An Uncomfortable Perspective

“An Uncomfortable Perspective”
Location: Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Date: January 2025
Photographer: S. Snehil Pulluri
Affiliation: Graduate Student
Home Country: India
Category: Places
Award: Second Place
2025 International Photography Exhibition

“A glance up at the Charminar, a historic landmark in Hyderbad, India, through the shops and tents that surround it. At the base of the Minnar (pillar) shown in the photo rests an illegal Hindu temple construction. The Charminar is a site that is surely the product of Mughal and Islamic colonialism but has meaningful history nonetheless. This photo and its intersecting, yet imperfect lines represents the complicated colonial past of India and the divisiveness of its people that continues on.”