Delhi

birds

Eat and poop - That is the summer-time Ficus fruiting season routine for the arboreal barbets of Delhi city! Green Barbet hogs on Ficus berries: Peepal ka phal for the dumpy little Barbets of Delhi

bazaar · festival

People are celebrating the Bakrid festival and eating sweets and biryani at the Jama Masjid in Delhi.

farmland · forest

Peafowl estate: Preening peafowl group of female and youngsters at Wilderness Orchard peafowl sanctuary in New Delhi

flowers · farmland

Hong Kong Orchid tree or Bauhinia blakeana blooms in winter at Wilderness Orchard New Delhi, Parakeets love the blooms and they constantly dig into and destroy the flowers, as they eat them.

monsoon · wildlife

Caterpillar eater! A Hawk-like Common Hawk Cuckoo or Brainfever papiha bird eats up hairy caterpillars, while sitting around the garden-forest interface at the Wilderness Orchard in New Delhi.

lake

Did you know that the harmless and innocent Rat Snake or Dhaman is also a good swimmer? See this Dhaman in a pond in Delhi.

festival

Display of Adivasi Hair Oil shop at India International Trade Fair sells hair fall control oil and body oil.

monsoon · lake

We introduced 5 small fish in this pond at the Wilderness Orchard in New Delhi. One monsoon season, and they bred to half a million fish! What speed to these guppy or gourami fish breed at???

livestock

New Delhi city has had its Chief Minister in jail for six months. Meanwhile, the civic and public infrastructure has crumbled! See these holy cows eating plastic to fill their stomachs, from open refuse and garbage on the streets of New Del…

ceremony

Navratri Bhandara distribution during Durga Puja at Kali Mandir Chittaranjan Park New Delhi The Pandal is decorated with a White and Pink color combination, and the crowd is controlled by the volunteers, devotees are standing in line to tak…

festival · temple

Devotees holding the rope connected with Rath, this is the main festival of Odia Samaj . Rath Yatra Festival was held at the main Jagannath Temple of the National capital region at Hauz Khas Village in New Delhi

Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar College RUDRA performance at Hansraj College Delhi University College Festival 2024

birds · flowers

See feeding on the petals and nectar of a Silk Cotton or Sehmul tree is this all Indian tota. Ever seen a Tota in such close view, in the wild? A Rose-ringed Parakeet in the Wilderness Orchard in Delhi.

Muscovy ducks splash around and enjoy the spring weather, in a Delhi pond, Mallard goes at it with a Muscovy and then a goose follows suit with the same Muscovy duck! Is this harassment or was the Muscovy duck complicit and thus the relatio…

river · livestock

Stray cattle, chiefly Cows eat trash out of the filthy Yamuna River in New Delhi, after a string of festivals including the Chhat Puja. India Shining or India Whining? The cattle are actually doing a service by cleaning up a polluted river.

Move aside Geneva! Jet d'eau en Inde? Delhi tries to compete with Geneva's Jt D'au. Some visiting bureaucrat from Delhi must have got the idea...

aerial

Delhi aerial messy sprawl with layers of unplanned residential constructions and dump yards Delhi aerial messy sprawl with layers of unplanned residential constructions and dump yards

highway · monsoon

Cars and motorcycles plough through the accumulated water at ITO. Waterlogging on ITO road in Delhi: See how these cars and bikes negotiate the flooded road! New Delhi - City of canals! Waterlogging on ITO road in Delhi: See how these cars…

farmland · flowers

Oriental Garden Lizard hangs around lazily at the Wilderness Orchard in Delhi, then dashes off energetically at speed! Note the dorsal spinal ridges and spiny hooks at the back of its neck! The oriental garden lizard, eastern garden lizard,…

wildlife · birds

Hiccuping up and down in the bright day time sunlight, this Curlew looks out of place in the open and in bright light.

birds

Sunbird female peers out of her camouflaged pendulous nest, and pants in the hot summer sun, with her tubular tongue sticking out for some cooler air.

Neola love: A Mongoose pair have a summer-time breeding season rendezvous, to increase their kind in the warmth of a Delhi summer day. Neola love: Mongoose have a summer-time breeding season rendezvous, to increase their kind

politics

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at Republic Day 2023, in Toyota Fortuner, BMW and Range Rover cavalcade Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at Republic Day 2023, in New Delhi, on 26 January, in his Range Rover cavalcade