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Pangong, Ladakh·highway · industry

Roads are necessary for Indian Army movement, as well as tourism and hospitality, and the needs of local people.

monsoon · industry

Rain water harvesting is a key component of construction in India today. With drought looming in the future summer months for India, and prolific monsoon and mid-winter rainfall, collecting excess rain water can only be a smart move.

wildlife · industry

Delhi seems to be catching up on the Covid lull, as multiple residential and commercial projects catch up on the gap years. A tower crane dominates a construction site in Delhi, as the city undertakes lots of post Covid projects.

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Construction site time lapse from India: A massive pit being dug to be used as a septic tank cum soak pit, while the lintel is finalized for the same.

flowers · monsoon

Pretty even as it dies, the lotus is something else! What a delicate lotus pink, with finer shades - No wonder the Kamal is India's national flower! From bud to flower to seed pod and seed dispersal, that is the brief summer and monsoon li…

flowers · monsoon

From bud to flower to seed pod and seed dispersal, that is the brief summer and monsoon life of the lotus plant above water. For the rest of the year, the kamal plant is mostly dormant.

flowers · hills

Set against a misty high altitude monsoon cloud meadow, with a stream lower down the valley, this view of bunches of flowering yellow poppies is indeed a wild Himalayan magical sight! Meconopsis paniculata is a brilliant showy deep yellow h…

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Arisaema griffithii (Griffith's Cobra Lily) Arisaema speciosum or Arisaema jacquemontii High altitude Snake plant Arisaema griffithianum growing at Katao in north Sikkim

Uttarakhand·flowers · industry

What lovely bird-call at our wildfilmsindia estate, as we examine bees take nectar from digitalis flowering stalks at Jabbarkhet in Mussoorie.

West Bengal·crafts · industry

A Nepali woman creates beautiful embroidery circa 1998, in Kalimpong, West Bengal, near Darjeeling. She works on her weaving hand loom.

aerial · architecture

To think these Supertech twin towers are destined to be razed to the ground into piles of rubble, with the use of powerful explosives in August 2022, causing plumes of dust pollution and environmentally vile construction and demolition wast…

coastline · industry

What a historical ship the erstwhile HMS Hercules or INS Vikrant is (not the aircraft carrier!) as seen here on display.

railway · industry

View from a train travelling to Bhubaneshwar in Odisha, through an industrial zone outside the city. Pylons and electric poles dominate the drab landscape. Train view while travelling to Orissa by train: industrial view from the train

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Thin sheets of aluminium, steel or tin are rolled up and then cut into strips, as seen in time lapse mode at a construction site in India.

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Manual labour often means hard work at a construction site in India for these Nepalese labourers, breaking and laying stone walls, as well as digging pits and preparing to lay the foundations for retaining walls or pushtas in the Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·hills · industry

Carrying and installing a 300 kilogram heavy glass element by standing on bamboo scaffolding, with a potential fall of hundreds of feet on the other side, can be a hairy task.

hills · industry

Working with a makeshift staircase over cement bags and stones, these people undertake the unenviable job of moving a highly delicate pane of Double glazed glass down a steep slope to a home being made in the western Himalaya.

hills · industry

How a 300 kilogram Schueco Double glazed glass door in transported in a hilly area in the Himalaya, for use at a construction site. The glass comes from St.

industry · river

In the Nepalese version of a Baby Bjorn, this baby sits comfortably on his mother's back and watches her work, as she lifts bajri and reta or river said, and assists her husband at a construction site in India.

Uttarakhand·temple · highway

The ancient Lakha Mandal Shiv Temple dates back to 5th-8th century CE, and is located in the Dehradun district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. Visitors ring the bell as they enter the old temple complex on a winter's day in 2022.

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A welding torch in slow motion action at a construction site in India, with sparks and smoke flying around the metal objects that are being welded together.

Maharashtra·industry

Brijendra Kumar Jain's court in Mumbai. Salman Khan alights from a red Toyota Qualis MUV and enters the court premises.

hills · industry

It takes a lot of heavy digging to get to the bottom of these mighty clumps of Agapanthus or Lily of the Nile. But we need to uproot them, divide them and re-plant them, to ensure their well-being and continued growth and flowering...