Delhi

politics · flowers

Viewer discretion advised due to possible graphic content. An August 1994 protest in New Delhi is quelled with the use of a water cannon, when the Delhi Police cannot hold back people with the use of barricades.

At this important traffic junction, cars, auto rickshaws and cyclists ALL seem to be breaking the red lights and signalling systems that are in place. They are ALL going in ALL directions and NOT heeding the lights!

A Five-striped Palm squirrel or Northern Palm Squirrel on a dry neem branch dozing away while the dull breeze shakes it. The squirrel looks pregnant and lazy due to the heat in Delhi.

Stencil Apparel Brand Ltd is located at Basant Lok in New Delhi. The owner of the brands says that the industry has under gone certain changes in the last few years.

wildlife · birds

This Indian Moorhen or Jal murghi nested in our pond in New Delhi after we created the right conditions for them to come and visit us.

birds · flowers

Red-vented Bulbul or Pycnonotus cafer feeds its chicks in their nest in a Delhi garden in May 2020, in the peak of summer heat. The nest has been made in a Karaunda bush at the wildfilmsindia complex in Delhi.

flowers

A pair of Grey Hornbills roosts on a barren branch inside Nehru Park in New Delhi. Indian Grey Hornbills are common in urban India.

Chicks struggle for their parents' attention, squawking and opening their beaks even as their eyes are closed and they are essentially blind to the world. A Kauwa or Corvus splendens - the House Crow of India.

highway · wildlife

A huge flock of Blue Rock Pigeon or Common Pigeon / kabootar (Columba livia) is filmed in slow motion in flight. The pigeons are also seen in huge numbers on the electric cables in South Delhi.

Usually seen in wetlands of the Indian subcontinent, his wild Indian Spot-billed Duck (Anas poecilorhyncha) has an uncanny habit. She frequents this pool in Delhi for her daily swim, takes a few laps and flies away.

wildlife · birds

A group of House Crows perches along a metal fence beneath a concrete flyover while several birds gather around a large terracotta bowl placed on the roadside.

festival · music

Meghalaya based musician Silman Marak performs at the very first edition of “Songs & dances of the North East” festival at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in Delhi.

An amazing view of 22 foot hight indian soldier's statue made up of 8000 ornamental golden bullet shells inside Select city walk mall in Delhi.

festival · ceremony

In India, there is a the tradition is to bury the Tazia, a replica of the tomb of Husain, the martyred son of Muhammad.

Tomb of Isa Khan is walled area adjacent to Humayun’s Tomb and is the resting place of Isa Khan Niyaz...

festival

Indian Shiite Muslims flagellate themselves during Muharram in Delhi. In India, there is great diversity of religious beliefs and practices. Throughout India's history, religion has been an important part of the country's culture.

music · flowers

The story goes back to the time of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya, who lived from 1238 to 1325, after whom the dargah was named. Nizamuddin Auliya was a saint of the Chistiya silsila, one of four major Sufi orders in India.

music

A mesmerising intermingling of Classical South Asian and Western percussion instruments, along with sitar and unique carnatic vocal stylings presented during a Unity Concert at Bahai Temple in Delhi.

music

A mesmerising intermingling of Classical South Asian and Western percussion instruments, along with sitar and unique carnatic vocal stylings presented during a Unity Concert at Bahai Temple in Delhi.

festival

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

music · village

Prahlad Singh Tipanya at Awam Ki Awaz an art and cultural program, Delhi government initiative.