Delhi

Stray Cat lazing around on a hot summer afternoon near Hornbill nest in New Delhi. It stays alert, owever, and continues to twitch its tail - something even tigers do!

ceremony

To the sound of the conch shell or shankh and hand cymbals and drums, ISKCON followers undertake puja at Diwali in Delhi - Indian Society for Krishna Consciousness

bazaar · ceremony

All masked up in a Covid world, Indian woman-folk shop for Diwali brassware ornaments, prayer items, diyas and pooja materials at Green Park Market in New Delhi. Indian woman folk shop for Diwali at Green Park Market in Delhi

village

A trio of Indian villagers on the outskirts of New Delhi city smoke a joint hookah or hubble bubble in Dera village. They could either be from the Gujar or jaat community.

A sprawling palace in the heart of New Delhi is home to the President of the world's largest democracy. Named the Rashtrapati Bhavan or 'Presidential Palace after India's independence.

monsoon

A viewer tells us this could be a Cephonodes hylas (Sphingidae) or something very similar. We found this Hawk moth out one night after a heavy shower of monsoon rain, in New Delhi.

railway · farmland

Families living near the railway track at Delhi's Lodhi Colony are making the most of the lesser number of trains commuting everyday. People are seen walking on the railway tracks like its normal to walk past a moving train.

After the Corona Lockdown relaxation vendors have started venturing out in the residential lanes like this one in Green Park. A variety of vegetables are put on display at the roadside. Seasonal vegetables and fruits are on display.

architecture

Locked-down Delhi reveals its secrets of heritage and architecture. The Qutub Minar tower with the restaurant mile (now abandoned!) and the neighbouring Jamali-Kamali make for a lovely verdant view of the New Delhi amid the older Delhi, eve…

flowers

Green-veined White Butterfly on a Lantana camara flower, a common butterfly of damp grassland, and is often mistaken for a Small White titli. Seen at the wildfilmsindia butterfly gardens in Delhi.

music

Indian Sufi singer, Ragini Rainu sings 'Kehet Kabir suno bhai sadhu' at Delhi's German Embassy. Ragini Rainu, the young Sufi songstress of India, is the disciple of the Legendary Santoor Maestro and Music Composer Pandit Bhajan Sopori.

festival · music

How much of a more iconic Queen line can you have as this one? And as rockers from north-east India, these Naga and Mizo folks could not have done a better job than this.

school · politics

Visually impaired students deboard the bust at the rally site amid heavy police and media presence.

Australia's women's team members celebrate after winning the gold medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay finals in New Delhi at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

A boy begins playing the dhol as a customer buys his Ganesh Murti. Beautiful, multicoloured Ganesha Idols in various sizes are displayed near the Qutab Minar, New Delhi.

bazaar · ceremony

C.R. Park completely goes into a frenzy during Durga Puja. It becomes extremely difficult to even walk as the footfall during the last few days of Durga Puja rises tremendously. Here we are at C.R.

ceremony

Just how does one ullulate while wearing a mask? Does one not hyper-ventilate? Women in colourful sarees perform Ulu Dhoni / ullulate during the Durga Puja celebration along with lit lamps circling the ritual offering.

highway

A child with a rarely seen ailment is seen with his family under a flyover bridge near AIIMS Trauma Centre in South Delhi.

highway · industry

The traffic flow in Yusuf Sarai is vexing to even watch with incessant honking and an unmanageable number of vehicles. Hired labour of South Delhi Municipal Council trim overgrown plants growing on the verge.

highway

Honking will not hasten traffic here in South Delhi's Moti Bagh. The streets are suffocated with vehicles and the street is jammed.

highway · politics

The new Naoriji Nagar and other colony developments by the government have turned Delhi into a semi high-rise city, despite the Lutyens' Delhi restrictions and plans to retain its old look and character.

highway

Gloomy weather welcomes 2021 in Delhi with foggy and cloudy weather. Hundreds of vehicles plying on the street and flyover at Nauroji Nagar.

People gather around an Indian street-side soup kitchen or Bhandara as called locally for free food. This is set up to provide free food for hospital patients and their families in India.