There is the “Shining India”. The “Crying India” exists side by side. The “Incredible India” is being promoted. The “Invisible India” is getting discovered.

Chhattisgarh lies in the heart of the country unnoticed, uncared for and without attention. Indifference to the cause of the Kashmiris continues. The global movement for “Free Tibet” gains momentum within this country. The affluent foreigners search for salvation. Human Rights get violated in a left stronghold. Humour vanishes from public life, only to be found in the open.

This exhibition is a glimpse of this “Invisible India”, documented by Anindya Chattopadhyay and edited by Aroop Datta, his mentor.

Anindya Chattopadhyay, 37 years of  age is currently the principal photojournalist of      The Times of India, Delhi. He started his career in photojournalism in Kolkata, as a

Freelancer in 2002, working for Pratidin, The Week, Aajkaal, and Bengalinet.com. In 2005, he became a staff photographer in TOI, stationed in Patna, where he was promoted to Senior Photographer in 2006. Thereafter, since 2007, he is working in Delhi under the present capacity.

A graduate from Kolkata University, he learnt “Basic Techniques in Photography” from Jadavpur University. A Certificate course that runs under the aegis of Adult, Continuing and Extension Centre of the University. He followed it up with a Diploma in photo journalism from the Centre for Peoples’ Photography.

Working for and with one of the leading national dailies for several years, Anindya has gathered a vast, varied work experience covering nearly everything. Floods and Tsunami, Elections and Jailbreaks, Killings and Massacres, Sports and Technology, Hunger and Humour, and what not.

Anindya talks less. He likes to talk through his images. He misses his parents very much, who supported him all through, in his first solo exhibition.