It is just not the photography she is passionate about, it is nature that attracts her, and she feels one with it.
Born into a lower middle class family in 1979, Vasudha which means “the Earth” was an eternal dreamer growing up. Her interests lay in finding the meaning of her existence on this planet and the purpose she was here for, this in her own words would be “The Journey into simple existence”.
Her true calling came in the year 2007, at Calcutta while watching a documentary about the clouded leopards, not even knowing such a species ever existed, she started researching about them and found that the leopards were soon going to be extinct and only twenty of them existed. These findings deeply hurt Vasudha and triggered those unanswered questions about her existence and her purpose in life.
Her soul began to question the mind and her thoughts went berserk looking for answers. She travelled across the country, first to Kaziranga where according to her; found the new her who she fell in love with. Her journey to Manas, gave her a purpose and the very purpose has brought her to Nilgiris where she resides and pursues her passion, Wild Life photography.
Her work and achievements have been recognised by publications like Planet Earth, India and DNA. I was a journalist once and I am amazed by the coverage her work gets without any PR. To learn, She is the only woman wild life photographer living in the jungles and pursuing her passion gives me an immense sense of pride to have known her.
She is so cut off from the world we live in… yet she is sought out... For people want to know…her story…
