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lake · hills

Few anglers in the West realise that India, with its dozens of rivers and thousands of streams, offers vast opportunities for sport fishing and angling.

coastline · river

The regular work schedule of a Kerala Backwater villageman has fishing in his schedule early in the morning.

lake · forest

Among the thick forests of Sikkim, in a small village in a forest clearing, this man collects minnows and larger catfish that remain in a pond that has been drained out.

lake · village

Indian fishermen collect fish and pull their fishing net from a pond in a village of Uttar Pradesh. The state of Uttar Pradesh has vast and varied inland fisheries and aquaculture resources which are at various levels of utilization.

coastline · lake

The most common fishing technique with a hook and a fishing line is used in Kerala's backwaters too. The most traditional form of fishing.

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The fish are all but gone, the landscape is dry and drought-hit. This poor farmer doesn't get many fish out of his pond, and sits out in the hot sun, in sheer depression.

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Man throwing its fishing nets into the pond . Side by side with an exquisite melody, we can see all details in the thrown of a net into the water. Notice the beautiful effects in the water.

lake · flowers

Babul - an Assamese tea garden resident, fishes for Carp and other fish in his captive tea garden pond, having stocked it through the year. He uses a net the traditional way and after having flung it, it pulls it in gently...

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Freshwater fish is a vital protein and source of income for these communities; Assam's love for fish is legendary.Fish catching is one of the oldest occupations of mankind and fish has been also one of the most important food items of the h…

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African catfish originated from Africa and it is a freshwater fish species. It is very suitable for commercial and small scale farming. African catfish can be cultivated easily in small sized pond ,hole or in a reservoir.

Bengaluru, Karnataka·river · lake

Freshwater fish species in a lake in Bangalore. (Definitely not Bellandur lake with its detergent poisoning!). Underwater video of a school of fish in a natural lake in Karnataka.

lake · river

Shubham King, Glassy and White Carp, as well as Gourami being released in a pond in the Delhi monsoon. The pond has a variety of wetland plant life including Water lilies and grasses from the Ken River in Madhya Pradesh.

Uttar Pradesh·livestock · lake

A mother, a father and a son are out for fishing in a muddy pond in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. The young boy with an umbrella waits outside the embankment. The mother seem to be instructing the child to sit farther away from the water.

Gujarat·wildlife · lake

Thol is home to different species of bird like Flamingos, Black headed ibis, Northern Shoveler and many more. The painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala) is a large wading bird in the stork family.

Thol, Gujarat·wildlife · birds

Painted Stork take flight at Thol Lake. Thol Sanctuary, about an hour's drive from Ahmedabad, attracts flocks of flamingos, pelicans, kingfishers, ibis, and leggy storks.

lake · wildlife

Great Flamingos taking flight at Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary, Gujarat. The greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) is the most widespread species of the flamingo family.

Haryana·lake · wildlife

Threatened with the close and impending construction of massive real estate projects, this Purple Moorhen heralds the tail end of the flourishing and as-yet-surviving wetland of Basai which will inevitably be over-run by human activity and…

wildlife · birds

The yellow-bellied prinia (Prinia flaviventris) is a species of bird in the Cisticolidae family. It is found in the Indian Subcontinent and much of Southeast Asia.

Bhuj, Gujarat·wildlife · birds

People traveling on the roads of Kutch and nobody notices this lone Black winged Stilt bird who forages in a dirty wetland in this crowded district of Gujarat.

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The Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus), is a lapwing or large plover, a wader in the family Charadriidae. It is sometimes called the did-ye-do-it bird due to its unmistakable call.

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The Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus), is a lapwing or large plover, a wader in the family Charadriidae. It is sometimes called the did-ye-do-it bird due to its unmistakable call.

Rajasthan·lake

The painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala) is a large wading bird in the stork family. It is found in the wetlands of the plains of tropical Asia south of the Himalayas in the Indian Subcontinent and extending into Southeast Asia.

wildlife · birds

Flock of Flamingoes forage in Gujarat's wetland, India. The greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) is the most widespread species of the flamingo family.