The Bangalore Archive
Documenting literature, art, faith, culture and history.
Literature | Books | Culture | Archives from the Art Gallery of Museum
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Select Book Store
A Bookstore in Bangalore, underrated or perhaps unknown in this busy city, Where each one is busy capturing the well known places. When we first met the owner of the shop, he had a calm, composed demeanour and spoke very little. He is the third-generation owner of the bookshop,…
[Photo and Text by Akmal Pasha]
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The Indo-Arabic Archive
An Archive of the preserved manuscripts
[Photo and Text by Akmal Pasha]
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Archives from the Art Gallery of Museum
An archive chronicling the art, history, and cultural memory preserved in Bangalore’s galleries and museums.
[Photo and Text by Akmal Pasha]
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Sadqa-e-Panjatan
The true offering is not the coin placed in another’s hand, but the pride removed from one’s own heart. Charity reaches its highest form when it is free from recognition, expectation, and ego. It is then that the giver realises that nothing truly belongs to them; they are merely…
[Photo and Text by Akmal Pasha]
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The Struggle between Faith & Existence
What does it mean to live? Is it to enjoy? Is it to suffer? Is it to grow? Is it to believe the unseen ? Is it the fear of God? Or the love of God?
[Photo and Text by Akmal Pasha]