P Mustafa(b.1953, Kozhikode) began his photojournalism career in 1983 with Kerala Kaumudi, a state daily newspaper. He worked in Malayala Manorama, Delhi edition from 1991 to 97, which he considers as a turning point in his life. While ’80s was an era of failed reforms, riots, mob violence, assassinations etc, the ’90s was perhaps a happening and vivid years for the Indians. It was a rollercoaster decade for Indian politics, with at least five Prime Ministers swearing-in to the office, implementation of controversial reports, demolition of Babri-Masjid and so on. This was a time when a political event would not begin without a press photographer. The selection of images from Mustafa’s collection in this book attempts a satirical recap of this political episode. In twenty eight years of office life, Mustafa has photographed a lot of eminent personalities in politics, sports and arts. The self-taught photographer’s visual language resembles that of the decisive moment photography. Unlike in photojournalistic reporting, Mustafa was keen to capture spontaneous gestures of the people and uniquely fleeting perspectives of the events he witnessed.