Delhi

Most of the shops in Delhi are filled up with lights and decoration during the Christmas season.

dance · music

Dancers of Arpeggio Creative Dance and Music Academy perform Mask dance of Sri Lanka during 6th International Dance and Music Festival organise by ICCR in Delhi.

festival · music

Soulmate band performs at the very first edition of “Songs & dances of the North East” festival at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in Delhi.

festival · dance

Young Nihangs performing Gatka dance at a Shoba Yatra in Delhi. An impressive religious procession (Shoba Yatra) is taken out with great enthusiasm and zeal by the Sikh Sangat on the eve of Gurpurab in the Delhi.

street food · festival

One of the major attractions of National Street Food Festival, 2015 was Roller Kulfi at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi.

Priyanka Mazundar from Guwahati (or Mizoram state?) competes to bag the winner title of K Pop in song category during the grand finale at Siri Fort auditorium in Delhi.

music · festival

B's Inside Stuff Crew from Chennai rocking the stage during the Grand Finale of K-Pop Festival 2014 at Siri Fort Auditorium, Delhi.

ceremony · livestock

People offering namaz on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha or Bakrid at Jama Masjid in Delhi. Bakr-id, to be rightly called Id-ul-Azha, is one of the most important Muslim festivals.

bazaar

It is the sweet food of Ramzan, the holy month when Muslims are required to fast till the sunset to cleanse their soul.

ceremony

Eid-ul-Fitr is one of Islam’s most important festivals, celebrated on the first day of Shawwal to mark the end of the month of Ramazan.

festival · flowers

Spirited lads take part in a kushti match during Phool Walon Ki Sair Festival in Mehrauli, Delhi. Phool Walon Ki Sair or "procession of the florists" is an annual celebration by the flowers sellers of Delhi.

architecture · temple

The Alai Darwaza is the main gateway from southern side of the Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque. It was built by the second Khilji Sultan of Delhi, Ala-ud-din Khilji in 1311 AD, who also added a court to the pillared to the eastern side.

festival · politics

Tribals of Tamil Nadu selling Kambu (millet) dosai, millet rice, awal mix and Bamboo rice payasam at Tribal Food Festival in Delhi, India.

monsoon · bus

As if the poor scooterist wasn't already wet, he had the bus splash a wave of water onto him again! cars barely manage through the flooded roads. This is a city that saw US$14 billion in funds for the Commonwealth Games.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama delivers the 3rd Birth Centenary Lecture in honor of former Indian President R. Venkataraman in New Delhi, India, on April 2nd, 2011. (www.dalailama.com)

An exhibition of etchings, lithographs and sketches from the days of the Weimar Republic in Germany opened in the capital this week.

An exhibition of etchings, lithographs and sketches from the days of the Weimar Republic in Germany opened in the capital this week.

ceremony

The Beating the Retreat Ceremony is held in the capital city of Delhi in India. The location of the Beating the Retreat Ceremony in Delhi is at Vijay Chowk or the victory square, with the stately Rashtrapati Bhawan in the background.

crafts

A family of Rajasthani Garhia-lohars lives at Fatehpur Beri in Delhi. They earn their livelihood from pottery and iron products on a roadside stalls. Gadia Lohars are a nomadic community of Rajasthan, India.

river

People bathe in the Yamuna River in New Delhi. An Idol of Sai Baba can be seen on the bank of Yamuna River in New Delhi. One can see the polluted water and the waste at a bank of Yamuna.

A cute Gilheri or Five-striped Palm Squirrel peeks out of its resting place in the tree hollow. While on the lookout it also steps out for food. Watch the squirrel climb down the tree trunk filmed up close.

Deep fried jalebi going through the routine in a large pan, with hot dark oil doing the rounds, and multiple runs, until the oil gets hotter, deeper, thicker and blacker, making the whole concoction all the more polyunsaturated and fatty as…

politics

Yashwant Sinha attends an event, CONSTRO 2000, 1to 4th March in New Delhi. V Suresh, PR Swarup, RR Dhoot... can also be seen in the clip.