Photographer Indrajit Khambe was stationed for 35 days at the Navare hospital, Kankavli (Sindhudurg district) besides his seven-month pregnant wife who underwent the transcervical amnioinfusion four years ago. But, as he attended to his wife and their five-year-old daughter, he was busy in another chore — moment-to-moment documentation of the would-be mother surrounded by her worried kin. At that point, it was his coping mechanism. Today, the 400 frozen moments titled Chasing the Question Mark are part of his family archive, of which 20 are accessible on his website and social media properties.

These were selected as a print exhibit at the Ariano International Film Festival, Italy, as well as exhibited at the 2015 Indian Photography Festival (digital section) at Hyderabad. Ever since, his tryst with Hyderabad has continued — his fourth and latest photo series, Two Whistling Birds, selected this year. It depicts a month spent with his children, Saee, 8, and Sahir, 3, thriving in the green foliage of Kankavli. "I took a 'vacation' to document a childhood that is possible only in a small hill town with two lush rivers. It was the perfect setting to forget my frustration stemming from my crumbling computer repair business," declares Khambe, 37, who feels photography is the world's most fulfilling source of sustenance.