Delhi

Big bad Ravana effigies get created, painted and sold on the roadside in West Delhi, to be carted home and burned up with fire crackers, to show the literal destruction of evil! Ravan represents the baddie party, essentially.

festival · dance

Young dancers performing to 'Ram Ji Ki Nikli Sawari Ram Ji Ki Lila Hai Nyari' during Luv-Kush Ramlila at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi.

temple · highway

An aerial view of Chhatarpur temple complex and Sau Foota Road from Qutub Metro Station.

festival

Free food langar, bhandara and prasad time at Indian temples at Covid times means large crowds coming for free food with their masks down to their chins, or no masks at all! So when the Jagannath Rath Yatra got over in Delhi and everyone co…

His Holiness the Dalai Lama's address at and interfaith program with religious leader, organised by the Harijan Sevak Sangh and the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance, focusing on the interfaith harmony and environmental preservation at the Ga…

The third day of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's three day teaching on "37 Practices of a Bodhisattva" in New Delhi, India on March 23, 2014. Presented by the Foundation for Universal Responsibility.

highway · river

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal inaugurates Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Setu, commonly known as Barapullah Phase 2 in New Delhi on 30th July 2018. Cars race through after the CM's flag-off, onto the new road.

bus · highway

Very few takers for bus services during Covid lockdown and a downturn in the Indian economy, as travellers stay away from inter state bus travel, with individual lockdowns in different states as well.

bazaar

Chandni Chowk is the crowded old quarters of Old Delhi, but Bhagirath Palace shines for its lighting market. People from all over Delhi come to this market to buy wholesale electricals and lighting fixtures for their homes and offices.

Covid19 has taken a permanent toll on the business of shops and dealers at Chandni Chowk. Business is dull, sentiment is low, the crowds are missing and hopelessness is in the air.

river

Don't miss the Youtube T-shirt on one of those immersing this lead, mercury and chromium laced Hindu idol in the Yamuna river, in a Ganesh Chaturthi ritual that ends the festival in a glorious burst of water-polluting idol addition to the d…

river

Any two headed fish, folks? Men fish in the froth covered waters of the Yamuna in Delhi. How unhealthy would the fish be if it is from these waters? Imagine a shoal of double headed fish emerging from these waters! Entirely plausible, What…

politics

Kalpnath Rai says "I have done no wrong, I am not facing the judiciary, I am not facing God." Former Union minister Kalpnath Rai, MP, was sentenced to 10 years in prison with a fine of Rs 1 million by the designated Terrorist And Disruptive…

politics

Ministers arrive in Parliament, Sansad Bhavan, New Delhi. Ram Jethmalani arrives at Parliament house. BJP government and Article 370.

crafts · bazaar

Artisan stalls at Nature Bazaar in New Delhi, India, featuring an extensive collection of handmade tribal jewellery and eco-friendly handicrafts.

A fire mishap occurred at the canteen of Safdurjung Hospital,New Delhi. Firetrucks were seen on the gate of Hospital on Sri Aurobindo marg.

'Prayanama' is the breathing cum meditation exercise which relaxes your mind and body and is also healthy for your lungs.

forest · temple

The fabulously dense Aravalli outcrop forest located around Mangar village in Haryana is one of the last vestiges of thick sylvan cover around the city of Delhi and its National Capital Region.

railway

It is truly a pity that we would still be bringing in train-loads of coal to a city like New Delhi which already ranks as one of the most polluted cities in the world! Coal should be banned for all forms of power generation.

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flowers

Workers at our Wilderness Orchard are busy repotting saplings of spring Himalayan and cold weather flowering plants in the backdrop of birds calling in unison. We are bringing you flower burst to indulge in the coming weeks.

flowers · monsoon

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.

highway · railway

Multiple train tracks coalesce and cross each other, in a complex network of metal rails, before a train station in South Delhi, crowded into the city's under-belly and barely visible from the road and building network of the city.