Photos: Experience Spiti Valley's splendor, in monochrome

In an exhibition titled 'Light and Lines in the Middle Land', photographer Amit Verma captures otherworldly images from the desert-valley landscapes of the Himalayas, evocative in greyscale

Jan 21, 2020, 15:07 IST1 min

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Light & Lines: JispaSometimes light unfolds, and other times it strikes.Like lightning, a severe and devastating lightcan split a thing in two. It rakes its jagged saw across the thing,It severs asunderwhat was and what is, what would have been and what shall be.Rarely does such a lightever strike the same thing twice.Poem by Melissa Alipalo

Image by Amit Verma

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Rooted: Sangla Valley, Sutlej RiverThe quietest and surest thingis the tree planted by the river. Nothing bothers it.It knows its roots. They are deep and reliable and resilient.Not a gust that snaps it, not a dearth that parches it, not even its own burial under the mountaincould worry such a tree. Its roots are its hope and future.Poem by Melissa Alipalo

Image by Amit Verma

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The Same Bend: Kaza & LangzaThis is that road the Beatles sang of—.The long and winding one.The one that leads me to your doorand back and back and back again. I’m losing count of the timeswe’ve left each other there, always at the same bend.At least we know our reasonsand where to find each other again,always at the same bend. It is the road that never disappears, it just goes away and a

Image by Amit Verma