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| The torch of a fisherman weaves a pattern as he fishes at the mouth of River Rushikulya in Orissa |
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| An olive ridley turtle waddles into the ocean after laying eggs on the beach near the mouth of River Rushikulya |
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| Wet sand sticks to the beak of an olive ridley turtle making its way towards the sea |
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| A pair of olive ridleys make their way to the sea |
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| An olive ridley returns to sea |
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| Dogs raid the nest of an olive ridley |
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| A stands near a broken turtle egg |
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| Dog near damaged turtle egg |
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| Exhaustion is writ large on the face of an olive ridley as it takes a break before pulling itself up on to the beach. She is a latecomer and her nest is likely to be more vulnerable to destruction. |
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| An olive ridley rests on sand wet by waves |
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| An olive ridley turtle scans the beach for a good spot to lay her eggs |
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| An olive ridley surveys the photographer before taking her next step |
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| The long march |
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| Blending with patterns |
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| Admiring the pattern? |
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| One more step |
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| One more step |
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| Up close |
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| Breathing hard |
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| Closer to a nest |
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| A little late, perhaps |
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| Flotsam |
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| Nest raider |
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| Busy nesting |
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| Patting down |
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| Quick look around |
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| Sand dive |
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| Laying eggs |
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| Fallen generation |
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| Return to mother |
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| Obstacles abound |
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| The great leveller's work |
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| That was quicksand |
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| Signature on nature's attendance ledger |
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| Marauder |
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| Scavenger's flight |
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| Shell |
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| Into the depths |
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| More olive ridleys return to sea as the sun rises |
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| Final look before return |
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| Work done |
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| No looking back |
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| Touching distance |
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| Sand crusted |
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| Final dash |
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| In dangerous company |
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| This local informed me that they left the bigger olive ridleys alone but added that the hatchlings were good to produce oil and as food. He said the oil was good for the joints. |
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| The sun peeps weakly through February morning mist |
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| Washing away tracks |
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| A find on the beach |
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| Crashlanded spacecraft? |
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| Breakfast |
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| Shining red |
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| On the job |
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| Morning meeting, strategising |
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| Ready for action |
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| In the middle of action |
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| The net is cast |
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| Signs of distress |
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| Long walk back |
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| Long walk back |
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| Recycling under way |
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| Off mortal coil |
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| Call for support |
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| Hope prevails |
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| Another opportunity awaited |
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| Biding time |
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| Set for action |
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| Snack |
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| All set |
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| Ready to cast |
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| Another round |
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| Catching the shine |
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| All the same in death |
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| Feast |
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| Feeding time |
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| Who will bell the plastics cat. Here a bell shaped piece of a plastic can has been strung from a pine bough on Rushikulya beach about 180 km from Bhubaneswar in Orissa. More plastic refuse is strewn across the beach, which is one of the few rookeries of the olive ridley turtle. |
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| A family enjoys an outing on Rushikulya beach |
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| In harmony with nature |
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| Delible prints |
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| The plastic footprint along Rushikulya beach is not as easily as these prints along the wave washed beach. |
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| Prints on the beach |
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| Golden pattern |
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| Indelible print |
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| Salesman's rush |
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| Garbage trail |
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| Garbage trail |
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| It is everywhere |
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| Foiled chance |
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| Hope's patterns |
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| Unkempt |
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| Eating out |
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| Prickly issue |
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| Rush to ruin |
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| Who gives a . . . |
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| Miles to go |
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| Wave headed for the sea |
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| Crushing advance |
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| Shattered possibilities |
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| Potential wasted |
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