Best friends holding hands! This photojournalist explores the beauty behind an Indian tradition of male friendship.
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00:00All different age groups hold hands, father and sons hold hands, friends hold hands. It's
00:19just really lovely, beautiful, you know, human connection that, you know, men in India do,
00:23which is, you know, a bit of contrast to Western society where we don't really show any of
00:29the affection towards our friends, you know, men.
00:47After taking the shot, I'd say to them, you know, why do you hold hands? And they'd look
00:50at me like I was silly, saying like, we're best friends, you know, why wouldn't we hold
00:54hands, which is lovely.
01:14It's quite interesting that it happens in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, but then as
01:18you come towards, you know, the Western societies, it seems to stop. I was kind of like just
01:24putting the whole thing on a mirror to the Western society as well, saying, look what
01:27we've lost.
01:28The middle classes, they don't hold hands so much anymore, maybe because they're looking
01:41towards the West maybe a bit more, I don't really know. I'm still exploring the whole
01:45phenomenon really.
01:56It's sad that we don't do it in Western society. Maybe the project can help free up some ideas
02:01about all that.