Who needs a supermarket?
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under photography
Corner store, redefined
Most of my daily needs are met by small-time bodegas scattered throughout neighborhoods. The above shot comes from a strip of road between Darjeeling and Ghoom.
It’s like this in much of the developing world, where supermarkets and giant shopping centers are still a very new concept.
Tags: darjeeling, economy, food, ghoom, grocery, india, market, photography, shopping
Saturday night kebab lights
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Sparks fly from the charcoal grill on a busy Saturday night
I continued my research on the best chicken tikka roll in India this Saturday night. A new friend led me to Arabian Delights in Defence Colony Market, which she swears by, it was closed by the time we got there; thankfully, Colonel’s Kebabs around the corner was happy for our business.
The Colonel does a decent job (see below); we devoured our food and sipped Hoegaarden illicitly in the parking lot — a great cap to the evening — but my Khan Market kebabwallah remains on top.
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Tags: chicken seekh kebab, chicken tikka roll, defence colony, delhi, food, india, market, photography, shenanigans
A year-in-review
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under notes, photography
2009 kinda kicked ass
This past year pretty much rocked. And the New Year came in fine manner. No kisses, but a bonfire amid the palm trees (above), new friends, lobster, a decent cigar (thanks, C!), champagne and even the Harry Connick, Jr., band playing Auld Lang Syne at midnight (never leave home without the iPod).
I meant to post this sooner, but here’s a little look back at my new life (as chronicled on this blog):
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Essentials: eggs, vegetables and cell-phone minutes
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under photography
Traveling today, so here’s a Madagascar flashback:
Bare necessities: food and communication
In Tolagnaro, if you’re not a farmer, if you don’t fish, if you don’t work at the Rio Tinto mine, you probably have a small market stall.
Tags: economy, emerging nations, food, ft dauphin, madagascar, market, photography, poverty, shopping
Of drums and elephants
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under multimedia, photography
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The wedding party breaks up
On a recent evening while I was transcribing in my room, drums exploded outside my window (hit play above). They echoed through the neighborhood here at Tutti Chowk, Paharganj, and by the time I got down to the street, what I believe was a marriage procession had turned down enough alleys that I couldn’t find the drum gang and only heard the banging in the distance.
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Tags: delhi, elephant, india, market, marriage, multimedia, paharganj, party, photography, shadi, wedding, wildlife
Ronald and Tommy do India
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Khan Market, in Delhi, a new and old city
It’s been more than five years since I was in Delhi, India’s capital. It’s at once a very old and very new city. It is and isn’t how I remember it.
This afternoon, I had a meeting at Khan Market, a favorite shopping center of expats and middle-class Indians. It has all the hallmarks of old India — still loud, a bit cramped, stores and traffic are chaotic, you might get run over by a motorbike and you can spend four hours shopping for saris and bangles.
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Tags: chicken seekh kebab, emerging nations, india, market, mcdonald's, shopping, tommy hilfiger
Meat, glorious meat
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under photography
Plastic wrap isn't exactly an option.
Tags: antananarivo, emerging nations, food, madagascar, market, meat, more meat, photography, poverty
