So yeah. Some photographs. I shot this assignment in Nagaland, India at the end of last year. It just went to print in June, and I’ve been waiting very patiently to see the spread. I got the chance to work with author Mary Roach, of pop-science classics such as: Stiff, Bonk, Packing for Mars, and this year’s Gulp. She’s such a fantastic writer, and I’ve been a fan of hers for a long time, so getting to meet and travel with her in remote India was just gravy on top of an already amazing assignment.
Nothing I say here could possibly be as entertaining as her article, which is on the world’s hottest chili, the bhut jolokia, or Naga King Chili. So here’s a link: The Gut-Wrenching Science Behind the World’s Hottest Peppers. Read and enjoy. But leave the chilis be.
from swerve of shore 
Nice spread! Reminds me of sitting on the rooftop of my havelli in Jaipur, asking the waiter to make sure I get an Indian curry, not a Western one 🙂 I got an Indian one!
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