Delhi

farmland · village

Jatropha farming has taken off in a big way in India, but is yet to bring benefits to farmers. Jatropha is being touted as the new bio diesel source. An expert from Delhi Engineering College speaks about the programme.

temple

A temple with tiles in black and white - it almost baffles the eye. Yet, it ensures cleanliness. A large Shiv murti greets one on entering, and a bell is hung to be rung at the entrance.

river

Goddess Kali or the God who destroys evil, is prayed to by families of the departed when they come to Nigambodh Ghat crematorium in Delhi, with the highest footfalls having taken place during the Covid19 second wave in north India.

street food

When work-day hunger calls, call on Jain's Special Dahi Bhalle and Khandani Pakode wala at Bhikaji Kama Place in New Delhi, for yummy and sinfully unhealthy Aloo Chaat for your snack cravings, just as these office goers seem to be doing in…

Gol gappa or puchka feast in progress on the roadside in Delhi. A man has pulled his surgical mask down to the chin (a common practice in India these days...) and eats puchkas as his cheeks swell up with the water-filled discs.

Who has not salivated over the thought of paneer burgers in India? Good juicy cottage cheese or paneer and a soft burger bun. Who can live without it? I ask you...

Who has not salivated over the thought of paneer chilla in India? Good juicy cottage cheese or paneer and a pan-fried chilla flat bread made with chick-pea flour. Who can live without it? I ask you...

highway

A Delhi Polive Toyota Innova van is parked nearby as a man fries potato wedges, aka French Fries, Indian style, on a road-side dhaba in New Delhi. Notice the reddish colour due to the presence of masalas and oodles of oil!

bazaar

While the cooks prepare paranthas, puri, roti and naan, the waiters market their wares and scream out aloud to attract customers to their dhabas in Sarojini Nagar market in South Delhi.

Arriving in Delhi is a far easier experience than it was a few years back. The escalators and travellators actually work and the airport claims to have been voted the best airport in the world.

Rumors of rise in the price of salt in New Delhi after Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. A resident of New Delhi speaks about salt price hike.

railway

The New Delhi Railway Station, situated between Ajmeri Gate and Paharganj is the main railway station in Delhi. It is one of the busiest railway stations in the country in terms of train frequency and passenger movement.

highway

Winter pollution haze at Rajpath in New Delhi, in the evening. All this has been sorted out with the Covid movement restrictions. No traffic. No pollution. No human activity.

Over a sea of water tanks, one can look across the Kishangarh ridge beyond the Qutub Minar and Jamali Kamali, all the way across Arjangarh and into the tall high rise city of Gurgaon, from the precinct of the Qutub Minar tower.

ceremony

South and North block and behind them Rashtrapati Bhavan as seen in evening light during the week-long Durga Puja celebrations amid the Corona Pandemic in 2020.

The residence of the President of India gears up for the festive season which is an unending affair once autumn sets in.

We have been meeting this family who has been stranded on Delhi street near AIIMS Hospital in search of a cure for their son's medical condition.

bus

Spraying, sweeping, wiping clean, mopping and more. See the meticulous cleaning routine at a New Delhi bus shelter managed by J C Decaux. Water is sprayed around the bus stand and everything made shiny and clean.

highway · bazaar

What are those blue tarpaulin sheets covering - perhaps these are slum dwellers living on the road side? At any rate, have you ever seen Sarojini Nagar roads and the market entrance look so desolate and dead? Yes, this is the hustle-bustle…

This man walks his bedecked bull, covered with cowrie shells on its face and flower mala garlands around its head, across the roads of Delhi, to help people and tell them their fortune and future forecast! Of course, for a fee.

festival

A Naga lady in a hand stitched Naga skirt sells Naga Chilly or Bhoot Jalikia to members of the Delhi Gymkhana Club during the north-east festival on 13th November 2021.

birds

Magpie Robin is a pretty black and white songster that is often heard in Delhi gardens, whereas the Red-vented Bulbul is even more common while the House Sparrow has become rare and seldom seen, due to the loss of nesting habitat and cell p…