This is my entry in the Portrait Photography contest by @juliank.
Down this dusty lane behind my condo in Gurgaon, India, I met this sweet young girl as she was walking to her home in a small village. The narrow lanes of the village were lined with various small shops and stalls selling basic goods. Her family lived in a simple 2-room cinder block house.
A new world
Although her home was only steps from the main road on which my condo was situated, it was in a very different world. In front of my condo, an entire new city was being built, with glass and steel towers. Inside the towers were upscale bars and restaurants, as well as offices of various multinational corporations. Outside were fountains and landscaped plazas. (Behind the corrugated tin shack at the top of the photo, you can catch a glimpse of one of the shiny new towers.)
A new lady
During the few years that I lived in Gurgaon, the “new city” continued to grow, develop, and expand. But the small village where this girl lived hardly changed at all.
We know that this girl has grown. Even if she has remained in that village, let's hope that her life has improved along with the “new” India in her peripheral surroundings.
