I got a very pleasant surprise last night to find out that one of my photos - "A lifetime" - has won the 2nd place Merit of Excellence award in "Fine Art" category of  the 7th annual Black & White Spider Awards ( http://www.thespiderawards.com/gallery/7th/gallery.php?x=a&cid=107&g=w ). Two other photos - "Solo" and "Blessings" were nominees in the Silhouette and People categories respectively. Considering that there were more than 7000 contestants from around the world, & the judging panels included prestigious institutions like National Geographic, getting the award and nominations is a deeply satisfying moment for me, & gives me motivation to continue to try and improve my photographic skills moving forward. 
Thanks to this awards, I can now display the following winner's button on my site:

And here are the photographs.

Coming soon - One Canvas Different Strokes - an exhibition of fine art photography, at the Galerie Romain Rolland, Alliance Francaise de Delhi, 72 Lodi Estate, New Delhi. It would be great if you could make it to this exhibition, which will be held between 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. from June 17-19, 2011. I am fortunate to be participating in this exhibition along with other photographers under the aegis of  World Photography Partners and Munish Khanna Academy.