Photo Essay – The Modern Man, Around Town Photo Essays by The Delhi Walla - August 22, 2015August 22, 20154 Smartphone and the man. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The other evening The Delhi Walla saw the Modern Man. I was at the café in Ajay Guest House in Central Delhi’s Paharganj. The man was seated alone at a corner table. He was having his dinner. His lonesomeness in a place that teemed with lovers and friends rendered afresh the melancholy of big-city solitude. A closer look, however, revealed that the man was not alone. His smartphone was placed against the breadbasket and he was intently looking towards the screen. This is a portrait that is becoming common. After developing intimate bonds with the smartphone, we are now in the second stage of this marriage. The visual evidences of that relationship