Delhi

A crow caws away as a monsoon storm sways trees around a street lamp in Delhi. Street light in Sarojini Nagar, Delhi - incandescent or LED bulb almost drops out - accident in waiting?

highway

A pujari prepares the rangoli and dais for the prayers, at a north Indian location. Marigold or gaindha malas are used to decorate the platform. Shri Ganesh Chturthi Mahotsav preparations on in north India.

festival · temple

With drums, chanting and much religious festivity, the birth of Lord Krishna is celebrated in India. at the Jagannath temple in New Delhi. Note the dominance of men in this fathering, with virtually no women present.

Vikram Chopra on film Fight Club: "Fight Club is a story of four friends. They tell your friends 'Meet me alone'. Why not get everyone to meet in one place, organize their fights and make some money out of it.

highway · politics

A Kanwariya truck with loud speakers, on Delhi's roads: Political patronage has given kawars a voice and funding, adding to traffic woes, noise levels and nuisance value, all based on what must have been an innocent and difficult pilgrimage…

birds

White-breasted or White-throated Kingfisher sits in Delhi urban environment. The Kilkili contemplates life in the big, bad metro with barely any fish to boot! It out-stretches its wings and tries to dry its wing feathers in the hot summer s…

The crowds are back with a bang, as revenge travel becomes the norm. Airlines cannot keep up with the post Covid rush, as tickets get sold out weeks before a flight.

Hornbill nests in the heart of New Delhi: That cute little beak tip sticking out belongs to the growing chick Hornbills nest in hollow tree trunks, closing up cavities with wet mud that dries, enclosing the female inside, to lay and incubat…

sport

A match underway at the North East Tamchon Football Tournament between Siamsinpawlpi FC and Air Force in Delhi. The sporting event is organised by the Tangkhul Naga Society Delhi.

old town

Harking back to the days of Babri Masjid and the Ayodhya crisis is this alarming sight in the heart of South Delhi...

birds

Spotted Owlet pair or Athene brama nesting in the heart of Delhi city. All sleepy in the daytime, the owl shuts its eyes and narrowly keeps open little slits to keep track of the world, in its sleepy state.

architecture

Ministry of Finance offices at Jeevan Deep, under the Department of Financial Services, of the Government of India.

architecture

The iconic red sandstone LICI (Life Insurance Corporation of India) building in Connaught Circus (now called Rajiv Chowk or Gandhi chowk or something) in New Delhi.

temple · ceremony

Shri Vinayaka Mandir in New Delhi on the day of MahaShivratri 2022. See the carved mural-like array of gods and goddesses above the temple portals.

Juice Shop mausambi line-up in India. We find art and symmetry in everyday life, even in these sweet limes lined up for juicing at a roadside pineapple and pomegranate fruit juice stall in Delhi.

flowers

New Delhi Municipal Council has gone shopping with a tender that was satisfied by a Dutch bulb supplier such as Derck Schipper.

highway

Rain basera shelter homes on roadsides in Delhi. When the rural unemployed move to Indian urban centers, they become the urban poor, and with water, shelter, food and employment issues, their lives become that much worse.

hills · farmland

Teetar bite at grass leaves and play around in an open grassland environment: Partridge at the Wilderness Orchard in Delhi First year Grey Partridge or Safed Titar chicks sit under gular tree with Ficus glomerata figs dropped around them.

monsoon

It makes sense to advertise on an auto rickshaw in India, as these vehicles are almost always running on the roads, and are the most frequently seen taxi format. So an advertisement on the body canvas will go a long way, literally.

monsoon · farmland

Did you know that millipedes disband and take different routes when confronted by bigger predators! See the mass locomotion of monsoon worms at our Delhi Orchard! You could call them creepy-crawlies or just accept them as a normal and natur…

highway · politics

Massive 10 foot long metal pipes being introduced into the newly dug bore in the ground, in order to line the walls. The pipe is first welded in place with the next pipe, before being sent down deep into the ground.