India, May 14 -- Delhi is a megapolis of graves. Entire neighbourhoods (including certain super-fancy hotels!) are raised on graveyards. In parts of the city, even ordinary houses are built around gra... Read More
India, May 13 -- Every spot and corner is awash with utmost silence. The library at the India International Centre is so quiet that the awareness of one's own breathing feels intrusive. Even so, the c... Read More
India, May 13 -- Every spot and corner is awash with utmost silence. The library at the India International Centre is so quiet that the awareness of one's own breathing feels intrusive. Even so, the c... Read More
India, May 12 -- It rained an hour ago-the sky is still cloudy. Like any Saturday afternoon, the shops are open in this south Delhi market plaza. The glass-walled cafe is milling with posh people, as ... Read More
India, May 12 -- It rained an hour ago-the sky is still cloudy. Like any Saturday afternoon, the shops are open in this south Delhi market plaza. The glass-walled cafe is milling with posh people, as ... Read More
India, May 10 -- Long narrow lane punctuated with scores of narrower cul-de-sacs. All crammed with warehouses and residences. Old Delhi's Gali Than Singh stays unseen in Bazar Seeta Ram. Steeped in s... Read More
India, May 9 -- One monkey is swinging from a tree branch. One is scooping out the fleshy remains of a discarded melon. One is clinging tightly to her little baby. Peaceful and amiable, these monkeys ... Read More
India, May 6 -- So omnipresent on Delhi's summertime roadsides, the refrigerated cold water trolley doesn't trade only in refrigerated cold water. The cart vendor also keeps dozens of yellow-green lem... Read More
India, May 5 -- Let us sing in praise of inscriptions. The ones encountered on the opening pages of used books, scrawled by hands perhaps long dead. Indeed, in Delhi's legendary Sunday Book Bazar, sec... Read More
India, May 5 -- Let us sing in praise of inscriptions. The ones encountered on the opening pages of used books, scrawled by hands perhaps long dead. Indeed, in Delhi's legendary Sunday Book Bazar, sec... Read More