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This way to Ballimaran

India, May 23 -- Poet Mirza Ghalib spent his life's last decade in a haveli that has mostly vanished from the face of the earth. Some remnants remain. The story of those remnants being reduced to a co... Read More


Delhiwale: This way to Ballimaran

India, May 23 -- Poet Mirza Ghalib spent his life's last decade in a haveli that has mostly vanished from the face of the earth. Some remnants remain. The story of those remnants being reduced to a co... Read More


Delhiwale: Summer's familiar notes

India, May 22 -- In Gurugram, especially in the older parts of the Millennium City, this is the season when vendors of cooling drinks begin reclaiming corners of the bazar lanes. A few operate year-ro... Read More


Delhiwale: Citizen Vijay versus 42 degrees

India, May 21 -- This week, the mercury might rise to 46 degrees Celsius, weather officials say. One wonders how those citizens who sustain the city's street-food culture are enduring such hostile sum... Read More


Citizen Vijay versus 42 degrees

India, May 21 -- This week, the mercury might rise to 46 degrees Celsius, weather officials say. One wonders how those citizens who sustain the city's street-food culture are enduring such hostile sum... Read More


His life, like a Persian poem

India, May 20 -- The stalemate in Iran continues to dominate headlines. In Delhi, we are geographically removed from the war's reach, yet its repercussions are strongly felt. So too are the enduring t... Read More


Delhiwale: His life, like a Persian poem

India, May 20 -- The stalemate in Iran continues to dominate headlines. In Delhi, we are geographically removed from the war's direct reach, yet its repercussions are strongly felt. So too are the end... Read More


Delhiwale: A bookseller's son

India, May 19 -- Dekho dekho, a new star is born. Varun, 21, a fresh Business Administration graduate, has occasionally been seen helping his father, a veteran bookseller, sell used books at the latte... Read More


A portrait of the poet as a DTC bus driver

India, May 18 -- In the American film Paterson, the hero, played by Adam Driver, is a city bus driver who writes poetry, earnestly jotting down the lines in a notebook. In Delhi, there is a man as str... Read More


Delhiwale: A portrait of the poet as a DTC bus driver

India, May 18 -- In the American film Paterson, the hero, played by Adam Driver, is a city bus driver who writes poetry, earnestly jotting down the lines in a notebook. In Delhi, there is a man as st... Read More