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Radha Rangarajan

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Karwar, Karnataka, India

Fading Rays

The image brings into focus the harsh realities of the fishing industry, which are often brushed under the carpet by its consumers. When fishers sort out their catch, the non-edible species are discarded on land, dead or alive. The Eagle Ray in the image will fetch its captors a few thousand rupees, but if the catch is a female ray, its gut is ripped open, and the unborn fish are disposed of as waste.

Radha Rangarajan

Radha Rangarajan is usually found lost in either a forest or a book. A photographer, Radha dabbles in filmmaking, art, and writing. She is the Editor at Nature inFocus and also curates and edits stories for JLR Explore. She's a natural history buff and is partial to elephants, fungi, owls, and trees. Radha has written and guest-edited over fifteen picture books for children, all of which have been published by Pratham Books, and has co-authored a non-fiction book on Indian environmental heroes, published by Duckbill-Penguin.

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