Delhi

ceremony · festival

Durga Puja is a celebration of divine feminine power and victory over the evil demon ‘Mahishasura’ who was blessed not to be defeated by any man or God.

ceremony · festival

Had this been in the time of Corona, the district authorities would have panicked on the social distancing front! As we know that Durga Puja rather Navratri altogether involves many rituals.

ceremony · temple

Corona Pandemic has changed the way Hindus in India celebrate their religious festivals. Safety and preventive measures have discouraged the gathering of thousands which is normally the case in most Indian religious festivals.

ceremony

Much drumming and festivity mark the Durga Puja celebrations in New Delhi. A rangoli is prepared on the ground. An elaborate puja / pooja ceremony with incantations and prayers marks the festivities.

highway

A car with a bonnet open, a man under the hood and another one under the engine is no longer a common sight in India! But this Maruti car seems to have had a terrible break-down for there are multiple worried humans tinkering around with it…

wildlife · village

Rat snake Dhaman slithers down a tree in rapid motion, flicking its tongue from its mouth In the quiet shade of the forest, a Dhaman snake — one of India’s largest and fastest non-venomous snakes — glides gracefully through the undergrowth.…

farmland · wildlife

Neola hunting time for a Mongoose with beady beady eyes and a cute on the prowl in Delhi's Wilderness Orchard Mongoose digs into the ground to attack a termite underground colony, eats up winged termites and deemak insects.

temple

A mandir where bandars rule the roost is the Hanuman Mandir in Connaught Circus in Delhi. Here, macaques and simians of all ilk are welcome, as it's their god Hanuman's temple and here monkeys are merrily fed and looked up to and after.

highway

Corona cases spiking up at the speed of lightening so is the traffic in New Delhi. Just look at how many vehicles are moving on the streets even in the afternoon.

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Trucks with huge cement mixers, lorry trucks move among public and private transport vehicles in a busy stretch towards the Ring Road flyover. The road looks congested with non stop flow of vehicles.

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What variegated colour this traffic jam features! From oranges and yellows, to greens, blues, whites and pinks...

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The festive season in the national capital is bringing out shoppers from homes. With no proper metro rail services, the residents are dependent on private vehicles, autorickshaws, cabs, public transport buses which is contributing to the al…

highway · fort

A maddening rush of vehicles near the Red Fort ahead of Diwali as residents come out for shopping and the festive activities like the Corona outbreak never happened.

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Delhi by dusk! A timelapse and real time scene at Yusuf Sarai on Dhanteras before Diwali. As the evening wanes into the night, the flow of traffic is packed and vehicles are struggling to squeeze past other vehicles.

highway · architecture

The newly inaugurated vertical tower parking in New Delhi stands near the highway with a promise of space-friendly parking.

highway · bazaar

Traffic and shoppers seem to be back to pre-Covid numbers when you look at the traffic along this stretch of the Yusuf Sarai market road - welding and construction ramp up (you can hear the sounds) and shoppers abound as they stop and shop…

highway · monsoon

Two of the women are busy smoking in the usual Indian way, not holding the cigarette or bidi between the first two fingers but between the circle of the closed thumb and their palms, smoking through the hand tunnel that this creates! This s…

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This homeless family sits under a flyover near Sarojini Nagar in New Delhi, and lead a happy life despite poverty and deprivation.

architecture · fort

Totally oblivious of the world going by, the strange world around us, and fast asleep is what these poor people are, on barely a foot wide path, inside an ancient bridge leading to the Red Fort in Old Delhi.

Poor family living on the streets of New Delhi city: India's poverty goes hand in hand with extreme wealth and the two face each other incongruously.

highway

What a mixture of traffic we have in New Delhi! Traffic along the Ring Road and comprise of everything from cement mixer trucks to cyclists, pedestrians, auto rickshaws and even Ferrari sports cars and cabriolets.

highway · river

Traffic at Bhikaji Cama Place and along the Ring road and Africa Avenue in New Delhi mostly comprises of local commuters and business goers, as well as embassy, diplomatic enclave and airport bound cars, and Vasant Kunj or Vasant Vihar boun…