'A God in Exile' review: Raghu Rai captures the many moods of Dalai Lama

Introductory section concludes with a picture of Jawaharlal Nehru with a young Dalai Lama at Teen Murti House in 1964 just before Nehru died

Raghu Rai is one of India’s most accomplished photographers, commended by no less a person than the legendary French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson. His collection of photographs of His Holiness the Dalai Lama since their first encounter in 1975 is a priceless pictorial record of the life and times of the Tibetan spiritual leader. The photographs are in black-and-white and somehow appear much more arresting than colour images would have been. They capture the many moods of an extraordinary human being, sometimes revelling in child-like laughter, sometimes deep in meditative reflection. There are images that convey his empathy with those afflicted