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The Light of Happiness

This Photograph was taken at a seaside village located in West Bengal India. This village mainly comprises of fishermen community. Durga, name of the little girl in the Photograph is one of the many children of the village, her parents and grandparents both work as fishermen and they deal in dried fishes as an occupation. Durga's home doesn't have electricity and as the sun goes down her grandfather lights this little oil lamp everyday, it's the time when the little girl is the happiest, as her grandfather in the Photograph hands over the lamp to her her joy of seeing the light amidst pitch darkness is itself a touching moment, that is when I took the Photograph to freeze the moment of happiness between a grandfather and his granddaughter.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 11.2021
Date Uploaded: 11.2021
Photo Location: KOLKATA, India
Camera: ILCE-7M3
Copyright: © Debalina Bhatta