monsoon

hills · monsoon

The monsoon rains bring with them a fresh profusion of flowering plant-life that is not usually seen through the rest of the year.

monsoon · farmland

Indian farmers facing huge crises due to unseasonal rainfall which cause damaged to the crops. Unseasonal rain and hailstorms have hit standing crops across North and West India. Officials have estimated major damage to the rabi harvest.

politics · monsoon

Unseasonal rains have destroyed over 10 lakh hectares of standing crop across the country. The heavy loss is likely to have an adverse effect on prices of food items which may rise putting the Narendra Modi government in a crisis situation.…

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Mizo models walking the ramp in the rain wearing the creations of local designers during Anthurium Festival at Reiek Village in Mizoram.

West Bengal·ceremony · monsoon

Due to heavy rainfall in Kolkata this year during Durga puja, many pandals were wet with water.

monsoon · hills

What steady focus and concentration, this caterpillar chows down on a ginger leaf, meticulously trying to finish the leaf and damage the plan, to ensure its own existence! What species of caterpillar would this be? A butterfly one, perhaps?…

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Collecting wet mud to create their massive nest-holes only parts of which are above the ground's surface and most of which are underground, the collective power of termites is such that they can bring down entire buildings and cities with t…

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An orange coloured Lady with few black dots on its chitinous dome is seen on top of a small twig in drizzling rain. The raindrops falling on the back of the bug looks like the spots itself but in crystal clear form.

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Help us identify this pair of dragonflies filmed in late monsoon in New Delhi. The presence of dragonflies also indicates the change of season from the humid and wet monsoons towards colder winter months.

flowers · monsoon

Monsoon haven for wriggly-wigglies! Wriggly Millipedes feed and crawl in hundreds during the rains. Ever noticed a big swarm of millipedes in a garden? These are arthropods with multiple jointed legs.

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Monsoon haven for wriggly-wigglies! Wriggly Millipedes feed and crawl in hundreds during rains Ever noticed a big swarm of millipedes in a garden? These are arthropods with multiple jointed legs.

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Deemak mahal pahari or termite hill in peak monsoon activity! A quick look and it looks like a dish boiling at high temperature but no. These are termites as seen in timelapse.

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We're not sure about the name of the blue beetle. Help us identify the species. The video is from Jabberkhet, Mussoorie during the monsoon of 2019.

flowers · hills

As Roscoea purpurea, wild ginger, Begonia dioica and picta flower in the Himalayan monsoon, a large number of cicada insects call from the trees, creating quite a cacophony that is so typical of the rainy season in our mountains.

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Red Velvet Mite or Trombidiidae A Velvet mite at its natural habitat during the monsoon season in Uttarakhand, India.

river · monsoon

The Kohori Nala at Sangam Chatti got flooded this past monsoon but we had to get past so we took our Mahindra Scorpio across it, cautiously steering through the fast current.

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Watch this dramatic sight of a Dhaman or Rat snake consuming a toad. The Rat snake is having a tough time taking in the bloated toad which has been feeding on monsoon-time flying termites.

dance · river

Young Sikkimese dancers put up Maruni dance at Sikkim's Winter Carnival in Sikkim. Sikkim gears up for its biggest event, Sikkim Winter Carnival 2014.

Meghalaya·monsoon · river

Kids trying to catch fish from a stream in Sohra, Meghalaya, India. Sohra, previously known as Cherrapunjee, a Sub-Division in the East Khasi Hills District of Meghalaya, is set upon a plateau on the southern slopes of the state.

monsoon · railway

A child carries an empty can on a hot summer day in Delhi, to fill and bring water back home...

Meghalaya·monsoon · river

Kids trying to catch fish from a stream in Sohra, Meghalaya, India. Sohra, previously known as Cherrapunjee, a Sub-Division in the East Khasi Hills District of Meghalaya, is set upon a plateau on the southern slopes of the state.

village · monsoon

Innocent young boys and girls posing in front of the camera along with their much younger siblings. A group of children, some without shirts are seen playing with the discarded wheels of a tractor.

monsoon · wildlife

At the Sonkhaliya crossing, early morning at 5 am, schoolgirls get ready for school, edging with the monsoon rains.