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highway · politics

A Kanwariya truck with loud speakers, on Delhi's roads: Political patronage has given kawars a voice and funding, adding to traffic woes, noise levels and nuisance value, all based on what must have been an innocent and difficult pilgrimage…

Uttar Pradesh·highway · river

What an impressive planned city, or so it seems, at least. The buildings are well spaced apart, with ample space for utilities, public transport corridors, and more, with scope for greening the intermediate spaces as well.

birds · wildlife

Unusually located right below two small stems of a bakain or Persian Lilac tree, this One Rupee coin sized nest-hole was created by a Crimson-breasted Barbet.

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A multi-hued Garhwali local crowd dances to celebrate Holi on the roads of Mussoorie in Uttarakhand. The roads have no or little traffic and the local folk have taken over the roads.

Maharashtra·highway

Shahid Kapoor: "When we started working 5-6 years back, we did not even have a studio to shoot in, so we shot on the road. I have also been somebody who has been kind of...

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Karan Johar imitates / copies Ekta Kapoor's style while shooting for Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna. Mona Singh tells us about the incident. Karan Johar: "We had to dramatize it. We shot that sequence for a whole day.

Gangtok, Sikkim·highway · flowers

If you want to visit Gangtok, and do not want to battle traffic jams, crowded markets and still want to see the open spaces, forests and high mountains of Sikkim, then dodge Gangtok and come on over to Samdong - a quiet, peaceful, unhurried…

hills · highway

The wildfilmsindia team found The Summit Panghen Metok in Lachen to be one of the best options while staying in Lachen. It was easy to access when entering the small but crowded town. There was ample parking and the views were compelling.

West Bengal·railway · hills

As one drives from Darjeeling, along the tracks of the quaint toy train, towards the plains around Bagdogra, the crowded street-side homes and shops and the vehicles on the road, all vie for space with the toy train and its tracks, and pede…

Karnataka·bazaar · highway

With large covered stalls and garden outdoor umbrellas for cover from the sun, Bangalore residents come to these subzi stands for their veges, on their way home from work. Jamun and other seasonable fruit also get sold on the roadside.

Madhya Pradesh·bazaar · highway

Food distribution and agriculture mandis or markets in India. Agri wholesalers buy and sell produce at a large wholesale market in central India.

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Indian Army Stallion trucks in Sikkim: Proud soldiers of Hindustan at 18, 000 feet altitude protect the Indian border with Tibet, in Sikkim.

Madhya Pradesh·highway

In Kamal Nath's constituency stands Shivaji Chowk - A Chhindwara landmark with a traffic intersection in the Madhya Pradesh town.

highway · architecture

BRO (Border Roads Organization) womens' road crew travels in a truck to north Sikkim border with Tibet, for road-building work close to the active border with China.

highway · monsoon

Lachung town in north Sikkim is the staging point for a visit to Yumthang and high altitude Yumesamdong with its hot springs, and fabulous high altitude snow peak views.

lake · river

wildfilmsindia yet again visited the high altitude lake of Gurudongmar in north Sikkim, in the summer of 2022. Situated on a lip of the Tibetan plateau that comes in to India, this is unique high altitude frontier country.

Madhya Pradesh·highway

Sellers offer local sabzi / subzi offerings along the wet monsoon road-side, even cutting and preparing some of them such as the lemons. Raw mangos are also sold, to be used in achars and chutneys. Jackfruit or kathal or also being sold.

highway · village

Chhindwara to Nagpur driving journey through rural and urban landscape, across Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra highway infrastructure. Tunnel vision - view from the end of a tunnel.

hills · highway

What a lovely valley one comes across before the climb to Kalapathar, on the left! A wide open green well watered valley that could well have been the wintering or summer breeding grounds for Black-necked Cranes, but for some strange reason…

Darjeeling, West Bengal·railway · river

Construction trucks carry river sand and bajri / reta, bound for road and dam projects nearby, while a passenger cum goods train trundles across the Tista river bridge, as cars stop at a railway level crossing, as they head towards Darjeeli…

hills · highway

Chakrata town in Uttarakhand is a lovely hill station, but long forgotten and ignored except for its Rajma beans, thanks to the Army presence here, including that of Establishment 21, a force to protect Tibet and the Indian Tibet border.

highway · music

Madhur Bhandarkar says: "Madhuri-ji was very sweet when I told her..." Photographers vie for space to take pictures of Madhuri Dixit with Madhur Bhandarkar.

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Photographers vie for space to take pictures of Madhuri Dixit with Madhur Bhandarkar. The photographers seem to be bouncing orange light on her face through their still camera auto-focus systems.