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monsoon · highway

Monsoon Rains in India: The life giver that also sends rural and urban life in the sub-continent into a tail-spin! Life loses balance for Indians in our villages and cities alike.

aerial · village

Baghrol Basa Fishing Cat conservation village aerial view in West Bengal, through coconut trees and village lagoons and pukurs. Baghrol Basa Fishing Cat Village Aerial view from West Bengal, as seen aerially, from the air.

hills · village

A traditional metal worker does this thing in a small mountain village, repairing farmer's tools and implements and selling newly melted and moulded ones too. Sickles, axes, jhurpis and more. All fall within his purview.

Himachal Pradesh·village · farmland

Chicham village with mid-winter frozen agricultural fields in aerial view of Himachal Pradesh high altitude village Chicham village with mid-winter frozen agricultural fields in aerial view of Himachal Pradesh high altitude village

village · river

Our aerial camera chases the arriving monsoon clouds, and passes a telecom tower in the gaon, set amid the rice fields. Aerial view of an Uttarakhand village - Saari is located near Chopta and Deoria Tal.

Himachal Pradesh·aerial · village

A mid-winter view of Kalpa town in Himachal Pradesh, as seen aerially from above the town. Kinner Kailash Mountain and Kalpa village in Himachal's Kinnaur District: Aerial View Kinner Kailash Mountain and Kalpa village in Himachal's Kinnaur…

Himachal Pradesh·river · village

Nako Village and Lake in Kinnaur District: Aerial view of Spiti in winter frosty chill

sport · village

A bout of mud wrestling or kushti between two Indian wrestlers, in a muddy open pit, with a semi-urban village-rural crowd of spectators. Indian Mud Wrestling or Kushti for young boys: Pehlwani Akhada wrestling match

bazaar · village

Village wool market : Shepherd community of Uttarakhand brings in their freshly sheared sheep wool to the Bhotia market of Bagori near Harsil.

village · highway

Preparing for a trek at the last road-head village. As we camp out in our tents on a village school ground, we prepare our boots, tents and other climbing gear, to head out for Chaukhamba Col! Assembling tents and mountaineering kit for Cha…

bus · village

Bhainsas hang out at a bus shelter in Delhi city! This cool gang of water buffalos have decided to take up temporary residence at a bus stop shelter in India's capital city...

wildlife · village

Hauz Khas Village, Deer Park and Safdarjung Enclave, Green Park with Dadi-Poti Tombs: New Delhi aerial view from South Delhi. Hauz Khas Village, Deer Park and Safdarjung Enclave, Green Park with Dadi-Poti Tombs: New Delhi aerial view

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Chimney stacks cause air pollution from rural factories and village industries in Uttar Pradesh. Smoke billows from tall chimneys as one drives from Saharanpur to Dehradun.

West Bengal·river · bazaar

A view of the run-of-the-river hydroelectric along the Teesta river below Darjeeling in West Bengal state, with the power-house power station.

school · village

Discipline time and Physical training at a village government school in the mountains of Uttarakhand PT class for girls and boys at a school in Uttarakhand: Physical training in blue and white uniform, to the sound of a drum beat.

village · river

Summer-time western disturbance clouds swell up over Saari village near Tungath-Chopta in Uttarakhand, on Deoria Tal trekking route. Notice the telecom tower in a small Garhwali mountain village.

Uttarakhand·forest · village

Garhwal bugyal meadows of Chopta and Tungnath with Rhododendron campanulatum shrub forests, in aerial view, as seen aerially. Western disturbances cause mid-summer clouds and rains...

village · highway

Western disturbances cause mid-summer clouds and rains... Saari village clouds move in rapid motion, in Uttarakhand: Gateway to Deoria Tal and Chopta in Garhwal.

Uttarakhand·forest · village

Driving to Chopta and then walking up to Tungnath temple and Chandrashila through Rhododendron campanulatum forests. An aerial view of the mountainscape.

village · river

Western disturbances cause mid-summer clouds and rains... Saari village clouds move in rapid motion, in Uttarakhand: Gateway to Deoria Tal and Chopta in Garhwal.

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Th ripe seed pods of the Bombax malabaricum tree open up to expose the cotton balls which have a hidden seed that they transport afar, for seed distribution.

village · birds

Village blacksmith at work in rural OdishL The repetitive sound is akin to akin to a Coppersmith Barbet's call! The rhythms of India... A village metalsmith or blacksmith creates a large knife made of iron, in Orissa, India.

farmland · village

An Odiya farmer chases away marauding Langur monkeys from his fields rural Odisha. The langurs just seem to be sitting around and scratching themselves and doing no visible harm, but he wants to take no chances, perhaps...