“monsoon”

wildlife · birds

Monsoons approaching, gray skies and barren trees and a trio of Wire-tailed swallow roosts on it. The birds are small and common in India. The long pair of feathers from the tail of the male is distinct while the female ha a shorter tail.

wildlife · birds

See the intricacies of bird preening up close and in slow motion! A bird cleans its feathers Perching on a dry branch and preening its feathers probably after a light monsoon drizzle, a couple inside their natural tree hollow nest and an in…

wildlife · birds

A single individual of Lesser Cormorant is seen sitting on an aquatic shrub preening itself. The bird is feeling the heat of the monsoon heat.Beak wide open and trying to cool itself down.

hills · forest

Spring-time and it's breeding and mating time for these Kaleej Pheasants at our wildfilmsindia wildlife sanctuary in the Himalaya.

Global warming has changed weather patterns and caused a huge increase in the number of droughts, floods, cyclones and other such destructive weather conditions. Assam is another such case in point.

crafts

A piece of antique Indian embroidery depicting scenes from the life of the Hindu god Krishna. A Pichhavai of Gopis associated with the monsoon season. India, Deccan, 18th C.

Thailand·industry · river

Agricultural spaces slowly get converted into industrial zones and residential colonies, even as flooded coastal regions remain growing zones for a multitude of agricultural crops.

lake · river

Waders silhouette sunset over the salt pans of Sambhar Lake, Rajasthan, India. The Sambhar Salt Lake, India's largest inland salt lake, sits 96 km south west of the city of Jaipur (Northwest India) and 64 km north east of Ajmer along Nation…

bazaar

Fresh Singhara (water caltrops) for sale at a local fruit market in RK Puram, New Delhi, India.

monsoon · highway

A rainy night transforms the roads of New Delhi into a canvas of shimmering lights and reflections.

monsoon · highway

Devastating flooding that struck the Kashmere Gate area of Delhi during the historic July 2023 Yamuna flood crisis.

highway · hills

A moment of traffic congestion unfolds along the scenic route from Shella Village to Baghmara, capturing the realities of driving through Meghalaya’s hilly terrain.

village · festival

A festive atmosphere prevails when one village stones another! Team orange at Bagwal festival of Devidhura Champawat, Uttarakhand With much revelry and camaraderie, the grotesque stone pelting festival gets off to a start as villagers conve…

festival · village

When one village stones another! Team orange at Bagwal festival of Devidhura Champawat, Uttarakhand With much revelry and camaraderie, the grotesque stone pelting festival gets off to a start as villagers converge at the Bagwal Festival gro…

hills · village

A drone captures a stunning aerial view of Ransi village, near Ukhimath in Uttarakhand, revealing its location on a steep mountainside adorned with lush green terraced fields.

aerial · village

Teams from different villages arrive for the stoning festival with stone pelting and throwing of apples and pears.

aerial · temple

A typical plains village in the lower reaches of Kumaon in Uttarakhand, as seen aerially. Rice paddy fields and much greenery pervade the landscape This temple floated down and landed mid-river! Shiv Mandir at Kimtoli village in Champawat,…

wildlife · birds

Male Peafowl face off with each other, go round and round each other, threateningly during breeding season The monsoon season belongs to peafowl, with the males displaying and females laying eggs and rearing their broods.

Maharashtra·monsoon

Tusshar Kapoor speaks on film Golmaal with heavy monsoon rain falling behind him in Mumbai: "She comes to ask for achaar, there is golmaal behind the achar and the girl!" Tusshar Kapoor on film Golmaal

Uttarakhand·hills · birds

At the wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet wildlife sanctuary, a Hill Barbet feasts on a wild hill berry of the Himalaya, possibly a Viburnum.

hills

A nice cheery view of blue post monsoon skies, cottony white clouds and a Himalayan day of clear skies and distant views.

hills

As the day progresses, clouds come and go at the end of the monsoon season, carrying with them water or returning after shedding it as precipitation. Clouds seem to have a life of their own, and a community.

Rajasthan·birds · wildlife

Some of tbe birds and beasts of Bharatpur, from the winter of 2020. Entry into Keoladeo is often done by way of cycle rickshaw, or then on foot. Cheetal or Spotted Deer and Sambhar also abounded in the wetlands.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

The wild Kaith or Himalayan pear is a favourite of many Himalayan birds that visit it for nectar. Others visit it for the fruit which ripens after the monsoon season.