Streets of Delhi- My First Photographic Exhibition

Streets make the character of a place- be it people, food, festival and other aspects of human presence. Older cities have more interesting streets just like wrinkle of an old women or stony eyes of a fakir. You feel aromas of street food , ringing of temple bells, and Azan somewhere and then you come to a turn where you see carts and carts of seasonal fruits and vegetables.
The color of old city streets are more vibrant if a festival is around. We see shimmering Christmas trees and decorations sometimes and earthy diyas and matkas some other times. Heaps of gulal colors are also seen in the streets around holi. Streets make the mind, body and soul of a city. We see human camaraderie , competition , traffic brawls , street dogs and street vendors all during a lazy weekend walk to any street of this country.
 Due to our long association with Banaras, one of the oldest city in the world, we always feel connected with the walled city of old Delhi. We love capturing the pictures of old world and its culture which is well preserved in this part of the city.
To start this blog of mine I thought of sharing my street pictures first as I keep exploring the heritage of Delhi through  Photo-walks with DPEG- Delhi Photo Enthusiastic Guild , one of the largest photography groups of Delhi. Recently DEPG along with APEX Academy conducted a specific walk for organising a contest and exhibition on streets of delhi  (DPEG's first ever exhibition) at APEX academy. They invited pictures from members of DPEG family (more than 10000 member strong) and selected only few pictures for this  Exhibition. One of my pictures also got selected for this exhibition. :)

Other pictures from DPEG members were also quite engrossing and I am sure you will love to see them.

Here are some of the my other pictures from the walled city.

Please go and see the Exhibition which is going on till 19th February , 2014.