Photo Essay – Sense of the Place Photo Essays by The Delhi Walla - February 20, 2010May 23, 20107 In love with clichés. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] Paharganj = Foreign tourists. Kinari Bazaar = Narrow streets. Khan Market = Rich-looking people. Turkman Gate = Ghetto Muslims. Select Citywalk = Mall rats. Gali Qasim Jaan = Ghalib’s haveli. Connaught Place = White pillars. Punjabi Bagh = Punjabi families. GB Road = Sex workers. Gali Parathe Walli = Steamy parathas. Basant Lok = Barcoded consumers. Lodhi Road = Leafy trees. Trying to get a sense of the place often translates to seeing it through the prism of its popular clichés. It is an easy exercise, but the result is shallow in wisdom and only partially true. Take a look. Connaught Place Kinari Bazaar Blueline 520 Chandni Chowk Khan Market Malliwara GB Road Paharganj Basant Lok Kucha Pandit Punjabi Bagh Gali Qasim Jaan Pratap Street Gali Parathe Walli Turkman Gate Select Citywalk Mall Matia Mahal Lodhi Road Nizamuddin Basti Iltutmish’s Tomb FacebookX Related Related posts: Photo Essay – Portrait of a Marriage Photo Essay – The Last of the Old-Fashioned Book Lovers Photo Essay – Bookshop Romance of Delhi Photo Essay – KD’s Black Beard & Willie’s Rockstar Looks, The Book Shop, Khan Market & Jor Bagh Photo Essay – I Want Your Smile, Around Town
Hey Mayank,Title: You've got good set of pictures with impressive captionsnice. What do you do?If you're a professional photographer and would have been a known to, then I would have invited you to my wedding, as you've got a good click in "New Innings at Sacred Heard Cathedral"That's my wedding pic:)Its nice, just wanted you to know that the person in it has viewed it..keep blogging.
Nice post. I just wish MCD had stricter building codes with strict enforement to better protect heritage building, e.g. ban ugly overhanging wires and billborards at Connaught Place.