Delhi

highway

How much money must have been spent on supposedly beautifying the Ring Road AIIMS gol chakkar central park, and creating foundations and a foundation below the steel sprouts.

highway · monsoon

Cars rush over the flooded roads at traffic rush hour in New Delhi. Brown water wells up from below the flyover.

highway

Bhikaji Cama Place traffic a mix of officer goers and service providers. Madame Bhikahi Cama Place appears to be a relic of the past now, in the current context of rapidly growing New Delhi.

river · aerial

This aerial footage captures a rare and quiet moment during the COVID-19 lockdown in West Delhi, as a drone glides above the calm water canal flowing between Rajouri Garden and Paschim Vihar.

In Sarojini Nagar, a group of children is seen swimming and playing in a public decorative fountain, seeking relief from the intense summer heat.

music · dance

Literally translated as 'Roar of the Drum', Pung Cholam uses drums, percussion and energetic rythmic dance, that gently builds up to a climax.

highway

Chicks struggle for their parents' attention, squawking and opening their beaks even as their eyes are closed and they are essentially blind to the world.

flowers · birds

This young Coppersmith or Crimson-breasted Barbet has just made its first flight out of the nest-hole and landed on a Chrysanthemum flower pot! It sits there taking in the sights and sounds, as it's parents plan a rescue mission!

wildlife · birds

A juvenile Indian Grey Hornbill is dozing in Delhi in peak summer/monsoon. With a less developed casque the bird sits on a small branch with its beak wide open.

wildlife · birds

Adept insect-eater and winged predator, this sharp bird has a pointed tail tip and is agile too Asian Green Bee-eater perches on a twig, chirruping joyously, ready to catch insects on the wing, at the Wilderness Orchard in New Delhi.

birds · farmland

This Katphora or Golden-backed Woodpecker (now known as the Lesser Flameback) lives up to its name, by excavating a nest-hole within the dead tree trunk of a Casuarina tree at our Orchard in Delhi.

forest · birds

This Magpie Robin is nesting in a hollow tree trunk hole in a Silver Oak tree in Delhi. A Purple Sunbird calls in the background even as the male Magpie Robin also vocalizes.

birds · forest

The electric Purple Sunbird is back in town with a fresh new look looking for a partner for spring. an individual is filmed on a Flame of the Forest tree and calls can be heard distinctly heard in the warm air of Delhi spring.

highway

As the traffic on the Ring Road in Delhi moves along abruptly and noisily below, this Crow couple successfully broods its chicks as they open their red gapes wide to get the parents to stuff food in...

hills · wildlife

After their brief pit stop in Delhi, to recharge their batteries, eat mulberries and insects, drink and rest in the shade, the Rosy Starlings have headed north and across the Himalaya, to their summer and breeding grounds...

With the Koel calling, summer is at its peak, but the prettiest and happiest sight is that of the titar bachha party! Teetar have successfully bred, and they roam around cautiously but proudly with their bachha party of chicks in tow: Grey…

dance

Gautami Kapoor: "I think more than emotional, we enjoyed picturing both the songs. It is every artiste's tamanna. All our shoots were night shoots. All these people are great. That's why they are so successful.

sport · music

While she was still married to polo player and Sona Steering family member Sanjay Kapoor, actress Karisma Kapoor was a regular at polo matches, seen here at a Ralph Lauren Fragrances marketed or branded event in Delhi, with an army band pla…

school · music

The Delhi Music Society presents the Golden Jubilee concert of Delhi School of Music at Bahai' Temple in Delhi.

bazaar · music

Mohammad Salman is flautist who sells in a Delhi market, walking up and down with many flutes sticking out of his bamboo pole.

Young girls and women shoppers turn up at Green Park market prior to Raksha bandhan / Rakshabandhan, in order to get rakhis for their male cousins and brothers, for the big day of Raksha bandan or Rakhi, in New Delhi city.

festival

Celebrating the divine architect of the world! Statue artists paint away in a flurry, as it's down to the wire in terms of the festival date for Vishwakarma Puja! They use all sorts of garrish colours, probably with lead and chromium and ot…