Just When You Think Youve Seen It all !

Some photographs are to be admired, some are to be celebrated, but this one has the potential to give you goose bumps.


Bedi says it was photographed when he was working on a new feature in Bishnoi in Rajasthan. The Bishnois worship nature in all its manifestations, and are a conservative community.

"It was hard for an outsider like me to come with my camera to photograph them. One day, I saw that a village dog had killed a chinkara fawn's mother. So the Bishnoi family had adopted him before he becomes prey to other predators in wild and nursed him as if it was their own child.

"I was looking for one picture that can tell the story of their community's strong feeling for the environment. After great difficulty, some six months later, I could get this picture showing how human beings live in harmony with nature."

by reporter

Vijay Bedi

Vijay and his brother Ajay Bedi are the only Indians whose wildlife film has been nominated for the Emmys. They are also the youngest Indians to be honoured with the Green Oscar.