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Category: Delhi

  • Flower Vendor in Old Delhi

    There used to be a lose flower market every morning at Fatehpuri, Chandni Chawk. This market has now been shifted to Gazipur in East Delhi, but the memories remain of my many trips to this place hoping that I would get good photographs… I did! This is one of them!

    March 01, 2008 - FlowerShop CC-1723

  • Chole Bhature in Chandni Chawk

    For any passionate photographer in NCR, Chandni Chawk and its lanes are where you start your Street Photography Pilgrimage from… Every weekend you can see a lot of photographers trying to capture everything that you possible can from the place!

    This is from one of my weekly darshan’s of the place… The man in the photograph owns an old Chole Bhature shop, right next to Giani’s near Fatehpuri… We got talking and discussed how Chandni Chawk and old delhi had changed in the last few years!

    February 23, 2008 - CholeBhature-1637

  • Clay and Dust Weekend

    First half of the last weekend was spent making things out of clay.. here are a few pictures…

     

     

    And this was followed by shooting a rally in the summer heat accompanied by loads of dust, on the sunday!


    Though I completely sucked at shooting the Rally, it was a huge learning experience nonetheless! I am looking forward to a few more events and hoping to get better with time at shooting the motorsports!

  • Yellow Fever

    Just a few weeks back, Delhi and surrounding areas were full of these yellow flowers… Seen below are some pictures that I managed to take after finishing a shoot in South Delhi…

  • Brasswork at Delhi Haat

    Photographs of some cycles handmade out of brass at Delhi Haat, New Delhi…

    Enjoy some more of my selected work at AndPictures Facebook Page.

  • Prashant Bhardwaj Photography | And Pictures

    Have you been to AndPictures? No? I would recommend a visit… That website contains my selected work categorized in different genres!

    Why AndPictures as the brandname? Because what is around me comes before the pictures! Its people “and pictures”, its “moments” and pictures, its places “and pictures”. If a photograph does not capture the first part of what I just said, the second is not really worth it!

  • Chai ki Ketli

    Found this Kettle at an IOC Petrol Pump @ Majnu ka Tila (New Delhi) waiting to be clicked! While I was clicking, I was getting all sorts of looks about what on earth was I clicking this one for, but it was fun 🙂

    ketli

    How was your morning cup of tea today?

  • Lane Driving is inSane Driving!

    There is a 90km roadtrip that I do every day for work, and pass by a bottleneck which was initially supposed to be a flyover to ease traffic movement! Please welcome the RTR Flyover, or Rao Tula Ram Flyover!
    Delhi has its fair share of flyovers, and they have really helped the traffic movement! The number of vehicles increasing is what causes the jams! not these flyovers! This one however has a history!
    When RTR was inaugurated, traffic was allowed to move from Subroto Park/Gurgaon/Airports towards RK Puram! Someone in the Delhi Traffic Police realised that it was causing way too many jams, and reversed the traffic flow… So now this 3 lane flyover was for people moving from RK Puram/Vasant Vihar/Munirka towards Subroto Park/Gurgaon/Airports, and started causing the jam on the other side!
    Some more brainstorming made it a time bound flyover… mornings one side, and evenings the other side! So jams now moved from one side to the other!
    And finally, they have now allowed traffic from both sides to use the flyover, the middle lane is used as a the imaginary median, and there is enough space kept at the entry for a single lane traffic on both sides!
    All of these approaches had their followers and critics both, but what boggles me at times is that why could they not build a wider flyover like the 1000s others in Delhi!

    But this post is not about what you have just read! this post is about what you are going to read, if you have reached this far!
    There is a trick to get onto the RTR… I have labelled the approaching traffic lanes as
    1. Sharafat Lane (This is the right most lane)
    2. Badmash Lane (Second to the right most)
    3. Badtameez Lane (Third/Fourth to the right most)
    4. Pencho Lane (Any other lane)
    Now as the names suggest, the Sharafat lane is the slowest of them all… If you are stuck here, you are probably going to enter the flyover after 3 vehicles from Pencho Lane, 2-3 from Badtameez Lane, and 2 from Badtameez Lane have zoomed past… Let’s see how this looks like from the top usually!

  • Very Very Tasty Tasty

    Tasted the chilly fog in the morning!

    Fell in love with Delhi Winters all over again!!!!
    Ah! time for some tea in the warm morning winter sun!

  • All in One Weekend

    This weekend was such a tiring but satisfying weekend!

    Went to
    – Chandni Chawk in Old Delhi for lights, and wall-clocks
    – Khari Baoli in Old Delhi for Candles and Dry-fruits
    – Sadar Bazaar near Old Delhi for Crackers and Fireworks
    – Cottage Emporium in Central Delhi for solid wood furniture
    – Uttar Pradesh Shilpotsav in NOIDA for handicrafts and snacks
    – Jwala Heri in West Delhi for random Diwali shopping
    Every single time I visit the markets in Old Delhi, I love that place more than the last time!