A trained cop who has also been awarded by the Prime Minister with the Union home ministry's pistol, Nishant Tiwary has the mandate to shoot criminals, if need be. This 2005-batch IPS officer is also into the shooting of another sort and so skilfully that his snapshots caught the fancy of many who mattered, including a prominent publishing house which has compiled the photographs into a book, and chief minister Nitish Kumar who has penned its foreword.

'Celebrating Bihar: The Charm of Champaran' is a photo feature focusing on Champaran where Tiwary has been posted as the SP of West Champaran for over two years. "I am struck by the incredible diversity of the photographs ..." writes ace lensman and filmmaker Adrian Fisk about the book which has sections on nature, history, art and culture and infrastructure.

There are frames that have captured the wild wonder called Valmiki Tiger Reserve and the beatific beauty of Bhikhna Thori. Pictures of rivulets forming circular confluence are mesmerizing. So are the photographs celebrating the green grandeur of Gaunaha, hailed by locals as God's own green paradise.

There are also snaps of the world's tallest Buddhist stupa at Kesariya, the Ashokan pillars at Lauriya Nandangarh and Rampurva, the regal remains of Bettiah raj, the Christian institutions and the ever-smiling Tharu tribals. The book also seeks to tell the story of development scripted during the 'sushasan' of CM Kumar through the panoramic portrayal of the roads, the Gandak barrage and canals and the sugar industry.

Bihar education and art and culture departments' principal secretary Anjani Kumar Singh introduces the book as "a must-see for everyone who wants to feel the real earthen essence" of the state. CM Kumar is equally generous in his praise. The dictum, a picture tells a thousand words, holds good through the pages of this book, he writes. The admirers of Tiwary, the photographer, include the Dalai Lama who himself is known for his fondness for photography and photographs.

While Tiwary's hobby has earned him pats from the public for the first time, this state topper of Class X examination of Bihar School Examination Board in 1995 earlier earned many awards, including the one for being the best probationer of his batch and the Election Commission of India's Zonal Award for Best Electoral Practices. An alumnus of the famous Netarhat school, the 32-year-old son of the soil worked as a software engineer in India and the US before donning the khaki.

Source: http://m.timesofindia.com/city/patna/IPS-Nishant-Tiwary-shoots-his-way-to-fame/articleshow/12355870.cms

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