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SL Shanth Kumar

SL Shanth Kumar is from Kollam. He's a National Award winning photojournalist professional POY 2019 by Government of India. 
He went to Lourdes High School at Rochester, Minnesota, was a student at Christ College, he lives in Mumbai, Maharashtra and he is a special photojournalist at the Times of India, Mumbai. 

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Exhausted: Face Masked & Barefoot

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The Exodus

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Mumbai: A City Smarting

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Homeward bound…

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Outsiders

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Food

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Homeless

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Claustrophobia

Photojournalist SL Shanth Kumar travels through the slums in Dharavi, documenting people’s homes, which are not more than 100sq. feet built in between small alleyways...

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