Manekchawk – The food street

Few weeks back, Darshan was in India and at one evening he suggested to go Manekchawk- the food street which remains open till late night – early morning. I found the place very interesting even from street photography point of view and wanted to visit it again with my camera.

Last evening, the multimedia gang planned a hang out at that place.

This food street happens only after working hours. It is actually a parking area for the shops around. The shops close down by 9pm and then within just 3o minutes, these hawkers set up their carts, hang their signs and arrange chairs and tables.

From Pizza, sandwiches to paun bhaji and dalwada, you get almost all varieties of food here.

Look at this guy… busy on his cellphone and no worries of economical recession!
And he showing his three varieties of paunbhaji…

This food street is popular in foreigners too!

And in case you need to reload your music, you can find interesting and popular music here!

The Corn Street…

Finally, it rained last night and it brought much awaited relief from the heat.

This afternoon, I spent some time at famous “Makaai Gali” – corn street near Law Garden. It was little early for the street to be very live but I could capture some happenings there…

A typical corn seller… The sign says “Fresh Sweet corn – boiled”. Notice the stove and a pot on it? That is to boil the “American” sweet corn. The sign next to the stove says about different varieties of the corn offered by the seller – Spicy Lemon, Spicy Butter, Spicy Cheese, Garlic paste and Green Paste. The corn would be topped with any of these "toppings”…

These carts are usually operated by a family. A mother on left manages the garbage, a younger son catches the customers and elder one prepares the corn. His wife is behind and pops up for the pose below…

At another cart, mother was waiting for the sell. Look how she has wrapped her sari.

And at this cart, the woman is either lost in some thought or watching something happening. Same sari wrapping here too.

And at this cart, the mother was actually blowing the air in the coal furnace to roast the corn. She seems lost in thoughts while working.

A family had come for the corn outing. Look how the kid is laying on the motor cycle. His mother seems to have noticed me. Two friends/colleagues are enjoying the corn as well.

The same cart from the other angle. Its so happening there… While a little kido is getting attention from the seller, seller’s wife is preparing some corn. The motorcycle family is seen from this angle as well and notice an old woman begging there…

Opposite the corn street, this "fresh juice” seller had a visual delight spot for his cart.

You receive a spontaneous smile when you point your long white L lens at such beautiful subject!

But who cares about the camera or even driving when your dear one is calling you?

Saga De Delhi

I finally had a chance to spend some time in New Delhi. I traveled to New Delhi by Rajdhani Express. In my boggie, four compartments were occupied by a group of family members and all members of this group were born with self-powered speakers in their throats… they were so loud I wonder their dreams also could be heard loud and clear…

After reaching New Delhi, I had been very occupied for first few days. But on Monday, I did get some chance to enjoy an evening with Jee2Chacha and family. Honey and family were also a default part of this outing. We went to Great Indian Mall in Greater Noida.

While waiting for Chacha/Chachi to finish the shopping, I noticed Costa on the ground floor…

And on other side of the foyer, CCD was put up…

Honey was kind enough to pose with this Pindi Baluchi guy… 

Next day, I flew back to Ahmedabad by SpiceJet. 1D terminal of New Delhi airport has become operational and the change was very visible.

This is SpiceJet checkin counter. Spacious enough.

On other side, there was a cafe too.

Waiting area after security check was spacious compared to the old terminal and plenty shops are there to spend your time while waiting for your flight.

I am disappointed though that despite this being a very brand new terminal, it is not even close to some terminals of US which were built decade ago.

This is Check In area of Ontario, CA airport. Looks so professional…

And this is O’Hare airport, Chicago’s waiting area after security check. 
They are made so professional and I wish GMR could do equally professional work in New Delhi.