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Persia is not far

India, April 2 -- The news from Iran continues to be distressing. In Delhi, we are geographically removed from the war's direct reach. Yet Iran is never far. Something of its cultural spirit lingers i... Read More


Mapping the map man

India, April 1 -- Among the late-morning commuters at Mandi House Metro Station, on the Blue Line platform, he is the one carrying something most unusual. The man's super-long shoulder jhola is cramme... Read More


Delhiwale: Mapping the map man

India, March 31 -- Among the late-morning commuters at Mandi House Metro Station, on the Blue Line platform, he is the one carrying something most unusual. The man's super-long shoulder jhola is cramm... Read More


Delhiwale: City by chandeliers

India, March 31 -- A simplest chandelier can stir the myth of a gilded age. At United Coffee House in Connaught Place, the feeling holds. Two chandeliers hang from the ceiling. One long-ago morning, t... Read More


Delhiwale: The Khan Market couple

India, March 30 -- Here, everyone's watching, hoping to be watched in return. Khan Market isn't a mere market; it's a mirror of how Delhi sees itself and wants to be seen. Shops and cafes in this baza... Read More


The Khan Market couple

India, March 30 -- Here, everyone's watching, hoping to be watched in return. Khan Market isn't a mere market; it's a mirror of how Delhi sees itself and wants to be seen. Shops and cafes in this baza... Read More


The Khan Market couple

India, March 30 -- Here, everyone's watching, hoping to be watched in return. Khan Market isn't a mere market; it's a mirror of how Delhi sees itself and wants to be seen. Shops and cafes in this baza... Read More


This way to Kucha Seth

India, March 28 -- Here's the street of the well-moneyed. At least the street shows its wealth in name, if not explicitly so in appearance. For the word "seth" in Kucha Seth refers to a wealthy man; w... Read More


Delhiwale: This way to Kucha Seth

India, March 27 -- Here's the street of the well-moneyed. At least the street shows its wealth in name, if not explicitly so in appearance. For the word seth in Kucha Seth refers to a wealthy man; whi... Read More


And still the flowers bloom

India, March 27 -- Wars are raging in West Asia and Ukraine. And yet, flowers continue to bloom-even along city roadsides. (Sometimes surreal sights of discarded bouquets are encountered in most unusu... Read More