Delhi

music · festival

Slovakia's traditional instrument Fujara being played by Michal Smetanka at Raasrang World Flute Festival at New Delhi on 23-25th September, 2016.

music · festival

An 18-member jazz band orchestra, X-Band from Kazakhstan. Supported by the government of Kazakhstan, the band aims to popularise jazz in their country.

temple · ceremony

Sree Vinayak temple in Sarojini Nagar in New Delhi. Hindu devotees buy flowers and other offerings to god from the shops outside the temple. A shopkeeper showers water on the flowers to keep them fresh.

Hindu priests chant Mantras while a devotee rings the holy bell at Sree Vinayaka Mandir in Sarojini Nagar in New Delhi. See the priest pours milk over Shiv Linga. The Hindu priests perform Mahashivratri ceremony.

festival · politics

Tribals of Tamil Nadu selling vegetarian biryani, ragi pakodas, onion pakodas and kheer at Tribal food festival in Delhi, India.

street food · village

Chicken Biryani being cooked in a large dekchi pot over a wood fired flame, at a Hauz Khas Village dhaba: Street food in India.

A roadside dhaba is serving delicious lunch in South Extension, New Delhi. Here you can eat tandoori roti with shahi paneer, dal makhani, along with some salad and pickle.

Are these Indian flags made in China, perhaps? That is a sobering thought and a distinct possibility even as the Doklam crisis plays out on the Bhutan - India border!

politics · architecture

The Communist Party of India Central Committee office A. K Gopalan Bhawan at Bhai Vir Singh Marg in New Delhi. Election Commission of India's building in New Delhi.

highway

A view of Raisina Hill, South and North blocks, and the central esplanade before the current constructions and developments changed the Lutyens Delhi landscape forever. See the lit up South and North blocks all lit-up at night.

An aerial glimpse of the Indraprastha Estate and adjoining road in New Delhi. A quick peek of Delhi's landscape and largest indoor stadium, IGI or Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium. Vehicles looking minute when seen from the sky.

festival

Devotees gather and chant the name of Shri Jagannath, Shri Balabhadra, Subhadra Mata, Lord Mahaprabhu. They rejoice in the names of their beloved lord and pray along with the priests. Priests address the crowd in the Oriya language.

bazaar · flowers

This is what goes on behind the flower stalls of Ghazipur Mandi or Phool Mandi in New Delhi. This is Delhi's biggest supply chain of flowers at wholesale rates.

politics

What the Delhi Government calls a complete makeover remains incomplete, in regard to Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib's Memorial, 'Mirza Ghalib ki Haveli' at Ballimaran, Old Delhi.

highway

A quick glimpse of the vehicular movement on the Ring Road in South Delhi. One can spot the building of the Vardhman Mahavir Medical College in the backdrop. The street is as busy as ever.

bazaar · highway

The lively streets of Yusuf Sarai Market in Delhi glow with festive lighting as crowds pour in for seasonal shopping. Decorative lights shimmer above the busy lanes, creating a vibrant evening atmosphere filled with colour and movement.

highway

Road-side Tea seller who writes books in Delhi. Rao is a famous tea seller in Delhi and is a Hindi-language author whose novels are available on Amazon. Lakshman Rao sells 24 Hindi-language titles he has written.

People gather around an Indian street-side soup kitchen or Bhandara as called locally for free food.

People attend the Grub fest year after year to satisfy their cravings. But what better place to cater to your hunger than the grub which offers good food, music and a fashionable crowd.

Even a confident Grey Partridge saunters in to join the grain feast at the Delhi Gold Club while the Peafowl eat and then head up one of the centuries old monuments, even as Jungle Babblers and Five-striped Palm Squirrels continue with the…