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This way to Gali Altaf Hussain

India, April 25 -- No, he can't be that one. The Altaf Hussain of Old Delhi's Gali Altaf Hussain street cannot be the exiled Pakistani politician who lives in England. For one, the Pakistani Altaf was... Read More


Delhiwale: This way to Gali Altaf Hussain

India, April 24 -- No, he can't be that one. The Altaf Hussain of Old Delhi's Gali Altaf Hussain street cannot be the exiled Pakistani politician who lives in England. For one, the Pakistani Altaf was... Read More


This place a poem

India, April 23 -- The moon feels older than time. Yet once, there was no moon-only the collision that made it. Lodhi Garden might not appear as timeless as its crescent moon (see the park's night pho... Read More


Delhiwale: This place a poem

India, April 23 -- The moon feels older than time. Yet once, there was no moon-only the collision that made it. Lodhi Garden might not appear as timeless as its crescent moon (see the park's night pho... Read More


The hawker of eyeglasses

India, April 22 -- Eyeglasses cover a good part of his shirt. He is also holding very many of them in his right hand. Citizen Shaan is a street hawker of eyeglasses. This afternoon, while on the job, ... Read More


Delhiwale: The hawker of eyeglasses

India, April 22 -- Eyeglasses cover a good part of his shirt. He is also holding very many of them in his right hand. Citizen Shaan is a street hawker of eyeglasses. This afternoon, while on the job, ... Read More


A monument against temperature extremes

India, April 21 -- Sometimes the accompaniment outshines the main course. Such is the case with the tomb of Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq. The emperor's tomb is interesting, but the secondary structure appended... Read More


Delhiwale: This way to Gali Nal Wali

India, April 18 -- There must be a tap somewhere. The cramped lane is, after all, called Gali Nal Wali. Yet no nal, or tap, shows up in this dark street in Old Delhi. At the entrance, two guesthouses... Read More


This way to Gali Nal Wali

India, April 18 -- There must be a tap somewhere. The cramped lane is, after all, called Gali Nal Wali. Yet no nal, or tap, shows up in this dark street in Old Delhi. At the entrance, two guesthouses ... Read More


For the fan of fen

India, April 17 -- Flaky, light, and crisp, fen is a kind of-shall we say-biskut? In truth, it is closer to a puff pastry, made up of many fragile layers, each ready to collapse under even the slighte... Read More