Meet the 31-year-old who is celebrating 29 days of February, each dedicated to one Indian state

Tuesday March 01, 2016 , 2 min Read

Jubanashwa Mishra is celebrating the 29 days of February, with each day dedicated to a state of India. Amidst times when the ideas of nationalism, dissent, and diversity are ferociously debated, Jubanashwa is running a national integration month on Instagram, posting photos from the 29 states of India that he has travelled and explored. Under the campaign #Feb29Days29States, Jubanashwa is planning to showcase the real spirit of India which is unity in diversity.

yourstory-jubanashwa-mishra — Image: (L)- Instagram; (R)- Jubanashwa Mishra

The photos reflect his thoughts too. While Sikkim represents Buddha, West Bengal represents the life of sculptors who work day and night to create the idols of goddess Durga. Manipur represents a child carrying a toddler on his back, while Uttar Pradesh is represented by Varanasi’s inextinguishable cemetery.

Earlier in 2013, Jubanashwa had undertaken a campaign called ’28 jobs 28 weeks 28 states’, under which he toured the country, took up different jobs, and captured his experiences using his camera. The jobs he took up included that of a cleaner in Himachal Pradesh, a rafting trainee in Jammu & Kashmir, a movie marketing trainee in Mumbai, a tattoo maker in Goa, among others.

Follow Jubanashwa on Instagram here. Below are a few of his photographs which fascinated us.