http://nishantratnakar.com Documentary Photographer | Wedding Photographer | Multimedia Producer | Bangalore, India Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:15:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://nishantratnakar.com/portfolio/multi-media/fistful-of-dreams/ http://nishantratnakar.com/portfolio/multi-media/fistful-of-dreams/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 09:25:25 +0000 nishant http://nishantratnakar.com/?p=837 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } The 2011 population census of India reveals a terrible story. The national child sex ratio shows that for every 1000 boys there are only 914 girls compared to 927, a decade ago. This means a fewer girls have been born in India over the last decade, suggesting that female foeticide continues despite laws prohibiting Pre-Natel [...]]]> http://nishantratnakar.com/portfolio/multi-media/fistful-of-dreams/feed/ 54 http://nishantratnakar.com/portfolio/multi-media/conversation-with-sharath-gaekwad/ http://nishantratnakar.com/portfolio/multi-media/conversation-with-sharath-gaekwad/#comments Thu, 03 Feb 2011 19:32:31 +0000 nishant http://nishantratnakar.com/?p=763 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } I profile Indian para-swimmer Sharath Gayakwad. Sharath won the bronze medal in the last Para Asian Games held in China. Here, Sharath speaks about his early life, swimming career, and upcoming London Paralympics. He also send out a message to people with disabilities. I was inspired meeting Sharath. I hope he inspires you too. This [...]]]> http://nishantratnakar.com/portfolio/multi-media/conversation-with-sharath-gaekwad/feed/ 0 http://nishantratnakar.com/portfolio/in-the-life-of-romal/ http://nishantratnakar.com/portfolio/in-the-life-of-romal/#comments Thu, 09 Dec 2010 19:59:53 +0000 nishant http://nishantratnakar.com/?p=722 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } jQuery.noConflict(); jQuery("#gal_images_722_1").hide(); function iframe_722_1_loaded() { var iframe = jQuery("#g722_1"); var height = iframe.contents().find('#content').height(); iframe.height(height); } ‘In the life of Romal’, is an ongoing project where I am documenting the life of my friend, Laishram Romal Michael Singh. Romal is gay. Being gay isn’t the end of his identity, isn’t it? But being gay can be enough [...]]]> http://nishantratnakar.com/portfolio/in-the-life-of-romal/feed/ 1 http://nishantratnakar.com/blog/err-bane-truth/ http://nishantratnakar.com/blog/err-bane-truth/#comments Fri, 28 May 2010 06:36:16 +0000 nishant http://nishantratnakar.com/?p=424 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Err-bane truth News to share!!! I along with my friend ( Badekkila Pradeep ) had recently made a short film one of the lost lakes in Bangalore city. The title of the film is Err-bane Truth. I am delighted to let you all know that the short film has won the ‘Lost Lakes of Bangalore’ [...]]]> http://nishantratnakar.com/blog/err-bane-truth/feed/ 8 http://nishantratnakar.com/portfolio/singles/ http://nishantratnakar.com/portfolio/singles/#comments Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:17:07 +0000 nishant http://nishantratnakar.com/?p=394 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } ]]> http://nishantratnakar.com/portfolio/singles/feed/ 1 http://nishantratnakar.com/portfolio/christmas-at-parikrma/ http://nishantratnakar.com/portfolio/christmas-at-parikrma/#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:16:37 +0000 nishant http://nishantratnakar.com/?p=363 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Parikrma Humanity Foundation is a non-profit organization in Bangalore city. Currently, it is transforming education for underserved children from different slums in the city. Parikrma manages the entire education cycle from kindergarten to college for each child. The foundation operates the schools from four different locations in Bangalore. One of the schools is the TNT Parikrma [...]]]> http://nishantratnakar.com/portfolio/christmas-at-parikrma/feed/ 0 http://nishantratnakar.com/portfolio/chinnara-manasa-right-to-participation/ http://nishantratnakar.com/portfolio/chinnara-manasa-right-to-participation/#comments Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:12:55 +0000 nishant http://nishantratnakar.com/?p=349 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Prakash is a boy studying in 10th standard at Government High school Yappeldini village, about 25 kilometers from Raichur. But he lives in Donga Rampur village which is about 7 Kms away from his school and he has to cycle up and down everyday. His village school has classes only up to 7th standard. Many [...]]]> http://nishantratnakar.com/portfolio/chinnara-manasa-right-to-participation/feed/ 1 http://nishantratnakar.com/portfolio/visthar/ http://nishantratnakar.com/portfolio/visthar/#comments Sat, 19 Dec 2009 12:09:19 +0000 nishant http://nishantratnakar.com/?p=330 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Visthar is a secular, non-profit organization, committed to enabling women, children and other marginalized sections realize their rights. Visthar campus is located at dodda gubbi post on the outskirts of Bangalore city. One of the projects at Visthar is Bandhavi – an initiative for girls hailing from North Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, who are at risk [...]]]> http://nishantratnakar.com/portfolio/visthar/feed/ 0 http://nishantratnakar.com/portfolio/indian-weddings/ http://nishantratnakar.com/portfolio/indian-weddings/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:51:42 +0000 nishant http://nishantratnakar.com/?p=302 http://nishantratnakar.com/portfolio/indian-weddings/feed/ 10 http://nishantratnakar.com/portfolio/of-love-and-longing/ http://nishantratnakar.com/portfolio/of-love-and-longing/#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:48:26 +0000 nishant http://nishantratnakar.com/?p=281 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } India, the home of over one billion people is a third world economy. One of the problems of the third world is unemployment, and with one billion people having few job openings, it is natural for huge number of people migrating overseas in search of opportunities to make a living and earn a better life. [...]]]> http://nishantratnakar.com/portfolio/of-love-and-longing/feed/ 0