Delhi

bus

Corona seems to demand discipline and civic sense suddenly among commuters in DTC buses that run across New Delhi and is one of the vital means of transport within the city aside from Delhi Metro.

Discipline and precaution have taken a backseat with thousands of vehicles plying every day just near AIIMS Hospital.

flowers · monsoon

Water Lily beautifully opening up and closing at Wilderness Orchard, on a Delhi summer monsoon day

flowers

A Water Lily closes for the day ahead. These are night time blooming water lilies that are pollinated by moths and water insects. So they open at dusk, bloom open through the night and shut in the morning hours.

flowers · industry

In spring time warm weather flowering at the Wilderness Orchard in Delhi, these Lilium longiflorum put up quite a showing when they're all flowering together! Lilium longiflorum (Japanese: テッポウユリ, Teppōyuri), often called the Easter lily, i…

flowers

An inflorescence of Rangoon creeper mid bloom, pink flowers and becoming a circular shape. This flower is a popular creeper in New Delhi. The bright blooms are seen in the monsoon season.

flowers · forest

Quite the butterfly shrub of India, even if it has invaded forest habitats across the country and taken over the habitats of indigenous Indian shrubs. Lantana bush blooming in late summer in Delhi.

flowers · monsoon

Western white Clematis (Clematis ligusticifolia) is a relatively common garden creeper in India. It flowers in great profusion during the monsoon months of August and September, especially in Delhi.

flowers

Bright red Callistemon flowers in full bloom at a farmhouse in New Delhi. Along with the colourful flowers are pink Bougainvillea. More commonly known as bottle brush, these flowers are from shrubs and trees.

Rolling stock: Trains still ply into and out of Delhi, not just for passengers but cargo and goods.

Street dogs are common in urban cities and seem to be increasing in number in places in Delhi. Almost every sidewalk and turn, there are street dogs loitering about. Sunning in the middle of the sidewalk a street dog licks itself clean.

livestock

highway · industry

Giloy plant or Heart-leaved Moonseed (Tinospora cordifolia) in abundance on this mango tree near AIIMS Ring Road in South Delhi. It is a common creeper in India.

music

George Friderich Handel - The Trumpet Shall Sound from The Messiah. Baritone - Akash Gadamsetty Pianist – Bertille Moonsellier Hosted and sponsored by the Pullman Hotel With the support of Institut Français Situated in New Delhi, The Neemr…

Striking patterns and colours, a Red Pierrot Butterfly is filmed on a shrub in New Delhi. These butterflies are common in India.

wildlife

Danaid Eggfly or Hypolimnas misippus butterfly in a garden in Delhi. Help us confirm if this is indeed Hypolimnas misippus and not Hypolimnas bolina, flutterby folks! Hypolimnas misippus, the Danaid eggfly, mimic, or diadem, is a widespread…

highway

Nihang and Amritdhari Sikh folks wind up their protest at the Delhi - Ghaziabad border, in preparation for the end of the farmer agitation and protests, as they come to a close in December 2021, after over a year of camping out on the roads…

politics

Arvind Kejriwal says "All Hail Mother India! Long live the revolution! Long live the revolution! Vande Mataram! Vande Mataram! Delhites you guys have created magic and I Love You! Friends I would like to thank all the citizens of Delhi for…

sport

Women's Marathon starts in Delhi during Commonwealth Games 2010. See the Rashtrapati Bhawan in the background. The athletes pick refreshments en route.

Okoli Obioma Agatha from Nigeria, Breeze Michaela from England, Fegue Marie Josephe from Cameroon, Opeloge Ele from Samoa, Marineau Mathieu from Canada participate in women's weightlifting at Commonwealth games 2010 in Delhi.

industry

Women labourers work on hard manual labour and construction work to create a stepped sit-out near the ugly sprouts near AIIMS, toiling in the hot summer sun of New Delhi.

music · fort

Ustad Amjad Ali Khan plays Sarod with his two sons, Amaan and Ayaan Ali Khan at Siri Fort Auditorium in New Delhi. Audience delighted to see two generation playing same Indian music.

"I'm Anupama Dayal and I have just shown on the second day at the Lakme India fashion week (LIFW). My collection was called Grace and fortunately it was well received and tomorrow I go back to Delhi.