India, June 7 -- The cramped street is marooned in afternoon quietude. All the house doors are shut. Old Delhi's Chhatta Aaga Jaan appears to have only a single non-residential establishment, named Be... Read More
India, June 6 -- Washed laundry is drying in the porch. The bungalow truly looks ordinary, here in Gurugram's Sector 14. A jaali door opens into a corridor illumined in the afternoon light. Spotting t... Read More
India, June 5 -- Certain street dishes in Gurugram are embedded with place-names. Sometimes, the name of such a dish conveys the origins of its vendor. Sometimes, the dish simply happens to be associa... Read More
India, June 4 -- The chaikhana would stay open long after midnight. Its white lighting would continue to dimly illuminate a small portion of the darkened alley outside. While the air inside the tea ho... Read More
India, June 3 -- A citizen of impeccable style, tea stall owner Shakir Hasan always wears ironed pants-shirt; the formal full-sleeve shirt neatly tucked into his belted pants. The slim, elegant man lo... Read More
India, June 3 -- A citizen of impeccable style, tea stall owner Shakir Hasan always wears ironed pants-shirt; the formal full-sleeve shirt neatly tucked into his belted pants. The slim, elegant man lo... Read More
India, June 2 -- It was a dead tree, even as its woody remains stood upright at Lodhi Garden for very many years. And now, it is truly dead. Fallen; of its own volition on Saturday. The death of the t... Read More
India, June 2 -- It was a dead tree, even as its woody remains stood upright at Lodhi Garden for very many years. And now, it is truly dead. Fallen; of its own volition on Saturday. The death of the t... Read More
India, May 29 -- It is not long. You may walk down the entire main avenue of Gurugram's Sadar Bazar in 15 minutes flat, from the post office building to Apna Bazar complex. And while doing so, you sha... Read More
India, May 28 -- Discreet daylight streaming through green vines, music percolating through painting. and Delhi fellows soaked in artistic pursuits. Triveni Kala Sangam marks its 75th jubilee this yea... Read More