I have taken a hell lot of time to organise my mobile phone photographs from my trip to Delhi in May this year. This trip took me back to my days as a kid, when I used to visit all these places with my parents.
Finally here come the photos!
A familiar sight. Had been seeing this signboard since I was 11.....
My first port of call that day was at the 10 Sansad Marg branch of Standard Chartered Bank. This is where I got my first bank account in the late 1980s', courtesy my father. That time, this was the branch of Grindlays Bank, with its characteristic elephant logo.Grindlays Bank became ANZ Grindlays Bank which then became Standard Chartered Grindlays Bank to the Standard Chartered Bank of today.
The branch was all decked up for a momentous occasion - the opening of Standard Chartered Bank's maiden IDR public offering in the Indian capital markets, that day, making it the first foreign bank to get listed in India. Incidentally Standard Chartered Bank is already listed in Hong Kong and the United Kingdom.
But still I do miss the Grindlays elephant overlooking Sansad Marg.... Times change.....
This building was where my first employer was.....
Lé Méridien was the first glass building I saw as a kid and I was impressed by it a great deal...... Glass buildings like this one were quite uncommon then....
Rail Bhawan. Knock, knock, knock, is Madame Minister in?
Our Parliament - a rather splendid building....
What a view of the magnificent Rashtrapati Bhawan.....
The North Block! Did you know that Pretoria has a replica of the North and South Blocks?
Safdarjung Tomb - such buildings define the character of Delhi....
Sad, it was a Tuesday. The legendary Karims was closed..... 
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