Meerut — Clipahoy

Meerut city UP looks crowded from the air - what fabulous urban congestion coupled with orderliness

Uttar Pradesh·bus · aerial

The old world town of the Mutiny of 1857 melds perfectly into the urban conglomerate of 2020, and one of Uttar Pradesh's prime cities and one of India's fastest growing residential and manufacturing bases.

Roti-sabzi meal at Indian dhaba - Couple out on date, Families out for an eatery meal post lockdown, in Meerut

Uttar Pradesh

Eateries are back in action after months of restrictions and look like people are also enjoying eating outside again. A family is filmed at an eatery in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh having lunch.

RVC Centre - College in Meerut: driving Meerut bypass past educational institutions and cantonment

Uttar Pradesh

Driving the Meerut bypass past multiple educational institutions, one comes across RVC Centre and College in Meerut and many more. Cows graze outside the college campus gate.

Kids have fun in Meerut mango orchard: bellies full of mangoes, everyone piles onto auto rickshaw!

Uttar Pradesh·farmland

It's the peak of the langda and dussehri mango harvest in July 2021, at a mango orchard around Meerut in Uttar Pradesh state. Farm hands pull huge plastic baskets of kutcha aam which will then be transported to the mandi and sold.

Sorting mangoes into baskets at Indian orchard - fun activity or hard manual labour in summer heat, in Meerut

Uttar Pradesh·farmland · industry

The Common Hawk Cuckoo or Brainfever bird calls in the humid hot summer heat in a mango orchard around Meerut in Uttar Pradesh. It's harvest time and the trees are being bared of their aam fruit.

Meerut bus stop as crowded as ever, even in Covid times: kid is passed out from bus through window!

Uttar Pradesh·bus

Vendors ply passengers with eatables through the windows of buses, as the passengers have boarded and the buses are about to leave. some passengers alight and embark through the windows.

Cricket practice at a local club in Meerut: Will the next spinner - bowler come from Uttar Pradesh?

Uttar Pradesh

Kirkit practice in the northern Indian heartland!

Sardhana, Uttar Pradesh - Stunning visuals of Begum Samru Church, village communities around Meerut

Uttar Pradesh·architecture · temple

Mesmerising sky and greenery surrounding the city of Meerut and locality of Sardhana in Uttar Pradesh. Agricultural fields at a distance and buildings dotted looking like lego art.

Ghaziabad - Meerut highway at Muradnagar shaped like butterflies, seen aerially - Highways of India

Uttar Pradesh·highway · aerial

This is the Eastern peripheral expressway beyond Muradnagar and near Duhai and Basantpur Saitli in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. A massive cloverleaf flyover interchange in Uttar Pradesh.

Bus journey from Delhi to Meerut and on to Allahabad, seen in slow motion: Chaotic UP looks lovely!

Uttar Pradesh·bus

A bus journey into the Indian heartland. View from a state roadways transport bus as seen on the Meerut to Allahabad view, with passengers sticking their necks out of the windows in front.

Homeless and poor children given an opportunity to enjoy Meerut Janmashtami Mela and merry-go-round

Uttar Pradesh·festival

Women and children attend a Janmashtami Mela in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. A man sits forlornly on the ground. Some under-privileged children have also been allowed access to the grounds and the tiny merry-go-round.

Freedom and sense of confidence for these Indian women too: Independence day celebrations in Meerut

Uttar Pradesh

There is freedom and a sense of confidence for these Indian women too, fortunately. Independence day celebrations in Meerut on the streets, around the new Metro construction and around town in general.

Wheat threshing action at a small farm in north India's Meerut: farmers process golden wheat stalks

Uttar Pradesh·farmland · bazaar

Wheat threshing action at a small farm in north India's Meerut: farmers process golden wheat stalks by pushing them into the manual thresher, risking their limbs in the process.

Mahabharat era Shri Pandeshwar Mahadev Mandir, Hastinapur - Virtual tour of temple complex interior, in Meerut

Uttar Pradesh·temple

Pandeshwar Mahadev Temple in Hastinapur near Meerut is famous among devotees because of its association with the Mahabharata.

Chhole bhature wala Meerut: Hot boiling polyunsaturated fatty oil for taloing kulcha bhatoora bread

Uttar Pradesh·street food

Chhola bhature wala in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh: Hot boiling oil with polyunsaturated fats, for taloing the kulcha bhatoora bread. Watch the bread drop into the oil in a swirling fashion, and get all consumed in the frying process.

Indian man makes quilt with two sticks, cotton, Tom & Jerry sheets, in Meerut

Uttar Pradesh

Well, this Indian man in Meerut just made it look like making a blanket from freshly ginned cotton is the easiest thing on earth. A pair of sticks, fluffy white cotton, spread on a sheet with bold pictures of Tom and Jerry.

Dangerous lathe work done by hand: Wooden furniture making in India, in Meerut

Uttar Pradesh·industry

Sparks fly as an expert craftsman enthusiast works on sharpening a jagged metal patti plate using a lathe machine, and uses his bare hands to undertake this dangerous operation n the Meerut region of Uttar Pradesh.

Indian craftsmen weave Charpai or traditional Indian bed, in Meerut

Uttar Pradesh

Indian small-scale artisans busy making Charpai, khat, khatia or charpoy or traditional bed in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. Look at how the artist skillfully weaves patterns into the making of this bed.

Dove & Crow: Two common city birds of India, one calm and peaceful, the other clever and aggressive, in Meerut

Uttar Pradesh·wildlife · birds

The Spotted Dove or Streptopelia chinensis is a cheery little quiet bird that keeps to itself and does not harm other birds - a peacenik! This is a Jungle Crow and not a House Crow, as seen in Meerut.

Indian Army Truck loaded with Oxygen cylinders arrives in Meerut, for hospitals and patient relief

Uttar Pradesh·politics · highway

When the government has let its citizens down, and organized the Kumbh Mela and state level elections, it then falls upon the local police and Indian Army to provide relief.

Meerut street during Corona Pandemic - Buddhi ke baal in crowded marketplace, no social distancing

Uttar Pradesh

Buddhi ke baal or cotton candy being sold in non food grade plastic packets, and coloured with cheap pink chemical dyes! This is a horrifying sight considering the rate at which Corona infections are registering in India but these locals in…

Vehicular madness at intersection in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh - Pedestrians and cars cross each other

Uttar Pradesh·highway

A top view of a busy traffic intersection in North India and it will give you jitters but this is India and you can see pedestrians crossing the street like the vehicles are a bunch of toys.

Garbage piles high and wide in Meerut: whither civic sense, what's with open dumping along roads?

Uttar Pradesh·highway

OK, this lifter is transferring plastic waste and garbage onto a truck, but what is the garbage doing out being collected in the open, in the first place, that too during the monsoon months? This leads to leaching of chemicals and metals, t…