The Archive

Stories from the field.

Every entry here began the same way — a conversation before a photograph. These are the people and places of Panjab, documented as they are, not as they perform for a camera.

Cover · The Last Phulkari Loom

Vol. 014 · Sangrur, Panjab · March 2026

The Last Phulkari Loom

In a courtyard in Sangrur, an 81-year-old's hands still turn thread into memory. A story about the last of a craft, and the daughter learning it late.

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Cover · Keepers of the Kabaddi Field

Vol. 011 · Ludhiana · Jan 2026

Keepers of the Kabaddi Field

Before sunrise, a village akhara wakes. A portrait of discipline and brotherhood.

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Cover · Letters to the Wheat Field

Vol. 009 · Bathinda · Nov 2025

Letters to the Wheat Field

A farmer's wife, three seasons, and the quiet economics of waiting for rain.

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Cover · The Tea Stall at Mile 12

Vol. 008 · Amritsar · Oct 2025

The Tea Stall at Mile 12

A roadside dhaba, run by the same family for forty years — and everyone who has ever stopped there.

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Cover · Voices of the Gurdwara Kitchen

Vol. 006 · Patiala · Aug 2025

Voices of the Gurdwara Kitchen

Inside a langar hall at 4 a.m. — the volunteers who show up before the world wakes.

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Cover · A Border Village at Dusk

Vol. 004 · Ferozepur · June 2025

A Border Village at Dusk

Life a few kilometres from the line — how a place learns to hold both fear and ordinary joy.

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