Delhi

flowers

Mohammad Shah Sayyid's Tomb at Lodhi / Lodi Gardens in South Delhi, one of the toniest and best kept gardens with architectural monuments dotting its spaces.

architecture

The majestic red brick tower surrounded by the ruins of mosques and other historical relics like the Iron Pillar. Take a tour with us and we bet this is surely a bucket list anytime.

village

The massive Qutub Minar complex offers much more than the Qutub Minar alone. The tombs of Iltutmish and Alauddin Khilji, and the multiple monuments of the Jamali Kamali complex, have so much to offer.

flowers

Flowers of Teak Tree (Tectona grandis) in full bloom on Delhi streets in August. Take a close up look at the flowers of these tropical hardwood trees.

highway · coastline

The NDMC Horticulture department has planted these Cycads along the roads of Delhi, in select round-abouts and along the Ring Road. See the red fruit and seed pods inside the new inflorescence.

architecture · bus

This poor bridge, albeit ancient and supposedly a heritage structure, has been scratched and mutilated by the passage of thousands of buses and trucks over the decades, and the lower part remains heavily damaged, with the upper portion taki…

music · ceremony

A performance of music and song from Indonesia, in New Delhi, during the Food for Thought Fest 2018, organised by the Embassy of Indonesia in India. A very Gamelan-type sound emanates from the group...

ceremony · river

Indian devotees pray to the setting sun while standing in an artificial water body during the Chhath festival at the Indian War Memorial, India Gate lawns, in New Delhi, India.

temple · ceremony

After months of being stuck at home, devotees are stepping to their favouite places of worship like this Shani Dham Temple near Palika Bhawan in Delhi.

bazaar · street food

It is heartwarming that people have such positivity in life to step out and enjoy street food at a local vendor but it is also alarming with hundreds cramped in a small space like this scene at Sarojini Market in the middle of a global pand…

bazaar · snow

To hell with the mutant strains of Covid19, as people head out to Sarojini Nagar market to chow on ice creams and fresh fruit juice, in the open. The summer heat of picking up and this February was the warmest in Delhi in the past 15 years!

street food · bazaar

Kachoris are delicious with her dals and other ingredients, but the frying and oils make them rather heavy and unhealthy too. Khasta Kachori being fried and sold at Hunar haat.

highway · street food

Alu Tikki with dahi or curd and saunth made of imli or tamarind sauce being made on a Delhi road-side - yummy street food, even if unhealthy fried in polyunsaturated fats - who cares? Some do.

school

Art exhibition by the students of National Institute of Design at India Habitat Centre in New Delhi. A student of National Institute of Design speaks about the exhibition. She says, "We wet promotion by these types of events.

bus · highway

Commuters in New Delhi sit at a bus stop to board a bus at Lodhi Colony. One can see a CNG-electric hybrid bus, autos, cars and other vehicles on the road.These low-floor buses are manufactured by auto major Tata Motors.

bazaar · highway

The Ring Road crosses AIIMS and the INA Market road joins up with it at Medical as the crossing is fondly called by Delhi-ites.

architecture

Fly around Delhi's tallest man-made structure! The Pitampura Metro station and tracks as well as a large outdoor sports stadium can also be seen.

highway

Should one opt to drive out of the house when it is raining heavily in Delhi? Probably not, as you would spend a lot of fuel on idling in heavy traffic.

Blue skies but the foggy layer of air is back in Delhi after two months of complete lockdown. Travel restrictions slowly open and commercial flight services have resumed. Historical monuments and parks are opened for the public.

temple · architecture

Drug stores, few tire shops open up in the morning. Quite a few shutters are down with economic activities at a slow pace because of the Corona Pandemic. Two months of lockdown and economic activities were put on hold.

Months of Corona Lockdown and businesses in the National Capital had been shut down but now it is open. Delhi is slowly crawling back to its former nightlife.

highway · architecture

The need for government housing forced the government's hand to give way to multi storey construction, despite the Lutyen's high-rise ban and other height limitations and restrictions.