Artist oochappan's hometown is Lokeren, Belgium. However, he considers Tamilnadu his second homeland. In his own words -
"Did you ever had that feeling that you went to a total strange place and you felt yourself straight away at home, rediscovering your sleeping alter ego magically awakened by people and their way of living ? That place is called Tamil Nadu that I visited first in 1987 and from since I go back there every year, the first three months of the year. I started to learn the Tamil language to discover the essence of this beautiful culture. In 1994 I met Ochappan, a poor Tamil tricyle-man. He inspired me to use the derived name oochappan to spot his world out with wondering eyes. - oochappan"
For more poignant pictures of India's elderly and to learn more about the artist, please visit his webpage.
Ankur Ahuja, a freelance cinematographer, accompanied her mother to an early morning yoga class.
