Jawarharlal Nehru, Parliament House, New Delhi

On a cold October Delhi morning of 1962, Satyan visits Jawaharlal Nehru’s house to take portraits of Nehru, for TIME magazine. This photograph shows Nehru’s walking towards the dark corridor in the Parliament House with his back towards the camera (the viewer). Light shines through minaret-like ventilators in the background with a suspended fan from the top. Nehru who just had his portraits taken by Satyan, is looking down and holding a note or a paper. A similar photograph was published by Satyan with his article titled ‘Remembering Nehru’ where Satyan elaborates on him capturing Nehru’s ‘decisive moment’ in 1962 when Nehru tried to establish bi-lateral relations between India and the People's Republic of China.

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A portrait oriented photograph of Jawaharlal Nehru dressed in a kurta and the classic Nehru topi walking with his head slightly bent down.