Photo Essay – I Want Your Smile, Around Town Photo Essays by The Delhi Walla - April 26, 2011April 26, 20112 Looking for Delhi delights. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] Some think of Delhi as a city where people don’t have time to acknowledge each other and where nobody smiles. Wrong. Every Delhiwalla is as curious about the other as any small town person and almost all Delhiwallas smile. Here’s the proof. Sardar Patel Marg Scindia House Daryaganj Nizamuddin Basti Kuchha Faulad Khan Vikaspuri Khidki Extension Ajmeri Gate Curzon Road Near Golcha Cinema Lodhi Road Connaught Place Paharganj Humayun’s Tomb Rose Garden Pahari Bhojla Connaught Place Nizamuddin Basti Jangpura Khan Market Outside Statesman Building Mehrauli Near Dilli Gate Khan Market Smiling Delhi FacebookX Related Related posts: Photo Essay – Hazrat Nizamuddin’s Birthday Celebrations, Nizamuddin Dargah Photo Essay – Saliva on the Street. Around Town Photo Essay – Sky Spotting, Around Town Photo Essay – 2011 Cricket World Cup Final Match, Around Town Photo Essay – Delhi Feet, Around Town
I recognise the Bahrison’s shop manager (with the pen in hand). He has all the books on his fingertips. Is the friendly (Gurkha/Pahadi(???)) watchman no longer there?
I love this, Mayank. It *is* difficult to make people smile when you’re taking their picture, especially if you don’t speak their language. I’d pull out the camera and folks would stiffen up and look as serious as possible. It was a fun challenge to try to tell them that I wanted to see them smile.