them.