Meerut

Uttar Pradesh·industry

Rewari is a hard candy popular during the festive season of Lohri and Makar Sankranti in January. Our crew visited this factory in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh where everything is done manually.

Uttar Pradesh·industry · sport

Markings are made on the cricket bat as part of the production process, to create the bat from a block of wood, well before the bat is shipped off from the Meerut factory. A rough block of willow is marked off for cutting from...

Uttar Pradesh·livestock · highway

Stopping traffic on the Meerut highway on a cold December morning, these Rabari men and women are migrating as a large group towards the Himalayan foot-hills for the winter.

Uttar Pradesh·industry

Workers at a factory in Meerut are pouring the concrete mix into the mould for making poles. After the mix is poured inside the mould the surface is levelled and holes drilled into it when it becomes a semisolid state.

Uttar Pradesh·industry

A sneak peek inside the making of wooden furniture manually at a factory in Meerut in Northern India. Workers working in unison to create a finished product. Workers are filmed making measurements and marking on the wooden planks.

Uttar Pradesh

The Indian National Flag fluttering away with the wind in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh as India celebrates 74th Independence Day. Flying high and proud the Indian National Flag stands for the unity and integrity of the Indian union.

Uttar Pradesh·bazaar

Langda mangos being packed from a huge pile on the ground, into petis or wooden crates, for shipment to the Meerut phal mandi or fruit market. Here, they will be sent out to other cities in north India.

Uttar Pradesh·farmland

Men land up at their of work in India. It happens to be a mango orchard in full fruiting mode! They carry with them laggi or the plucking stick and enter into a day full of plucking, collecting and sorting mangos into plastic cartons.

Uttar Pradesh·crafts · sport

We Indians are truly masters of “Jugaad”, and this video is a perfect example of that spirit.

Uttar Pradesh·sport

Two teams of Under-18 are seen batting and bowling it out at a field in Meerut. Although the Corona Pandemic has disturned normal life, these boys are not too worried and the love for India's favourite sport seems to overpower safety.

Uttar Pradesh·sport

New young blood for India's cricketing ambitions gets discovered at this training academy for cricket in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh's heartland of India.

Uttar Pradesh·ceremony · dance

Women dance wearing sarees and masks while a man does a strange moon walk inspired Uttar Pradesh improvised jerky movement dance which leaves us rather uninspired. Weddings in Covid times have taken on a sober even sombre air to them.

Uttar Pradesh·railway · highway

An ith or brick kiln with its tall smoke chimney surrounded by green monsoon agricultural fields in Meerut district of UP state.

Uttar Pradesh

Paan is consumed in India in a number of areas for its contribution to digestion, stimulating and psychoactive effects. Paan is prepared from the Betel leaf or Paan Pata (Piper betel) with lime or chuna and betel nut or areca nut.

Uttar Pradesh

Sweet business is back after months of lockdown due to the global pandemic and this shop in Meerut is also seeing customers after a long dry spell. Halwa looks to be a hit this winter season with packets of the sweet dish stacked for sale.

Uttar Pradesh

Vast expanse of grassland and agricultural fields in one of India's most industrious cities. Filmed on a bright day it is an unforgettable sight.

Uttar Pradesh·industry

A worker inside a small scale manufacturing unit of the famous Meerut scissors heats up a heap of scissors blades.

Uttar Pradesh·industry

A quick glimpse of how a carpenter uses a hand plane to shape wood according to what the carpenter is making. An Indian carpenter uses a hand plane to smoothen and shape a plank for making door frames at a factory in Meerut.

Uttar Pradesh·highway

When the struggle is real and bare, they do not have time for niceties and who is watching. Watch an interaction between women in the homeless communities in Meerut.

Uttar Pradesh·temple · river

Panchmukhi Nageshwar Mahadev Temple is also known as the Maharishi Valmiki Ashram and the birthplace of Luva & Kush. This temple is situated near the bank of Hindon river in Baleni, Meerut.

Uttar Pradesh

Ceiling Cornice with ornamentation and other decorative items made of Plaster of Paris on display at the Roadside in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. Take a look at what entails the making of these small but important finishings in a house.

Uttar Pradesh

Who can resist the charms of a garam bowl of Gajar ka halwa or Gajar pak? India's sweet carrot dessert trumps most others and is a welcome addition to a cold winter's day, at any time of day or night.

Uttar Pradesh·industry

Rewari is a hard candy popular during the festive season of Lohri and Makar Sankranti in January. Our crew visited this factory in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh where everything is done manually.