Delhi

river · ceremony

Masks are worn aplenty, as relatives are seen off during the Delta variant onslaught on India. How Delhi sees off its citizens on their last journeys. Notice how everyone is wearing masks in a scrupulous fashion.

farmland

Meet Riki, Tiki, Tawi and Ravi, our wildfilmsindia family of baby mongoose in Delhi! As this mongoose pup stands on sharp rocks near her den, she lifts her tail high to show her anus, and this scrapes her anus on the rock below.

A pair of rambunctious bratty Mongoose pups wrestle each other to learn combat training, next to their den in a jasmine shrub at the Wilderness Orchard in Delhi.

birds · wildlife

These Mynas took charge of this hollow log nesthole that we created on a Ber or Zizyphus tree in Delhi. Common Mynas are observed taking over nest built by other birds in tree hollows and boxes.

birds · wildlife

By nesting in hollow tree trunk cavities, these Common Myna birds keep their wildness intact, despite being urban Indian birds! In this Moti Bagh park in South Delhi, a pair of Common Myna or Acridotheres tristis tristis have chosen to nest…

birds · forest

What stunning and contrasting colours as a male Purple Sunbird (Nectarania asiatica) in breeding plumage visits a Flame of the Forest, Palash or dhak tree (Butea frondosa now monosperma) at the Wilderness Orchard in Delhi, during the spring…

wildlife · birds

A Hariyal or Yellow-footed Green Pigeon (Treron phoenicoptera) is spotted sitting on a Banyan tree with its beak wide open. This must be to control its internal body temperature in the Delhi heat.

wildlife · birds

This Waterhen tends to her eggs in isolation within a shrub next to our Delhi wetlands. See the little fur-ball chick among its egg peers, as it was the first to hatch.

birds · farmland

Throwing chips of wood out of the nest hole is this Katphora as it goes in to excavate and then regularly comes out to eject the wooden chips it is pecking out inside the cavity This Katphora or Golden-backed Woodpecker (now known as the Le…

highway · ceremony

In a breakthrough, our Grey Hornbill couple seems to have won the battle of occupancy at this tree trunk near a busy traffic intersection at Saket in south Delhi.

wildlife · birds

We spotted this Spotted Munia in our Delhi garden one monsoon day this week, as a surprise. They don't normally venture our way, but the monsoon weather and tall grasses have undoubtedly made it attractive for them to visit us now...

birds

Hiccuping strangely and as per habit, this Kilkili or White-breasted Kingfisher sits on a siris tree in Delhi's summer heat, beak open to cool itself! Brightly coloured and bold as well and not scared of frequenting human habitats is this K…

music

In the film 1920, I have a lovely item song which was shot in Paranthe wali gale in Delhi. I love the song that Shubha Mudgal has sung. Adnan Sami has done the music.

Abhay Doel: "The film's name is Ahista Ahista and it's a Delhi-based film. My character's name is Ankush. In one scene, I forgot my own name. I keep forgetting my name Ankush. It's the story of a lower middle class character.

After filming on the sets of her film 'Jodha Akbar', actress Aishwarya Rai can't stop the flow of her praise for art director Nitin Desai and his work.

highway · music

A bansuri wallah plays a flute on a road-side, almost drowned out by traffic noises, while wearing his mask on his chin. A bystander sort of looks at him nonchalantly.

fort · industry

Jama Masjid's turrets and spires stand out in Old Delhi landscape as Indians mill around the Chandni Chowk - Red Fort area. Jama Masjid is one of the largest mosques in Asia.

music · railway

The Art of Living hosted 'Brahm Naad', where 1,200 sitarists performed together on one platform, in a first-of-its-kind concert in Delhi, India.

On the first day of Diwali festive season, people buy utensils as it is considered auspicious according to the Hindu religion.

birds · wildlife

A green parakeet, likely a Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri), uses a natural cavity in a mature tree as a nesting site.

politics · school

Students speak out at the CJP protests at Jantar Mantar on 25 July 2026: My younger brother and NEET: "We want the resignation of Modi, the man standing behind Dharmendra Pradhan." A carnival-like atmosphere pervades the air, even as a plac…

monsoon · highway

Delhi goes under again! Rain waterlogging at Rajpur Khurd in Chhatarpur: When will we ever learn and prepare for the monsoons? Cars break down, sewage admixes with rain water, ambulances get stuck in the jam.