Tehelka

A story that appeared in the Delhi-based Tehelka newspaper in the April 29, 2006 issue. You can read the full story here.

As for what's written about me...

A Generation in Transition. The urban young in post-liberalisation India inhabit a world infinitely more complex. Brimming over with opportunity and potential, vastly more challenging. How does it alter them? How do they alter it? What do they believe in? What moves them and what doesn’t? What do they want to wear? What do they want to do? Who do they want to be? For photographer Anay Mann, one among them, what began as casually shooting friends turned into a fascinating journey of discovering a generation. Since then, his project has grown into a kaleidoscopic portfolio of the contemporary young —iconoclastic, eclectic, exuberant, unaffected, disaffected, each forging separate routes. Mann, who counts photographers Bharat Sikka — who taught him to “think independently”— and Prabuddha Dasgupta — who gifted him the idea of the “intimate picture” — among his mentors, appears well on the way to creating his own genre.

ADRENILIN JUNKI

Rohit Wadhwaney, 23, loves the fast life: gambling, alcohol, camping trips, chilling with the Israelis in Manali. His Gypsy is souped up to look like a sports car. But that’s the flip side. Rohit is also highly aspirational, a focussed go-getter. He is currently working in Qatar, bored out of his skull. His blog has some pretty strong views on Pakistan.
'I'm sprinting towards a deep cliff, knowing there's danger ahead, still sprinting, almost uncontrollably, hoping to survive the fall, or build my wings on the way down and fly away, or for an angel to fly out of nowhere and rescue me'
Picture caption: Shoot Up: Rohit Wadhwaney bungee jumping, camera taped to hand by photographer Mann, snaps his own appetite for life.

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Abey bhen ke takke Anay, you could have at least told the reporter my right age. And if you did come across my blog, my age is mentioned there dude - 25. I can't stay 23 forever, now can I?

Anyway, I see that bungee jumpin pic is going places eh? Exactly like you said brother.

Great stuff!