Photo Essay – Sense of the Place
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
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.
Very nice capture of life in Delhi.I like shot outside ghalib memorial as best.
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.
Just amazing! Thanks MASDelhi is truly more than the collective sum of its cliches!
where is gali paranthwalla located at??i wanna try out their food.
Beautiful Delhi….lovely captures mayank…..
Yeh dilli hai mere yaarBas ishq mohabbat pyaar!!!!