monsoon

hills · forest

Between Chungthang and Lachen lie some fine rain forests and medium altitude Himalayan forests, with fir trees that play along with the clouds in the hide and seek game of misty magic. Time lapse clouds Sikkim from India.

Uttarakhand·river · railway

Filmed during the infamous Maund Mela or Fish killing festival, the Aglar river joins the Jumna nadi below the Yamuna pul. The Yamuna jumps over rocks and gurgles down from Yamunotri, rather uncelebrated, as opposed to the Ganga.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Bunches of run-wild Crocuses have taken over our early monsoon late summer hillsides at the Jabbarkhet botanical gardens of wildfilmsindia, overlooking the plains and the higher mountains of the Himalaya, as garden escapes that have got nat…

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

At our Jabbarkhet botanical gardens, the South African origin Agapanthus Lilies are in full bloom, with Oxeye daisies as white contrast, and bees buzzing all around. Hill Partridge and Verditer Flycatchers call in the background audio.

monsoon · hills

With its natter white and black tail, this Spotted Forktail dances as the monsoon rains come to the hills of the lower Himalaya.

flowers · monsoon

The first Rain lily of the season is special, even though it is followed by thousands more! See this one open up in time lapse...

village · monsoon

Tractors and motorcyclists ply the village roads of an Orissa village, as the monsoon is awaiting and black clouds loom on the horizon. Village women carry wood back for their home hearths and cooking fires, on a windy cool summer day.

railway · monsoon

Archival footage of a passenger train as it rolls into a train station in Orissa / Odisha. Bhubaneshwar Express Train to Odisha epitomizes train travel in India.

monsoon

Ending briefly a very hot and dry run, we finally got some rain in Delhi on 4th May 2022, thanks to a generous western disturbance, bringing in moisture perhaps from the Mediterranean or the Arabian Sea! Rain in Delhi FINALLY, after three m…

monsoon · forest

A cluster of millipedes, commonly referred to locally as "monsoon worms," is actively crawling together during the rainy season. The numerous segmented arthropods move slowly across the ground in close formation, creating a dense swarm.

monsoon

An auto rickshaw wallah gets advertisements placed on his taxi gaadi, printed up on a fresh yellow covering for his three wheeler.

monsoon

It makes sense to advertise on an auto rickshaw in India, as these vehicles are almost always running on the roads, and are the most frequently seen taxi format. So an advertisement on the body canvas will go a long way, literally.

monsoon

See the mass locomotion of monsoon worms at our Delhi Orchard! You could call them creepy-crawlies or just accept them as a normal and natural part of our rainy season system... See how they move together as a mass.

monsoon

See the mass locomotion of monsoon worms at our Delhi Orchard! You could call them creepy-crawlies or just accept them as a normal and natural part of our rainy season system... See how they move together as a mass.

monsoon · farmland

Did you know that millipedes disband and take different routes when confronted by bigger predators! See the mass locomotion of monsoon worms at our Delhi Orchard! You could call them creepy-crawlies or just accept them as a normal and natur…

river · industry

Sand mining and river bed stone collection are both illegal in India. They deprive the river of its natural course of flow, and create pockets and gaps that then harbour monsoon flood waters and then lead to irregularities in its flow.

Maharashtra·music · monsoon

During the concert season, I have been travelling a lot and doing concerts, within India and outside too. Christmas is just around the corner, and New Year as well. At this time, singers get a chance to tour a lot.

Uttarakhand·monsoon

Sped up imagery of monsoon clouds in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand as the sun throws golden light in the evening.

hills · monsoon

It's a cloud fest in the Himalaya, as the monsoon clouds exit the mountains and begin their sub-continental to exit the sub-continent, as the monsoon system dissipates.

hills · monsoon

As the clouds clear, the peak of Bandarpunch is revealed in all its glory, in the Garhwal Himalaya range, as the wildfimsindia team treks beyond Dodital lake and into the bowl of Banderpunch.

hills · monsoon

A brilliant cloudy sky paints so many live moods akin to the most fleeting emotions and thoughts of a human being.

Uttar Pradesh·railway · highway

Stacks of baked orange bricks lie near a bhatti kiln in north India, with the chimney itself ironically made of bricks! What lovely kheti all around, in monsoon greenery and profusion...

Uttar Pradesh·river · monsoon

Desi 'Jugaad' or Indian ingenuity is unmatched - just look at this clip. A group of teenage boys are seen at a canal in Kithore, Meerut.