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This way to Gali Captain Wali

India, March 8 -- Captains lived here, just don't ask what kind of captains-pleads machine repairer Saif. His workshop is scooped into a lonesome stretch of Gali Captain Wali in Old Delhi. This aftern... Read More


Delhiwale: This way to Gali Captain Wali

India, March 7 -- Captains lived here, just don't ask what kind of captains-pleads machine repairer Saif. His workshop is scooped into a lonesome stretch of Gali Captain Wali in Old Delhi. This aftern... Read More


Delhiwale: River sutra

India, March 7 -- The water is opaque and blackish, moving sluggishly. A man slowly emerges from under it. His whole body stays submerged in the water, except for the head. He looks up, and waves at t... Read More


Delhiwale: Walking down the history lane

India, March 6 -- Consider the sixth Mughal emperor. He ill-treated his elderly father, executed his older brother, and was greatly intolerant to his people, especially those not sharing his Islamic o... Read More


Walking down the history lane

India, March 6 -- Consider the sixth Mughal emperor. He ill-treated his elderly father, executed his older brother, and was greatly intolerant to his people, especially those not sharing his Islamic o... Read More


Delhiwale: Pink, small and punctual

India, March 5 -- Why oh why he never wrote a poem on these two Lodhi Garden trees? Poet Octavio Paz was a Lodhi Garden loyalist, back in the 1960s when he was posted in our city as Mexico's ambassad... Read More


Pink, small and punctual

India, March 5 -- Why oh why he never wrote a poem on these two Lodhi Garden trees? Poet Octavio Paz was a Lodhi Garden loyalist, back in the 1960s when he was posted in our city as Mexico's ambassad... Read More


Portrait of an entrepreneur

India, March 4 -- It demands guts plus optimism - as well as some fortitude to withstand setbacks - for an otherwise homebound person to come up with such a simple but daring enterprise. Which is: to ... Read More


Delhiwale: Khajla blooms

India, March 3 -- In spring, red semal flowers bloom around the Subz Burj monument on Mathura Road. In summer, golden-yellow amaltas flowers bloom along the entire length of Hailey Road. In early autu... Read More


Delhiwale: A city landmark

India, March 1 -- The black birds are omnipresent. These hawks are perched along the taut lines of the power cables. They are also circling upon the hill. The garbage hill. This massive heap of wast... Read More