Monday, August 15, 2011

weekend pictures in New Dehli

My street. Very quiet and neighborhoody, a nice park across the street. 
Laundry time at an informal housing settlement
Cricket, the national obsession. Most parks are filled with cricket games on weekends. They range from casual games to full head-to-toe white uniformed matches.

This area was the political center of the Mughal Empire, which lasted from the sixteenth century to the British Era. There are various structures, some intact and some ruins, all over the Dehli area. I went to  shopping district down the road from my house, and discovered that it is set amidst the ruins of a giant mosque.
Cows EVERYWHERE. Picture your local shopping center. Now pictures cows meandering by Starbucks and dropping dumps on the sidewalk. Picture a crowded and busy four lane road. Now picture traffic winnowing down to one lane to swerve around a cow lounging in the middle of the center lane. Here is a cow checking out the new window display at, of all places, Benneton.

Festivals all the time. Here's a procession I came across in my neighborhood.
Lodhi Gardens. Picturesque gardens centered around an old mosque.
India has been great so far, but finding little time to upload and post my pictures. Did Taj Mahal this weekend and can't wait to post those pictures, it is truly spectacular!

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