GREY SHADES OF A GRAY WORLD

Talibs or students of a Madarsa in New Delhi enjoy the game of cricket. © Danish Siddiqui Foundation. All Rights Reserved.   

A couple walks out of a shrine after offering prayers. Sufism, a Muslim sect, has been on the target by the Taleban in Pakistan and Afghanistan where its extensively followed. © Danish Siddiqui Foundation. All Rights Reserved.   

'Dargah Khadims' or Servants of the Shrine at the Tomb of Shaikh Salim Chishti...a very famous Sufi shrine in north India. © Danish Siddiqui Foundation. All Rights Reserved.   

He might look like a beggar but he isn't. According to locals his name is 'Mark' and he has been staying in the Jama Masjid premises for the last 10yrs. He sleeps outside the gate of India's biggest mosque in the night and sits on the footsteps in the morning when the mosque opens. Nobody has ever seen him beg. In fact if someone offers him money....he returns it... You can find Mark at Gate 1 or Gate 3 of Jama Masjid © Danish Siddiqui Foundation. All Rights Reserved.   

This 12 yr. kid who I met in Fatehpur Sikri, Agra has never been to school but is fluent in three foreign languages (English, French and Spanish) apart from Hindi(mother tongue). Most of the kids in this small town in Uttar Pradesh in India work as guides at the famous Fatehpur Sikri Fort. © Danish Siddiqui Foundation. All Rights Reserved.