A Phoenix Rising from the Ashes: Healing with Post-Traumatic Growth by Taira Deshpande for Emoticons India link.medium.com/6NLX2GGI57

Concretisation and infrastructure addition will disturb the birds frequenting the area and negatively impact its natural ecology SAVE SATTAL Sattal Conservation Club There Is No Earth B™ hindustantimes.com/cities/dehradu…

Birds move away when development encroaches. Help save this last vestige of nature left in the midst of an already overdeveloped district! SAVE IT SAVE SATTAL Sattal Conservation Club There Is No Earth B™ savesattal.thereisnoearthb.com

First in a series of my exhibitions opened in Paris this month. This group show at the prestigious centre for the social sciences will be on till 20th of September. Open to the public. ahtushi.com

The Campus Condorcet - Humathèque in Paris has decided to permanently display my images of Ladakh's petroglyphs at their prestigious centre.  Overjoyed that this will help to sustain interest in the diminishing social sciences and the preservation of an essential heritage!

The advent of the written word with stone as the cavas #speakingstonesladakh follow me on Insta

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Splendid work that brings alive ancient rock paintings in the forbidding heights of Ladakh. By a superb photographer and an intrepid adventurer. Hosted by the City of Paris. Huge contribution to documenting India’s heritage. Ahtushi Deshpande Deshpande

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Honored to have H.E. Jawed Ashraf, Indian Ambassador to France, at the opening of Speaking Stones in Paris. Grateful for his presence and encouraging words that highlight the importance of Ladakh’s rock art. Jawed Ashraf India in France x.com/JawedAshraf5/s…

Grab your copy of my book - a BANFF International Mountain Book Award finalist - " Speaking Stones: Rock Art of Ladakh" . Scan the QR Code below to grab your copy! #BANFF2024 #RockArt #SpeakingStones #arthistory #monograph #rockartbook #ladakhbook

Honoured to light a lamp at a beautiful exhibition on Ladakh by Ahtushi Deshpande along the legend of photography Raghu Rai and historian of Ladakh Janet Rizvi! Do visit “Speaking Stones: Rock Art of Ladakh” on till May 28 at India International Centre(Official Account)

And of course the ride of a lifetime on snowmobiles thru pristine countryside.

Followed by a very fine meal

Lapland make over, frozen lashes ;) #lumiainlapland

LllllllllllllllllaBehind the snowmobile. The ride of a life time thru pristine countryside. #lumiainlapland

Alaskan huskies' go full throttle on a joy ride. Next on the ice adventure menu - well, ice karting! #lumiainlapland

Off to photograph the IFFA awards in Tampa, Florida. Looking forward to donning the hat of a 'papparazi'!