Delhi

highway · wildlife

Roads of New Delhi! A Maruti Gypsy or Suzuki Samuri of the Indian Air Force and a Tata truck of the Indian Army, and a construction or road cleaning crane all negotiate the monsoon flooded roads of Delhi.

highway · sport

If some bratty kid driving his father's sports car came barreling down this road, he would likely not be prepared to encounter a bovine on the road, and his speed would not permit him to decelerate on time, and a familiar story would play o…

livestock · highway

Should bovines be allowed to run free on the roads of New Delhi city? What if one were to rush into oncoming traffic, causing a series of car collisions and itself getting injured or killed in the process? Should there not be rules to rein…

music · school

Delhi based choir group The Capital City Minstrels sings 'Can't Help Falling in Love With You' (cover) of 'Haley Reinhart' during Summer Concert at Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Center in Delhi.

The Zafar Mahal in the middle of the modern residential area of Mehrauli in South Delhi is believed to be the last structure built by the Mughals.

fort

India's iconic Lal Qila or the Red Fort as filmed during the Corona Pandemic in 2020. A few visitors since it opened after months of being shut. A view of the Lahori Gate with the National Flag of India flying high on top of the entrance.

monsoon

Palm trees grow in a planted row in New Delhi, near Jantar Mantar in central Delhi's Connaught Place area. Sirens of ambulances and car horns dominate the audio-scape.

railway · architecture

Goods train passing through old Yamuna Bridge (Loha pul) in Delhi, India. Kids can be seen bathing in Yamuna river. One can see the dhobi ghat near the Old Yamuna bridge and construction site of a new bridge along side the old bridge.

Up for quick lunch at a street stall with a couple of Rotis or Flatbread? This cook is preparing Matar Paneer which is a dish of green peas and cottage cheese.

Spread out on a frying pan sitting on a gas stove burner, dosa rice-based batter is evenly spread and then widened into a thinner and wider circle.

highway

A dhaba walla runs his road-side eatery with a tandoor to boot! He prepares rolls of dough and pats them onto the sides of the heated tandoor, to turn into Amritsari naan which is his speciality.

Spice Xpress, Spice Jet, Indigo, Nepal Airlines and Go Air waiting for their take-off at the Indra Gandhi International Airport in Delhi.

bazaar · highway

What a mix of traffic INA Market sees! The usual bazaar crowd coming for meat, fruit, vegetables, provisions or imported food items. Dilli Haat sees a wider crowd visiting for a walk, shopping for handicrafts or eating out.

Social distancing is coming down, almost being forgotten! Life goes on as normal and Covid19 sickness and death statistics meanwhile skyrocket across India. Fruit sellers ply their trade, auto-wallahs get back to the grind.

bazaar

As India celebrates its 74th Independence Day on the 15th of August, 2020, the streets of New Delhi is swarming with vendors selling the national flag.

highway

Green Park is steadily climbing back to its normal pace after two months of complete lockdown due to the Coronavirus outbreak (not that things are better!). See the gurudwara on the main Yusuf Sarai road.

bazaar

Delhi is back in action and Sarojini Nagar Market is flooded like before. Corona has got nothing on the shoppers of Delhi's biggest flea market.

street food

Life on the sidewalks of the National capital of India in a rarely seen encounter. A family prepares chicken for cooking and its purely raw and uncut version. Skin the chicken, cut it into pieces and straight into the cooking pot.

highway

The central esplanade where the Beating of the Retreat ceremony takes place, with Rashtrapati Bhavan as seen in 4K from Rajpath, with South and North block Defense Ministry offices and traffic passing by...

highway · bazaar

Brown water wells up from below the flyover. Chocolate milk shake, anyone? Cars and three-wheeler auto rickshaws plough through deep water as they approach the All India Institute of Medical Sciences AIIMS or Medical Flyover going towards I…

highway

A flyover being painting at Nauroji Nagar along Delhi's Ring Road: Cement blocks being coloured to bring them to life: "Take Make Restore" seems to be the motto / credo. An ambulance passes by with its siren blaring.

highway

The familiar rolled at the edges red cap is a dead giveaway that this man is a Kaan maliye or ear cleaner. He plies the roads of Indian towns and cities, hoping to find customers who need to get ear wax cleaned from their outer ear drums.

dance · music

Drummers from Manipur drum up a percussive storm at the Delhi Gymkhana Club in New Delhi! A blend of the graceful Manipuri Dance or the Maibi Dance with the acrobatic Drum Dance or Pung Cholom originating from the state of Manipur at the No…