I have just returned from a magnificent trip throughout India! The country has so much to offer to anyone with open eyes: from the ecstasy of Holi festival to the grief of hardworking children in the mines of Dhanbad, from the imposing beauty of Taj Mahal to the disappearing tribal people of Konyak in Nagaland, from Kumbh Mela festival to the slums of Kolkata. Here are some quickly selected photographs – more to come along with stories – so stay tuned!
![Boy carrying basket full of coal that he has collected from a government mine in Dhanbad, India](https://frantisekstaud.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/f812483bw2.jpg)
![Holi festival in Banke Bihari Temple, Vrindavan, India](https://frantisekstaud.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/f700050.jpg)
![Old Konyak man smoking opium, Nagaland, India](https://frantisekstaud.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/f814800.jpg)
![Tattooed Konyak man, Nagaland, India](https://frantisekstaud.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/f814427bw.jpg)
![Holi festival, India](https://frantisekstaud.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/f700136crop.jpg)
![Stealing coal in Dhanbad coal mines](https://frantisekstaud.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/f812352bw.jpg)
![Holy man - Sadhu - drinking tea, Haridwar, India](https://frantisekstaud.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/f815512.jpg)
![Early morning bath in the Ganga river, Kumbh Mela in Haridwar, India](https://frantisekstaud.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/f816165.jpg)
![Slum of Kolkata, India](https://frantisekstaud.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/f701359.jpg)
![Coalfields in Jharia, India](https://frantisekstaud.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/f812925bw2.jpg)
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