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Rakesh Nair

About the Photographer

A photojournalist by profession, Rakesh Nair has been working with India's leading English-language daily, The Times of India, for the past nine years. He fell in love with photography during his journalism college days and has been loyal to his passion ever since. He has covered various events ranging from natural disasters to arts and culture.

My Entry

REST IN PEACE: Workers in the health wing of the Thiruvananthapuram city corporation are performing the last rituals as per Indian Hindu tradition, before cremating the remains of a man who died of COVID-19. Ideally such rituals are performed by the family of the deceased, but as the COVID protocol does not allow the family to attend the cremation, the task is undertaken by the health officials.