Dehradun, Jan. 27 -- In an Afghan Marketplace

All Around the World with the Most Travelled Indian

I was just 5 years old when the National Geographic magazine released their report on the plight of Afghan women in the mid-1980s during the country's turbulent war phase. That particular article has stood the test of time thanks to the haunting image taken by Steve McCurry of a 12 year old Afghan girl on their yellow bordered cover. Her name is Sharbat Gula and her blank stare into the lens (at a refugee camp) was unnerving to say the least. That picture of the pain in her eyes spoke a thousand words indeed (pardon me for twisting the classic phrase). Steve McCurry was able to tell the sad tale of her life and his one 'still' has been able...