“monsoon”

Uttarakhand·river · hills

An overview of the trek to Roopkund Lake through the meadows of Ali and Bedni buggyal in the Garhwal Himalaya.

coastline

Frothing waves from the Bay of Bengal running towards the Odisha coast. Fishing trawlers can be seen at the horizon. The monsoon tide bringing in waves to the eastern coast of India.

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.

monsoon · highway

Truck braves Kerala flood water in order to transport victims to relief camps. India’s southern state of Kerala suffered its worst monsoon flooding in a century, with more than one million people displaced, and more than 400 reported deaths…

monsoon

Flash flood leaves no room for people to stay indoor as water gushes everywhere in Kerala. 220,000 people left homeless and thousands trapped in southern Indian state after unusually heavy rain which led to infamous Kerala floods 2018.

flowers

A garden slug seems full from its garden vegetable diet as it marauds in the soft mud in monsoon. Slimy skin with mud and its tentacles out in search of some more food? Notice the shiny mucous it leaves behind as it moves along.

Uttarakhand·forest

At the Land's End point, this deodar tree is standing alone with mist covering the backdrop during monsoon.

politics

While the action taken report on the JPC findings which went into the multi-million rupees securities and banking fraud was used by the opposition to paralyze the parliament monsoon session.

Madhya Pradesh·forest · river

Panna, a district lying on the north-east region in the state of Madhya Pradesh, sits on active diamond mines and is surrounded by rolling meadows with evergreen trees, colourful rocks, hills and breathtaking waterfalls.

monsoon · river

The recent flash floods in the otherwise drought-prone area of Gujarat's Saurashtra region has not only hindered human lives, but also killed eight lions and a number of other animals like blue bulls, spotted deers, etc.

flowers · industry

Workers with baskets on their back returning from tea garden after plucking tea leaves in Assam.

farmland

Our team of field staff at the wildfilmsindia Pari Tibba Estate in Motidhar start to collect the rajma crop once the monsoon season has ended, and the rains have mostly ceased. They go from vine to vine collecting the kidney bean pods.

Gasping in the hot and humid 45 degrees of a New Delhi summer day, just as the monsoons are about to hit, this newly-born Lapwing chick doesn't know what has hit it! Fresh out of the egg, with its white egg-tooth visible at the tip of its b…

Uttarakhand·highway

Take an Uttar Pradesh highway slow motion drive through the Indian heartland, from Meerut to Muzaffarnagar and through the mofussil small towns of UP up north, and heading in the direction of Haridwar and Dehradun.

ceremony · river

Sequential prostration and walking to approach the river bank. The man takes up this routine while his wife follows along on foot, wearing a red saree.

highway · old town

Safety be damned. Men sleep on the divider between Ring Road lanes, sleeping off their tiredness, despite the humid heat of a Delhi monsoon day in August. An entire labour crew seems to be asleep under a flyover.

ceremony · river

Sitting by the river, offering fruit to the sun god and singing together, these women celebrate the Chatt festival.

monsoon

Floods have ravaged Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh during the monsoons. Houses and the entire landscape submerged in the murky water. Men at the police station share their ordeal in front of the camera.

monsoon · railway

Residents wade in knee-deep water in their own homes in Rohtas district of Bihar during monsoon floods. The water level reaching the kitchen counters and beds inside the house.

highway · river

The monsoons in 2020 must be horrendous for these families caught on film during the Bihar floods. With the Corona infections looming on their doors and the floods submerging their huts and forcing them out of homes on makeshift rafts.

monsoon · village

When in Nepal remember that summer monsoon comes likes an uninvited guest, the rains can hit you any time of the day. So while trekking in Nepal, do carry a poncho and a rain cover for your bags and cameras both.

monsoon · river

Summer-monsoon, when everything comes to a standstill with the downpour as heavy as can been seen in the video, Nepal experiences this quite often.

Madhya Pradesh·birds

This Spilornis cheela sits in alert mode along a water body at Panna National Park, awaiting its chance at serpentine or other prey in this post-monsoon season. We were not able to show you its lovely uplifted crest in this shot, sadly.

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This mother plover - a Red-wattled Lapwing, in fact, is sitting over its eggs to protect them from the heavy monsoon downpour. Yet, she does not look to her personal comfort as she could well be sheltering under a tree.