India, July 30 -- Every inch of the street stall is filled with pendants, prayer beads, and amulets. The cramped lane leads to one of Delhi's busiest shrines. This rainy afternoon, the friendly young ... Read More
India, July 29 -- The dead tree has no leaves. The leaves have been replaced by birds, hundreds of birds. This rainy afternoon, every branch is occupied. Black kites sit almost wing to wing along the... Read More
India, July 28 -- "Stephen, his blood wooed by grace of language and gesture, blushed." - James Joyce in Ulysses Every generation is wooed by its own language. It falls for fresh words, gives inheri... Read More
India, July 28 -- "Stephen, his blood wooed by grace of language and gesture, blushed." - James Joyce in Ulysses Every generation is wooed by its own language. It falls for fresh words, gives inherite... Read More
India, July 27 -- The party hall resembles a sci-fi movie set. Giant mushroom-shaped structures rise from the floor to the ceiling. Guests are walking across a transparent floor beneath which illumina... Read More
India, July 25 -- The horses are paying no attention to the cricket match between three boys. They continue grazing on the monsoon-wet grass as a bright orange ball flies past them. Beyond in the fiel... Read More
India, July 25 -- The horses are paying no attention to the cricket match between three boys. They continue grazing on the monsoon-wet grass as a bright orange ball flies past them. Beyond in the fiel... Read More
India, July 23 -- The lunchtime rush is over. A few customers are still lingering over chai. Others have drifted out into the afternoon heat. Ayush Kumar finally has a few spare minutes. For the past... Read More
India, July 22 -- Pigeons occupy the bronze statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, plus the adjacent traffic lights, and every ledge that can hold a bird. The flyover begins near this statue at Barakhamba, ... Read More
India, July 21 -- In Old Delhi, people often remark that there is hardly any open and serene space within the Walled City's now non-existent walls where one can spend time outdoors. Public space survi... Read More