Mourning Walk…
An ambulance and a merry-go-round…
An ambulance and a merry-go-round are difficult to digest in a single photograph…
Amidst the crowd were mothers…
Amidst the crowd were mothers looking for their kids…
Some have lost them forever, while some are still looking for them…
Its understandable that paramedics/surgeons are busy trying to save those at the site, but there should be a trauma desk where parents should be allowed to list names of their missing children and also submit their photos…
Redirecting them to hospitals isn’t enough…
Also, parents shouldn’t be thrashed or barred from obtaining access to the area…
This woman was looking for her 15-yr old… She found him alive the next day, with minor injuries…
Guardian Angel…
24 year old Shama and her 26 year old husband Shahzad Masih were laborers at one of the many brick kilns in Pakistan’s Punjab. Due to their inability to pay money to their employer, they were falsely accused of blasphemy and were burnt alive on 4th November, 2014. Their three children, Suleman, Sonya and Poonam were orphaned, so Grandpa Mukhtar (pictured here) stepped in and became everyone’s papa…
The Holy Trinity Church, Murree
While running up the stairs of a hotel to inspect a room, I caught the beautiful sight of this 159 year old church on the Mall Road in Murree. Could’ve cropped out the window bar on the left side of the frame, but felt that it would give the true idea of being photographed from inside a building.
The Holy Trinity Church was consecrated in May of 1857, just as the “Mutiny” or first war of Independence against British rule began. Opposite the Church lay the most significant commercial establishments, the Post Office, general merchants with European goods, tailors and a millinery (hat shop) were established. The Church was the center of early colonial life and still serves the town’s remaining Christian population and expatriates.
An old photograph from ImagesofAsia.com shows a painting of the church in 1910: