{"product_id":"3ah5w89nyrcm","title":"Rain Dogs by Rohit Chawla [Hardcover]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 2021, while everyone was shutting their doors to the outside world in a hope to escape the pandemic, the renowned photographer Rohit Chawla sought refuge under the monsoon skies of Goa. Except for a few stray dogs, the beaches were deserted.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRohit had been photographing people for forty years and travelling was the only constant he knew. This experience of being completely alone was a new sensation altogether. For as far as he could see, there were only the vast empty beaches, with not a soul in sight, and the lapping sea waves. And the dogs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs he walked along the beach, the stray dogs followed him, hoping perhaps for food, or even human company - the tourists had all fled, and the beaches were no longer a moveable feast of leftovers. The dogs had been largely forgotten.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe began to photograph them, finding in them a mirror, a frame for his own vulnerability. He often wondered whether the dogs were also able to sense that he needed help as much as they did.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThree years later, Rohit looked at the images and found, somewhat to his surprise, that they told a story.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd so it was that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRain Dogs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e came to be: as an exhibition and as a book, with contributions from some thirty writers complementing Rohit's very personal photographs that capture a time, a place, and a mood.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRain Dogs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a book to which the writers have contributed for free, and the author and the agent have waived their royalties, which will all go to registered animal welfare charities.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48329437905146,"sku":"3AH5W89NYRCM","price":1355.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/0473\/5226\/files\/3AH5W89NYRCM_1.jpg?v=1747227950","url":"https:\/\/versoz.co.in\/products\/3ah5w89nyrcm","provider":"VERSOZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}