A rare pink dawn, its foliage and blooms like a woven textile, stayed in Suren Tikoo’s memory and photo folder. He never saw its like again. Such fleeting scenes, much like moments in our lives that leave lasting memories...

A rosebud, poised to bloom, looked radiant in the balcony, a quiet symbol of promise and potential. In that moment, a thought stirred: just as this tender bud needs care to blossom fully, so too does the youth of our country....

A monsoon sunrise, shrouded in mystery as clouds formed a thin veil around it. Surinder Tikoo captured these moments, a minute apart, and the frames inspired him to express the reality behind sunrise in a poem. ...

Surinder Tikoo captured this pair of beautifully blooming red Gulmohars in front of a hotel gate in Aurangabad. A poetic description of its beauty and importance followed. ...

I take pictures of sun and moon everywhere, especially from my balcony facing east. This shot of a soft moonlit night, clicked 3 years back, had an ethereal feeling which led me to write the poem 'A Moonlit Night'. ...