Meerut

Uttar Pradesh·highway

Perfect driving conditions: India has some excellent road infrastructure now: Delhi-Meerut Expressway. Pylons and electric cabling along the Delhi - Ghaziabad stretch.

Uttar Pradesh·temple · music

Shri Balaji is the other name of Lord Hanumana. This temple is situated in Nauchandi ground Meerut.

Uttar Pradesh·temple · ceremony

The temple to the 5th avatar of Vishnu is decorated in fairy lights in the evening in Sardar Bazar, Meerut. This is one of the few temples dedicated to Vamana or the 'Dwarf god'.

Uttar Pradesh·crafts

See a good old fashioned sewing machine in operation with a local darzi or tailor, in this case a blind-maker artisan. A local artisan in Meerut is stitching the fabric lining for bamboo chick blinds or curtains.

Uttar Pradesh

This man gets an old fashioned shave, with a shaving cream and brush, and a large blade! Small town India still exists in her old ways...

Uttar Pradesh·farmland

Mango orchard harvest time antics in Meerut: A family in Uttar Pradesh collects langda aam from their orchard. A man in a Gap T-shirt climbs into a langda tree and drops mangos with a danda and laggi.

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.

Uttar Pradesh·highway

Cruising down from Delhi - Meerut and beyond to Khatauli on the Western UP Expressway makes one realize that world class road infrastructure is indeed possible to create in India, and without cows jumping across the roads! See this 4K gyro…

Meerut, Uttar Pradesh

Ghevar being made at a sweet meats mithai shop in Meerut town of Uttar Pradesh. See how the milk is curdled and boiled to make this unique monsoon time Indian sweet from Rajasthan.

Uttar Pradesh·monsoon

Ghevar being made at a halwai's shop in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. Ghevar is mostly seasonal and is made during the monsoon and summer months. While it is more a Rajasthani sweet meat, it is made across north India.

Uttar Pradesh·river · ceremony

Short-cut nectaring for apis florea bees! A swarm of Honeybees, Apis dorsata swarm around food items offered by devotees to Hindu gods. Rolling in balls the honeybees swarm on the puffed rice lying on the offering plate.

Uttar Pradesh·highway

Children with no proper clothes sit outside the makeshift tent next to the highway eating chocolates which must have been either given by someone or they must have picked from the trash.

Uttar Pradesh·industry

A small manufacturing unit in Meerut is back to making the century-old scissors of Meerut after the Corona Lockdown. A glimpse of what goes into the making of each scissors of Kainchi.

Uttar Pradesh·ceremony

This is a very famous shop for laddoos in Meerut and it is known as Ramnath Laddoo Wale, located in Sadar Bazaar.

Uttar Pradesh·highway

Lisari Gate traffic intersection is abuzz with activities like any normal day but this is filmed in the middle of a global pandemic. Stepping outside unless necessary is not encouraged.

Uttar Pradesh·industry

A worker at a sugar factory in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh is filmed packing finished jaggery into baskets which will then be transferred to a packaging and measuring unit for dispatch.

Uttar Pradesh·highway

This could be a dangerous trade! This man can drive off a car, bike or truck in minutes, after creating a key to enter it. He can also enter your home within minutes.

Uttar Pradesh·monsoon · farmland

Having shed the season's mangos, this mango orchard in Meerut revels in the profusion of the monsoon season, turning green with all that excess water, and recharging itself for the baur or flowing season of the coming spring, and yet anothe…

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.

Uttar Pradesh·sport

At this rudimentary cricket bat making facility in Meerut, the finer details are still adhered to, such as the exact final weight of the cricket bat. The weight is reduced tenderly to make it adhere to international specifications!

Uttar Pradesh·ceremony

How the big fat Hindu wedding has changed in the times of Covid. Not only are the numbers of family and guests down, but the extra worry about the virus, the occasional mask and the additional required precautions (whether practiced or not!…

Uttar Pradesh·industry

Bike modification workshop in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India: Desi jugaad marries 'Make in India' smarts and atmanirbharta! Not very zen this art of motorcycle maintenance, in India.

Uttar Pradesh·street food

Street food in India is a colourful affair of both vegetarian and non-vegetarian delights. A street food stall in Meerut is busy preparing food for its late evening customers.