Delhi

festival · temple

As the chariot of Lord Jagannath rolls down from the Sree Neelachala Seva Sangha Jagannath Temple at Haus Khas, it is considered a blessing for devotees to pull or even being able to touch the ropes of the chariot itself.

street food

The sambusa may not originally be an Indian creation, but we have certainly turned it into an Indian good item of great esteem! The shells look almost artistic - like little chortens in white! The dhaba owner sits and kneads the samosa batt…

Mutton Kabab, all pie like, and sheermal, being rolled into aluminium foil at an Old Delhi street-side eatery. Also, dried fruit pies of a strange kind... What do you think these dishes are?

Indian meal on the go: Tandoori Naan and Roti being prepared for office goers at aroadside dhaba, around the office complex of Bhikaji Cama Place in South Delhi. Aata is goondoed or kneaded in a large dekchi.

highway · monsoon

An auto rickshaw runs through the waterlogged highway in Moti Bagh in one of the first monsoon showers that hit Delhi in 2020. The highway glistening in water after the shower as vehicles splash water across the highway.

highway

Ambulances line the sidewalk on Factory Road adjacent Safdarjung Hospital and AIIMS Trauma Centre in South Delhi. The old ambulances which have long been out of operation are also seen on parked in the sidewalk.

bazaar · ceremony

Paharganj main market looks abuzz with activities in the evenings during the Durga Puja festival. Storefronts and signboards read messages of Durga Puja with nonstop vehicles and pedestrians.

architecture

The newly inaugurated vertical tower parking in New Delhi stands near the Yusuf Sarai Indian Oil building, with a promise of a very vertical space-friendly parking option.

bazaar · highway

Indian vendors sure are patriotic when it comes to Republic Day celebrations in the National Capital. Homeless vendors are seen selling the tricolour or National Flag on the sidewalk.

highway

Strenuous work for the solo electrician inside the Hydraulic lift fitted behind a truck as he repairs a busted street lamp on the Ring Road flyover in South Delhi.

Post the COVID second wave lockdown in Delhi NCR, in the gradual opening up, only half of the shops were allowed to be open. One can clearly see if one looks closely, that every alternate shop has its shutters down still.

A trip down memory lane when the only form of 'expensive' transport was the kaali-peeli Ambassador taxi cab, booked through your friendly local sardarji taxi stand wallah in Delhi.

highway · bus

Grey Pigeons fed by the devout from a nearby temple and ordinary citizens alike, and orange low-floor CNG buses at Nauroji Nagar on the Ring Road in New Delhi: Slice of Delhi life! Feeding pigeons leads to their proliferation and that can a…

A robust looking Gilheri is filmed at our Wilderness Orchard in Delhi foraging among dried leaves. The squirrel is seen munching on fallen fruit. Face forward towards the camera, the squirrel has a healthy tuft of hair on its tail.

This male and females are Asia's largest antelopes and one may think they may be elusive but no this is a public park in Adchini locality in South Delhi. The female and calf are seen grazing while the male is seen sitting under the trees.

wildlife · birds

This footage captures a herd of Nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus), the largest antelope species in Asia, foraging within the forested landscape of Sanjay Van in New Delhi, India.

birds

See the cute fashion in which the Barbet hops left on the same branch, at 20 seconds into the video! The Barbets frequent a Casuarina tree, with its seed pods prominent on it.

Ka-teetar--ka-teetar calls rent the air! A Grey Partridge or Teetar (Francolinus pondicerianus or Grey Francolin) couple with their chicks from this season feed in our wildfilmsindia grasslands in Delhi.

birds · wildlife

While Tailor Birds and Bulbuls call all around in the garden, it is the Red-vented Bulbul and Crimson-breasted or Coppersmith Barbet that are the most noticeable here - two very common Delhi garden birds, and both cheery residents to greet…

birds · wildlife

A pair of Pied Myna or Asian Pied Starling (Gracupica contra or Sturnus contra contra) is seen sitting on top of a mango tree in Delhi during the monsoon. Pied Mynas are one of the common birds in urban areas.

wildlife · birds

A brightly coloured Rufous Tree Pie (Dendrocitta vagabunda) is filmed sitting on an acacia branch in Delhi. The bird is seen pecking at a smaller twig which is broken in the middle.

A Tockus birostris or Grey Hornbill, aka lamdhor, dhanesh or chalotra, wags its tail up and down, and flips a fig in the air, to eat it the right way, or perhaps it regurgitates it from its gizzard...