Rishikesh, India Photographs by Tony Hughes Rishikesh: ancient, crumbling palaces, bodies floating in the Ganges, garbage and wet cow dung underfoot. The smell of corpses burning on the open funeral pyres hangs over the old city. You step aside to let pass a small group…
Haridwar, India Photographs by Tony HughesNorth of Varanasi and closer to the source of the river, the Ganges flows much faster through the ancient city of Haridwar.The smell of corpses burning on the open funeral pyres hangs over the old city. You step aside to…
The upper half of the head had been blown away, as had the entire back, just leaving the face below the eyes and down to the chin. From the corner of the left eye, running down the face, disappearing where the cheek formed a cleft with the mouth, was a single crack that looked like the path of a tear.