Delhi

street food

An array of skewers with juicy paneer and chicken tikkas on them, as well as large chunks of Tandoori chicken, ready to be taken off the grill and served up to clients at a dhaba restaurant in north India.

In the bustling lanes of Purani Dilli, near Jama Masjid, people savour the famous Shahi Tukda, a rich Mughlai dessert soaked in rabri and fragrant with saffron.

Jet Airways operates Boeing 777-300ER aircraft on the Delhi - Hong Kong sector, as flight code 9W 78. This is a view of the Premiere of Business class seating with 100% lie flat beds within the cabin.

Delhiites are seen enjoying the Tourism festival which showcases art and culture from all around the nation under one roof at Paryatan Parv in New Delhi.

river

In Delhi's Taimur Nagar, the canal has run dry as there is SO MUCH plastic choking it up. The open drain doesn't even flow now. This is truly urban dystopia in the New Delhi, where Corona is just one corner of the whole picture.

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As one passes Gurdwara Motibagh Sahib of the Sikhs in Delhi, the traffic volumes have picked up once more, despite the lockdown in Delhi. The new over-pass for the Delhi Metro Rail Corp.

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A beggar sits along the road near the IIT crossing. More vendors, beggars and hijras approach cars for help or sales. Traffic has picked up after the lockdown, but face masks are now de rigeur for bikers and pedestrians.

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Traffic seems to have got back to normal with the partial relaxation of the Corona lockdown in New Delhi. This busy stretch of Ringroad outside AIIMS Hospital even when Covid positive cases are rising.

festival

Ansal Plaza may have been forgotten, in the face of newer malls making it onto the pre Corona Delhi scene, but it remains a great location with a nice amphitheater and clean neat retail and dining setting.

architecture

A virtual tour of the NCT area of New Delhi filmed in the 1990's. The headquarters of the CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation), quarters of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police.

bazaar · music

The India Gate is closed to public viewing in the wake of the Corona outbreak but the streets outside the landmark in the capital city are bustling with activities in the evening.

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A lively nighttime street scene unfolds in the bustling commercial district of Paharganj Market in New Delhi.

A group of young street children is filmed savouring food distributed by Hindu devotees on the occasion of Navratri Bhandara near Safdarjung Hospital.

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Volunteers are seen with placards in front of vehicles stopping at red lights in traffic intersections.

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Weeks of total shut down in the National Capital and all over India to control the spread of Coronavirus had put life on hold for a while but now Delhi is slowly going back to normalcy if it is.

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After a year of the Corona Pandemic's first arrival in India and the months of lockdown, the National Capital is getting ready to welcome spring in full bloom. Municipal Corporation of Delhi is getting back to beautifying South Delhi.

bazaar

South Delhi's Sarojini Nagar is a destination for cheap fashionable clothing for many in the city. This is one of the largest flea markets and is the it destination if one is looking for cheap knock-off fashion accessories.

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Imagine this wild antelope living in the big city of New Delhi! She flicks off the flies, licks her paws and just stands around in the heat, as traffic goes by on a busy road behind her.

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Connaught Circus / Place or just CP market and traffic after a spell of rain in Delhi. See some recent and many older icons including Farzi Cafe, QBA, Puma, Levi's, Berco's, Gopal Das Bhawan Building, Statesman House building, Mehta Jewels,…

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Aerial journey of capital city of India Delhi. One can see buildings of AIIMS , Safdarjung hospital, Vardaman Mahavir medical college, Trauma Centre and some newly constructed township. Traffic on the Ring Road can also be seen.

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Driving from Katwaria Sarai to the Adhchini tiraha is a nightmare in the rains... Chocolate milk shake spills over onto the roads, as a pump drains out water rather ineffectively from the road itself.

hills

The Presidential palace of Rashtrapati Bhavan sits atop Raisina Hill n New Delhi. Raisina Hill is a small Delhi Ridge Aravalli range promontary, flanked by South and North blocks which house defence and government offices in Delhi.

Women and men of Delhi alight from the Sarojini Nagar Metro Station and enter the market to shop for cheap clothes. They mostly follow Covid mask protocol and wear masks, even as markets are crowded once more!