![Narrow streets in Old Delhi and Kabadi Bazaar.](Images/kabadibazaar2.jpg)
We drove through the Kabadi Bazaar, an area in Old
Delhi with many cars, bicycle rickshaws and people walking down
the narrow streets. Men urinate anywhere in the streets in India,
but at this congested market area there was a urinal on the street with no doors. Hugh and I went
off alone for a walk through the streets of the bazaar. Men
followed us and tried to take us for a ride in their bicycle rickshaws to see
the sights.
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![Twisted spider web of overhead electrical wires in Old Delhi.](Images/bazaarelectricalwires.jpg) The overhead electric wires were
twisted and tangled
spider webs. Some people live in tents on the
sidewalk. For many
in India, life takes place on the side of the road. Many eat, sleep (some
in bed, some with no bed), warmed only by a campfire, wash
dishes, wash themselves, brush teeth, and defecate on the side of the
road. Begging is also a way of
life for many in India. Everywhere we went charity was requested
by beggars. Little children repeatedly asked for
chapati (bread) while pointing to their mouths. They even carried infants to gain sympathy
from tourists.
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![Coal iron heating up on ironing board.](Images/coaliron.jpg) On the side of the street, a woman was
folding laundry. Next to her was a young girl laying out clothes
on an ironing board with an iron heating up by coal. The smoke from the iron was
going into her eyes and she began
to cough. A Coca-Cola advertisement on the side of a bicycle
rickshaw shows that there seems to be a touch of America in every corner
of the world.
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![Jami Mosjid mosque](Images/jamamasjid.jpg) Near the bazaar we visited Jami
Mosjid mosque. We drove back to the newer part of the city and
saw government buildings such as Parliament House. In the evening,
we ate dinner at the restaurant Bukhara, at the elegant Sheraton Hotel.
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