Walk with me | Ep. 7 - Chandni Chowk, Old Delhi, India | Humans of Farash Khana and Khari Baoli

Old Delhi, Delhi, India | 2022: We begin this walk once again at the Sitaram Bazar neighborhood of Chandni Chowk in Delhi. This area is also generally called Old Delhi and was built on the orders of the Mughal king Shahjahan in the 1600s. We revisit Sitaram Bazar in this video after already covering it in a previous episode (episode 3A; link here: • Walk with me | Ep. 03A... ).
The day is gray and rainy and ]we come back to Sitaram Bazar to start our morning with some delicious indian snack and street food, Kachori. After waiting for a few minutes and passing that time by casually exploring some more of this Sitaram Bazar neighborhood, we enjoy a hot, spicy, fresh, crunchy and delicious serving of this roadside delicacy.
Elated and zippy after the hearty Kachori in the Sunday morning rains, we start walking north west towards the Lal Kuan neighborhood. After walking for only about 10 mins we take another break to enjoy another appropriate combindation for rainy mornings - hot Indian tea or chai. We enjoy a delicious, strong tea and pledge to not make any more food pitstops for the rest of our walk.
As we keep walking through the main thoroughfare of Lal Kuan towards Khari Baoli we start to see a completely different side of this Chandni Chowk Sunday morning. The road starts to crowd up with throngs of people going about their morning routines which comprises of selling and buying lots and lots of things by this main street. We walk carefully and thoughtfully and observe the colors and sounds of this area, getting overwhelmed and thrilled by the sheer intensity of this experience.
We keep walking in our original direction, getting closer and closer to Khari Baoli until eventually the crowds and sounds and intensities start to thin out. We end our walk at the end of this road and just at the start of what is called Khari Baoli. Khari Baoli is one of the biggest spice markets of Asia and we plan to explore some of this area in the next walk / episode.

[@gitasamra8977]

Sir you captured the old city so well. I go there almost every year because I m from New Delhi, but I can see the old buildings in the city because when I walk on busy old Delhi streets I look at the ground to make my way through. Also I m crazy to see old havelies and you did this job for me. THANKS

[@awalkwithmeee]

Thank you Gita ji for watching my videos and for sharing your thoughts in such a beautiful comment :) It makes me feel very happy and encouraged to see that you enjoyed watching my Old Delhi videos.

[@westhamunited571]

farash khanna. my childhood days..

[@awalkwithmeee]

:) Clearly I have made a lot of videos in the neighborhoods you grew up in :)

[@adabmehta]

This video actually captured the real essence of delhi today! it's not the monuments or the buildings but the people who make today's delhi, delhi - their emotions, their activities, their fight for living and their spirit for survival.

[@awalkwithmeee]

That is such a wonderful perspective, Adab. Thanks for watching and for commenting so insightfully :) 🥳

[@lokeshreddy5025]

Interesting visuals. Now I know how busy Old Delhi would be on a Sunday morning! You've captured so well! 🙌👏

[@awalkwithmeee]

Thank you for watching, Lokesh :) Glad you liked this.

[@rrrahulvvverma]

This is so different from all your other videos. Love the energy and artistic chaos of this one.

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Hope you liked the differences haha :) Thanks for watching and commenting

[@galacticquasar]

Good one. You seem to have walked through so much to get this perspective to us.

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Thank you :)

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Farash khana ❤

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