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Delhiwale: There's been a death in a neighbouring house

India, July 11 -- Mehrajuddin's son Imran Kabab Wale has died. The burial will take place after the sunset prayers at Dilli Gate graveyard. The message on the shuttered storefront, dated July 8, 2025... Read More


Death in a neighbouring house

India, July 11 -- Mehrajuddin's son Imran Kabab Wale has died. The burial will take place after the sunset prayers at Dilli Gate graveyard. The message on the shuttered storefront, dated July 8, 2025,... Read More


Delhiwale: Bob Dylan's Paharganj place

India, July 10 -- This muggy afternoon, a profusely sweating man is spray painting a sequence of words on the slats of a bench's backrest. Using large stencils, he is painting in white, ostensibly int... Read More


Bob Dylan's Paharganj place

India, July 10 -- This muggy afternoon, a profusely sweating man is spray painting a sequence of words on the slats of a bench's backrest. Using large stencils, he is painting in white, ostensibly int... Read More


Delhiwale: Read the walls

India, July 7 -- Are you among one of those who like snooping around a neighbourhood's intimate life? Wanting to sniff out the pursuits and concerns of the locality, its hopes and aspirations, and sec... Read More


Delhiwale: Passing of an era

India, July 7 -- She had white hair, playful eyes, and a dimpled smile. She was kind and friendly, even to strangers. And she wore starched saris. Among the oldest surviving members of Old Delhi's sma... Read More


Passing of an era

India, July 7 -- She had white hair, playful eyes, and a dimpled smile. She was kind and friendly, even to strangers. And she wore starched saris. Among the oldest surviving members of Old Delhi's sma... Read More


A loss to Delhi cuisine

India, July 3 -- Late author Sadia Dehlvi's drawing room in Hazrat Nizamuddin East was a gossip adda for the capital's elite. Its other draw was Sadia's homemade meals. They offered the choicest of tr... Read More


Delhiwale: A loss to Delhi cuisine

India, July 3 -- Late author Sadia Dehlvi's drawing room in Hazrat Nizamuddin East was a gossip adda for the capital's elite. Its other draw was Sadia's homemade meals. They offered the choicest of tr... Read More


Delhiwale: Monsoon's sweet spheres

India, July 2 -- As soon as monsoon checks in, the mainstream world goes gaga over the spicy deep-fried pakodis. (The pakodis of Khandani Pakodiwalla, on the Ring-Road Sarojini Nagar intersection, are... Read More