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SHUNYA, a labor of love and lunacy, dates from Feb 2000. It hosts photos by Namit Arora, and articles by him, Usha Alexander, and vp (discover what Shunya means; praise for Shunya).

NAMIT ARORA, the founder of Shunya, was raised in India in the cow-belt city of Gwalior, famous for its imposing fort and the first epigraphic evidence of zero. His training at the Indian Institute of Technology in Bengal led him to Louisiana for graduate school, precipitating his great escape to the San Francisco Bay Area. Since then he has worked with Internet technologies at three failed startups and three big corporations. At least his profession has afforded him opportunities to live, work, or play in scores of countries. During a two-year break, he traveled all over India and created an extensive photojournal. Namit's writing has appeared in various online and dead-tree publications. A frequent contributor to Himal magazine, he also writes a monthly column for 3 Quarks Daily, and has recently finished his first novel. Contact him for enquiries or comment (email, blog, his favorite books).

 

Licensing and Copyright

Namit's photos have been licensed by individuals, businesses, NGOs, academia, museums, etc. If you too wish to use one or more of his copyrighted photos, please email to negotiate a sensible fee, file format, and resolution (images on this website are about 50% the quality and 30% the size of the original). The license fee depends on your means and ends, and is usually in the USD 30-300 range (volume discounts available; exclusive rights possible) — progressive non-profits (e.g., Amnesty, ACLU, ICRC, MSF, UNICEF) can get their licenses for free. Please always inquire before copying (fair use exception).

 
Licenses for most photos
on Shunya can be
purchased online.

 
     
 

Selected Licensee Organizations

 


Media, Entertainment, & Publishing:

Penguin, India

Forbes Asia, USA

McGraw-Hill, USA

Sunday Times, UK

Harper Collins, UK

Abbeville Press, USA

Royal Opera House, UK

Octurn Jazz Band, Belgium

BBC Science and History, UK

PBS, Nova ScienceNow!, USA

The Wall Street Journal, USA

Learning Media Ltd, New Zealand

Grupo de Integracion Digital, Mexico

Les Productions du Phare-Est, Canada

Mudra Communications Pvt Ltd, India

The Wall Street Journal, Hong Kong

Bharati Bhawan Publishers, India

New York, I Love You, LLC, USA

Twelve - Hachette Book Group

The Teaching Company, USA

The Trikone Magazine, USA

Upasana Advantage, India

Silkworm Books, Thailand

Outlook Traveller, India

Pearson Education, USA

Conexión Cubana, Spain

Cengage Learning, USA

Orient Longman, India

Westview Press, USA

Marg Magazine, India

Haworth Press, USA

Insight Press, USA

Frog Books, India

Routledge, USA

Dentsu, India

 

Museums:

The Detroit Institute of Arts, USA

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA

The Herbert Museum and Art Gallery, UK

Museu de Arqueologia e Ethologia, Brazil

International Museum of Women, USA

Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore

Museum of the African Diaspora, USA

McManus Galleries and Museum, UK

Museum of Cultural History, Norway

Museumtijdschrift, Netherlands

Kunstraum Hamburg, Germany

Walker Art Center, USA

At-Bristol, UK

 

Academic Institutes:

IIT Kanpur, India

UCSD and UCLA, USA

University of Kansas, USA

University of Houston, USA

University of Cambridge, UK

Concordia University, Canada

ScALA, Unitec, New Zealand

Harvard Kennedy School, USA

University of Guelph, Canada

San Jose State University, USA

University of Hamburg, Germany

Royal Tropical Institute, Holland

Danish House of History, Denmark

Erik Dahlbergsgymnasiet, Sweden

University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Mongolian National University, Mongolia

Australian National University, Australia

NASA Goddard Institute of Space Studies, USA

International Iron and Steel Institute, Belgium

The University of West Indies, Trinidad & Tobago

International Center for Research on Women, USA

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK

Genetic Engineering and Biotech Research Institute, Egypt

 

NGO:

LOKK, Denmark

Unifont.org, USA

The Himalayan Institute, USA

Beauty Without Cruelty, India

Social-Impact International, India

Self Employed Women's Association, India

Democratic Communications Center, USA

 

Government:

UNESCO, France

Delhi Police, India

State of Wyoming, USA

US Census Bureau, USA

Nouvelles de l'Inde, France

Wildlife Institute of India, India

National Library Board, Singapore

UN Environment Programme, Kenya

United Nations Association of the USA

Department of Work and Pensions, UK

World Health Organization, Switzerland

 

Other Businesses:

Canon, India

OBOS, Norway

Danfoss, Denmark

AB Lindex, Sweden

InvestmentNews, USA

Le Voyage Travel, USA

MakeMyTrip.com, India

Eastman Voyages, India

Airport Express, Norway

IdiscoverIndia.com, India

QA International, Canada

Cosmetic Surgery.com, USA

Controls & Switchgear, India

Iowa Soybean Association, USA

ICICI Lombard Insurance, India

 

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"Shunya" means "zero" as well as a metaphysical "void". Zero and our decimal system arose in India some 1500 years ago, reaching the West via the Arabs and so came to be called Arabic Numerals. The city of Gwalior, in its Bhojadeva inscriptions, has the earliest known epigraphic evidence of zero in India. So for all practical purposes, Gwalior may be regarded as the birthplace of zero. It also happens to be the city where Namit was raised and he surely stands to gain a measure of pride from this association. :-)



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