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lake · river

North Sikkim rough road driving across Tibetan plateau to Gurudongmar lake, past a lovely spreading open landscape of meadows and streams, and Indian Army settlements.

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A traffic Jam in north Sikkim? Yesiree! And all the way from Lachung to Chungthang, with hundreds of taxis, cars and more stuck on the road, waiting for a passage to head to Gangtok (back) or towards Lachen (further into north Sikkim).

Maharashtra·highway

Nagesh Kukunoor: "I think this is Madhur's best work. To see a film from a director's perspective is the worst. You look at shot-taking and lighting. You cannot ignore a traffic signal after staying in Bombay.

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Juhi Chawla on film Traffic Signal: "Very interesting. Very nice. I was amazed by Madhurji's Page Three. You stopped at a signal which you never really stopped to think about." Juhi Chawla on film Traffic Signal

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Juhi Chawla talking about being in town and seeing all the 'town people'! Neetu Chandra actress' candid shots in yellow salwar kameez, film Traffic Signal: I live in Colaba! Neetu Chandra actress' candid shots in yellow salwar kameez, film…

aerial · highway

Thickly forested escarpment, 18 hole golf course, clean tourist huts, deep blue lakes and open meadows: Move over Kashmir, and make way for Thenzawl in Mizoram, on the Indian tourist map! What a lovely road that follows the edge of an escar…

highway · livestock

Men stop their bikes and discard / throw waste bags on the road-side in Delhi: Swachh Bharat indeed! Whither Mera Bharat mahaan? With open dhalaos all over Delhi, we have really regressed in terms of hygiene, but we will certainly cover all…

highway · river

Human and not horse power at grunt work! Villager pull pick-up truck along muddy dirt road near Kaladan river in Mizoram. Human power at work! Villager pull pick-up truck along muddy dirt road near Kaladan river in Mizoram

livestock · highway

When domestic animals comprise of 40% of the world's animal mass, cows would represent a large fraction of that! This bull searches a garbage dump for waste, and ends up eating more plastic than food.

highway · village

Life is lived out on the roads of India! This old Tata truck is similarly repaired right on the road itself, by these village mechanics in Fatehpur Beri Village of New Delhi.

highway · railway

An Army that deploys by train? A massive Indian Army truck convoy loaded and on the move on a train at Jajpur in Odisha: Unusual sight of Maruti Suzuki Gypsies and Stallion trucks as they get re-deployed to an eastern sector.

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Bajirao Mastani was offered to Aishwarya Rai who rejected it, before Deepika took it on and got to complete the movie after years.

aerial · hills

What a lovely road that follows the edge of an escarpment, with verdant greens and forest all around, just as sunlight and shadows break over a verdant green aerial view of Thenzawl in Serchhip district, Mizoram, as seen from the air.

aerial · highway

What a lovely road that follows the edge of an escarpment, with verdant greens and forest all around, just as sunlight and shadows break over a verdant green aerial view of Thenzawl in Serchhip district, Mizoram, as seen from the air.

highway · industry

A JCB and construction trucks work on a narrow section of state highway en route Spiti, clear landslides and rock falls in order to allow traffic to continue along the way to Kaza in Himachal Pradesh.

wildlife · highway

Odisha·river · lake

Chilka road is surrounded by human habitation, but then as India's second largest lake, you can imagine how much human pressure there must be on the land and water resources.

Odisha·highway

A drive-through the roads of eastern India, along the Bay of Bengal, in Orissa, as one drives down to Puri beach. A stretcher carries away the injured in the aftermath of a road accident on Nabkalebar road in Puri, Odisha - Orissa, India.

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Good road surfaces in Orissa, as one drives to Puri town. Travelling on the road to Puri in Odisha: Wide open Orissa roads, tree cover on both sides

Jharkhand·temple · hills

Sun temple in Ranchi city: Aerial view of Surya Mandir atop a hill in Jharhand, along NH-33 (Ranchi-Tata Road). A view of the Surya Mandir from the air.

railway · river

Cuttack rail and road bridges in Odisha look like fancy infrastructure from the west, but it's our good old Orissa! Not so, but they certainly look like an alluvial fan of dis-tributaries emanating from the sands of the Mahanadi and enterin…

river · highway

Large dumpers pick and drop sand from the riverbed of the Mahanadi and onto trucks standing nearby. Is this government licensed sand mining or something more off the radar? Truck loads of river sand are shipped off from the river bed.

railway · highway

Cuttack rail and road bridges in Odisha look like fancy infrastructure from the west, but it's our good old Orissa! Not so, but they certainly look like an alluvial fan of dis-tributaries emanating from the sands of the Mahanadi and enterin…