Delhi

Ambulances are the only vehicles allowed to have red siren lights in Delhi. Under the new rule, only emergency vehicles, ambulances, fire engines and police cars can use flashing blue lights.

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bazaar

One would have thought that Hunar Haat would be a venue for traditional Indian arts and crafts. However, these men and women appear to be foreigners.

bazaar

Chor Bazaar sells varied (but massive) amounts of clothes, shoes and much, much more. It has been said that this market is the one spot in the city where one can find anything under the sun.

school · farmland

Sulabh International is an Indian based social service organization which works to promote human rights, environmental sanitation, and non-conventional sources of energy, waste management and social reforms through education.

flowers · village

That brief spring period when Delhi has blue skies and orange bedecked flowering trees! Silk Cotton Tree lined roads of Delhi: Orange juice made alongside spring-time flowering Sehmal A common sight in spring in parks and avenues in India'…

temple

Wall paintings and charts depicting lifestyle of Hindu Gods and Goddesses at Birla Temple or Lakshmi Narayan Temple in Delhi. The Laxminarayan Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Laxminarayan in Delhi, India.

temple · ceremony

Hindu priest pours milk over Shivlinga at Jagannath Temple in New Delhi. Shivalinga is given a special bath with milk, yogurt, honey, sandalwood paste and rose water.

Inside the kitchen of one of the most famous Chole Bhature shop in New Delhi. One plate only costs about Rs. 70. Make sure to reach before 3pm as the shop only serves till then.

bazaar

Eating fresh fruit to relieve the summer heat is normal in Delhi. Street vendors with high peeling and shopping skills work on serving the most plate of fresh mixed fruits to the customers in the queue.

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Who has not salivated over the thought of aloo tikkis in India? Nice fried oily tikkis - good for the belly? Who can live without it? I ask you...

Every year the massive and stately Presidential residence blazes with light at certain official occasions - notably Republic Day and Independence Day.

industry

Workers pack vermicelli in packets at a factory in Delhi. They do not wear gloves or cover their feet. They spread vermicelli on an untidy floor and use their feet and hands to pack vermicelli.

festival · bazaar

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia inaugurates the 30th edition of the Mango Festival at Delhi Haat in Janakpuri.

festival · politics

Smt. Pratibha Prahlad welcomes Param Pujya Swami Parmathmananda, Pujya Swami Chidananda Saraswati Ji, Pujya Swami Srivatsa Goswami ji, His Holiness 12th Chamgon Tai Situpa, Imam Uner Iliyasi, Reverend Vikas Massey and Acharya Mahamandeleshw…

The very sad image of a student trying to scramble up the Aravalli rocks on the Jawaharlal University campus and falling off, only to meet his end.

monsoon

Parts of the national capital received rainfall on early Thursday giving much-needed respite to the people from the humidity. The heavy downpour brought the temperature down by several notches.

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With the entrance shut, all the doors to religious places have been shut during the lockdown period. But this does not mean you should miss out on the historical and religious places of the culturally rich capital city of India.

Things we see each day in Delhi but we don't really see. South Delhi Municipal Corporation employees use paint spray machines to paint the waste containers in green. Stencils in white reading SSIL and SDMC follows.

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While a JCB excavator works along the Ring Road, digging into a ditch and along a drain, traffic gets squeezed into a narrower stretch, thus causing larger jams along the South Delhi stretch of the Ring Road which is already a heavy traffic…

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It looks like the India Gate will vanish into thin air along with the heavy winter smog ahead of Republic Day 2021. A flurry of vehicles past India Gate while Rajpath is restricted for cars for the annual parade.

A Paan shop owner at Connaught Place in New Delhi makes Fire Paan. One can see he puts Gulkand and areca nuts on a betel leaf and he also adds peppermint brass so that it catches fire.