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A tale of two summers

India, March 27 -- This stall serves a summer-friendly drink. That stall also serves a summer-friendly drink. This stall's pale gold sherbet is rather uncommon. That stall's pale green juice is fairly... Read More


Delhiwale: A tale of two summers

India, March 27 -- This stall serves a summer-friendly drink. That stall also serves a summer-friendly drink. This stall's pale gold sherbet is rather uncommon. That stall's pale green juice is fairly... Read More


Delhiwale: Shade, silence, sakoon

India, March 26 -- This is in Delhi's heart. The stairs go down, under the ground, here in Connaught Place. Beneath-all is thanda, cool. It must be a baoli. One of those old stone wells with a stone ... Read More


Delhiwale: At home, Nony Singh's Mahal

India, March 25 -- Shy of revealing her age, 88-year-old Nony Singh remembers finishing Blue Painting "around the time of President Kennedy's assassination." The oil painting hangs in a balcony-facing... Read More


Delhiwale: Chitli's chandelier

India, March 24 -- The small chandelier emits a faint glow. The many people walking along the streets aren't looking up at it, nor at any of the other lamps. But the overhanging decorations at the ma... Read More


Delhiwale: This way to Chawri Bazar

India, March 21 -- The market shops are shuttered, the main street is deserted, but the darkened corridors are filled with sleeping men. Some of the men are lying flat on mats unrolled along the floor... Read More


Delhiwale: CP's burger trolley

India, March 21 -- Are they gone? The burger trolleys of Connaught Place (CP) would serve those among us who strive to find contentment in cheaply priced street cuisine. The metal carts were spread a... Read More


Delhiwale: Into a poet's mind

India, March 20 -- With his long grey beard, the calmly book browser is resembling literary lions like Tolstoy and Tagore. Poet Ashok Kumar Malik is a faithful patron of Delhi's Sunday Book Bazar, com... Read More


Into a poet's mind

India, March 20 -- With his long grey beard, the calmly book browser is resembling literary lions like Tolstoy and Tagore. Poet Ashok Kumar Malik is a faithful patron of Delhi's Sunday Book Bazar, com... Read More


Delhiwale: Leaves leaving

India, March 19 -- The scene is full of descending motion expressing immense silence (like the snowfall in the Himalayas). A small crowd has gathered, wordlessly watching the surreal phenomenon, here ... Read More