Delhiwale: This way to Gali Master Shiv Prasad, Part 2

India, July 18 -- Plaster peels from the walls, old brick shows through, and one white door is decorated with painted flowers. Gali Master Shiv Prasad lies discreetly in Turkman Gate Bazar, sandwiched... Read More

This way to Gali Master Shiv Prasad, Pt 2

India, July 18 -- Plaster peels from the walls, old brick shows through, and one white door is decorated with painted flowers. Gali Master Shiv Prasad lies discreetly in Turkman Gate Bazar, sandwiched... Read More

Delhiwale: The Meharchand eclecticism

India, July 17 -- Consider these 4pm scenes from a Wednesday afternoon. Mounds of gravel are spilling onto the footpath. Long metal sariyas are lying along the ground, as sweating labourers bend over ... Read More

Delhiwale: Geetanjali Shree's writer's block

India, July 16 -- The fridge in Geetanjali Shree's apartment in East Delhi's Patparganj is empty. In the bedroom cupboard, hangers hang empty. For more than two decades, this was the home the author ... Read More

Geetanjali Shree's writer's block

India, July 16 -- The fridge in Geetanjali Shree's apartment in East Delhi's Patparganj is empty. In the bedroom cupboard, hangers hang empty. For more than two decades, this was the home the author s... Read More

Delhiwale: Dilli walla American

India, July 15 -- It is widely accepted that New Delhi's finest modern buildings were designed by American architect Joseph Stein. Take the US Embassy. Hailed on its completion as the "American Taj Ma... Read More

Delhiwale: And the monsoon rain baptised the park benches

India, July 13 -- To experience the Delhi monsoon at its best is no rocket science. All it takes is living in a VVIP neighbourhood where the drains actually work. Think of the elegant white sarkari bu... Read More

And the monsoon rain baptised the park benches

India, July 13 -- To experience the Delhi monsoon at its best is no rocket science. All it takes is living in a VVIP neighbourhood where the drains actually work. Think of the elegant white sarkari bu... Read More

Delhiwale: This way to Farash Khana

India, July 11 -- Old Delhi's Farash Khana begins with two stories. Both try to explain how the street got its name. One account says the locality was settled by masons who laid the stone floors of th... Read More

This way to Farash Khana

India, July 11 -- Old Delhi's Farash Khana begins with two stories. Both try to explain how the street got its name. One account says the locality was settled by masons who laid the stone floors of th... Read More

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