Does Raghu Rai drink alcohol?: Yes.He was born in Jhang (now in Pakistan) and was the youngest of his 3 siblings. After completing his Civil Engineering, he started his career as an engineer in New Delhi. Due to the lack of interest in this field, he worked there for just one year and then left the job.In 1962, he started learning photography from his elder brother Sharampal Chowdhry, better known as S Paul, and began his journey as a photographer in 1965 at the age of 23.In 1966, he became a part of The Statesman (a New Delhi publication), West Bengal. He worked there as a Chief Photographer for almost 10 years and left the newspaper in 1976.After getting impressed by his exhibition at Gallery Delpire (held in Paris), the renowned photographer Henri Cartier Bresson announced his name to join Magnum Photos in 1977.In 1972, he was honoured with the Padma Shri for the work he produced on Bangladesh refugees, the war and the surrender.In 1977, he joined Sunday (a weekly news magazine published from Calcutta) as a Picture Editor and worked there for 3 years.In 1980, he left Sunday and started working with India Today as Visualizer/Picture Editor/Photographer during its formative years.Then, he worked on special designs and issues, contributing photo essays on political, cultural, and social themes of the decade from 1982 to 1991. His picture essays have featured in the worlds leading newspapers and magazines such as Life, Time, Le Monde, Newsweek, Vogue, GEO, Die Welt, The Independent, and more. Here are Raghu Rais 5 most iconic photographs:.In 1984, he was the person who covered the worst industrial disaster in Bhopal, India, i.e. Bhopal Gas Tragedy. Picture taken by Raghu Rai during Bhopal Tragedy.