Memo from Paharganj – Ready for 2010 Commonwealth Games General by The Delhi Walla - September 10, 2010September 11, 20102 Reporting from Delhi’s backpackers’ district. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] Forget the deluxe hotels, Delhi University’s makeshift tourist hostelries and the city’s Bed & Breakfast lodges. The chief lodging destination for many visitors of Commonwealth Games (CWG), being hosted by Delhi in October 2010, may still be the guesthouses of Paharganj, traditionally the most popular haven for foreign backpackers. The bustling market and its alleys, opposite New Delhi railway station, have been witnessing renovation for months. The encroaching stores have been demolished. The main road has been widened. The hawkers, touts and mannequins have been removed from the sidewalk. The pavements have been tiled. The shops, some of them, have been newly painted. “Earlier the place was shabby,” says Muhammad Sharif,