India, Feb. 19 -- Great poet Mirza Ghalib was born in the city of Taj Mahal, that Mughal-era marble monument to romantic love. His karam-bhoomi however was Delhi, where he spent his long life composin... Read More
India, Feb. 17 -- One may try to understand a neighbourhood market by observing its humans. One may also do the same by observing the market's mute, fibreglass dwellers - the showroom mannequins. Inde... Read More
India, Feb. 17 -- The Hindi words are displayed in English letters-Kadak Chai. The sign is made from thermocol and sprinkled with shiny multi-coloured tinsel. It resembles a school project-one of thos... Read More
India, Feb. 17 -- The Hindi words are displayed in English letters-Kadak Chai. The sign is made from thermocol and sprinkled with shiny multi-coloured tinsel. It resembles a school project-one of thos... Read More
India, Feb. 16 -- Picking up a customer in Ghaziabad, cab driver Ajay Kumar introduces himself as someone who spent the past few years driving a city bus. He mostly drove bus route 85, which runs betw... Read More
India, Feb. 14 -- Many streets in Old Delhi bear something of their character in their very air. Some streets smell of milky chai from their numerous chai stalls; others of samosas frying in oil, or k... Read More
India, Feb. 12 -- The Amar Colony shop is shuttered at the moment. Being mid-morning, the sun has already risen. A small triangle of gold light is glistening on the shop's corrugated metal shutter. In... Read More
India, Feb. 11 -- As Ramzan approaches, Matia Mahal Bazar in Old Delhi is getting dressed up for the season. Fairy lights and decorative frills are being strung across the street. But these festive or... Read More
India, Feb. 11 -- As Ramzan approaches, Matia Mahal Bazar in Old Delhi is getting dressed up for the season. Fairy lights and decorative frills are being strung across the street. But these festive or... Read More
India, Feb. 10 -- Opened in 2018, the 90-acre Sunder Nursery, with its gardens and monuments, swiftly became Delhi's great escape (photo of the park gardeners' midday break was snapped last week). Lat... Read More