Life in a metro: This photo series on Mumbai local is the best thing you will see today

A photojournalist documents the lives and experiences of women travelling in Mumbai Local and her photographs have a story to tell

Anushree Fadnavis, a photojournalist in Mumbai working with Indus Images, has an awesome Instagram account, and her brilliant photographs will make your day.With her photographs, she has tried to document the experiences of people, especially women, on public transport, their day-to-day camaraderie, struggles, happiness and almost every emotion that you could think of.

Most of her photographs have descriptions and Anushree makes sure that she knows her subject well and give a human touch to the photograph and not be mechanical about it. For instance, in one of the photographs, one of the friends Shruti, can be seen wiping the tears of her friend, Rupali. Not just that, Anushree makes sure to give you a background of what exactly happened before that. See pictures below:

Rupali wipes her friend, Shruti ‘s eyes when she broke down emotionally in the ladies compartment of the Mumbai local train. Rupali had a verbal fight with another lady commuter . It was almost a war of words where both were not ready to let go but Shruti intervened and convinced Rupali to back down. Rupali told me that Shruti never ever gets into a fight and she’s calm as a person. Shruti got emotional and broke down after the fight stopped. I could understand why she cried . It’s just that sometimes all that some people want is harmony in life and when some people try to upset it you can’t take it. I am not saying that’s the reason why she cried but sometimes it’s okay to cry and just let go off all the frustration. I have cried too sitting in the corner of the train . And found solace in the strangers around me. Sometimes you will find peace in letting go. #traindiaries

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Some of them are funny . Here, a young boy, travelling with his mother and sister, tries to hide his face with his jacket, because he is travelling in the ladies compartment:

 

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Nishu, a transgender, poses for a picture in the ladies compartment of the Mumbai local train #traindiaries

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Women pass around paper plates filled with food in the ladies compartment of the Mumbai local train. If there is any birthday, like in this situation it was the birthday of one of the members’ daughter, or any other festival, ladies in the compartment don’t spare any effort to celebrate that particular occasion. And they do it so lovingly and also invite the other women around them. I have also been invited in celebrations so many times. I am sure most of the other ladies also must have experienced the same. And if you think it is one woman’s responsibility to organize these then no. Women take it upon themselves, they plan and decide the budget and share. I have been welcomed so lovingly in some groups and sometimes I feel like I am a part of them. While some women want to sleep and want silence in the train . They crib of such women in groups . But there is something about these groups that I love .Sometimes it is this sense of belonging, companionship that draw these women together, . Also the love , the care and the crazy fun that they have. #traindiaries #mumbaidiaries

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