Notes on the Geography of Northern India: Parsvnath's La Tropicana and Majnu Ka TillaCities are full of amazing juxtapositions. Here's one: a glitzy new subdivision on the north side of Delhi and, a five-minute walk to the east, the capital's Tibetan-refugee colony. Make default image size larger ![]() Lengthen your stride. Look important, or at least in your element. ![]() Oops! Oops! Wrong turn. We don't want the construction site. ![]() Here's what we want. ![]() The sales office, with a model home for our delectation. Please remove your shoes. ![]() Living room. ![]() Dining. ![]() Kitchen. ![]() Price? Delhi apartments in 2007 ran about 7000 rupees per square foot. That's pushing $200. ![]() Well, we're going to walk over to the Tibetan colony. There's a little transition zone here. ![]() Transaction. ![]() Samosas. ![]() Birds: dead ones above the living. ![]() This is the Outer Ring Road. We'll get across on a pedestrian overpass, but notice first those flags up top. ![]() From the overpass. ![]() Prayer wheels. ![]() Tailor. ![]() Thirsty flautist. ![]() Public meeting. ![]() Speech... in Tibetan. One topic on the agenda might have been the plans of the Delhi Development Authority to demolish the colony. ![]() The order was to remove everything within 300 meters of the Yamuna River, which the colony flanks. |
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