He is pure genius when his eye is behind the camera. His clientele list includes BPL, Canon, Citibank, Compaq, Epson, Ford, ITC, Kodak, Mercedes Benz, MRF, National, Parrys, Pepsi and Ray Ban. He is one of the top photographers in the country. He has won International Gold for two of his photographs at CAPI Awards 1998, California, USA. And yet he is down to earth and very unassuming. Meet one of Chennai's best photographers - Sharad Haksar.

Sharad is born and brought up in Chennai. He worked in Bangalore with Iqbal Mohammed for 2 years before starting on his own. He is mainly interested in Fashion and Advertising Photography, but loves photography of any kind.

He was always interested in photography and has attended several workshops abroad where he has learnt a lot. His rise has been meteoric. He feels that photography has become very technical these days and every budding photographer must work really hard. As a final word he says that the day you feel you are the best, you will go down.

Indeed, humility personified!

For more details contact:
Sharad Haksar,
Eye-Light, 262, 1st Floor, Lloyds Road, Chennai-600 086.
Phone: +91-(44) 823 4898, 821 3971
Fax: +91 44 822 7604
Email: sharad@eye-light.com

When Kasturi Ranga Iyengar, a lawyer who hailed from the village of Kumbakonam, bought 'The Hindu' in April, 1905, its circulation was down to around 800 copies. He was without any experience in Journalism and his friends tried to dissuade him from going ahead.

When he died in December, 1923, he left the newspaper with a circulation of 17,000 and more importantly, with the advertising revenues that made it viable.

He installed the first Rotary printing press in Chennai, kick-starting a tradition of technological innovation that 'The Hindu' still follows today. A champion of the freedom of the Press, Kasturi Ranga Iyengar established 'The Hindu' as THE voice of the people. He also helped sharpen its newsgathering approach, increase coverage and improve distribution. Much of his hard-hitting journalistic style now seems uncharacteristic of 'The Hindu' today, but it was his drive that made 'The Hindu' a benchmark for the nation. Today, the paper has a circulation of over 7,00,000 copies and a readership of over 3 million.

Ill-health and slowness of speech reinforced his natural reticence. But the strength of his work made him one of the most admired Editors of his time.

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