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In April, he was a documentarian, capturing the aftermath of Nepal’s earthquake, uploading images to the @nepalphotoproject, which ultimately brought aid to some of the people he photographed. In September, he was a wanderer in New York where the concrete jungle inspired him.
But this week, Prashanth Vishwanathan (@prashanthvishwanathan) is a photojournalist covering #Diwali, one of the biggest festivals in and around his native India, the ancient Hindu festival of lights.
“Diwali today is what Christmas is for the Western world,” he says. “It’s a long holiday, a license to light lamps, buy new dresses, celebrate with family and friends and, of course, burst crackers.“
Derived from a Sanskrit word which loosely translates into “light” and “row,” Diwali’s hundreds of millions of participants will adorn households, windows, temples and buildings with rows of shiny lamps.
But Prashanth feels it is important to mind Mother Nature in the act of celebration. “Festivals like Diwali, which were founded on sound principles of love and harmony, today are reduced to a noise and air polluting extravaganza,” he says. “For me, a rethinking of our impact on nature and redefinition of these old customs to modern-day living, while keeping the essence of its significance, is important.”
Photo by @prashanthvishwanathan

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