India, June 27 -- Old Delhi's Gali Shah Abul Khair, aka Gali Shahbul Khair, takes its name from the road it opens onto. Shah Abul Khair Marg, the busy market road outside the aforementioned gali, is, ... Read More
India, June 27 -- Old Delhi's Gali Shah Abul Khair, aka Gali Shahbul Khair, takes its name from the road it opens onto. Shah Abul Khair Marg, the busy market road outside the aforementioned gali, is, ... Read More
India, June 26 -- Go to the Regal Cinema building in Connaught Place. Walk down the corridor to the far end overlooking Sansad Marg and stop. Can you hear the faint piano strains of Vinteuil's Sonata ... Read More
India, June 25 -- This June afternoon, the two giant bougainvillea near the duck pond in Lodhi Garden are in rich bloom. Their pink canopies rise above the garden, visible through the summer haze. Blo... Read More
India, June 24 -- Countless Delhi roads are named after notable individuals. Few of us Delhiwale stop to consider what these people did to merit this form of immortality on our navigation apps. One s... Read More
India, June 24 -- Countless Delhi roads are named after notable individuals. Few of us Delhiwale stop to consider what these people did to merit this form of immortality on our navigation apps. One su... Read More
India, June 22 -- By the time Tasleema leaves for her day-job, she has already done the laundry, cooked two meals, washed the dishes, and put her house in order. Tasleema lives in a one-room house in ... Read More
India, June 20 -- Dug-du-gi. Speak it aloud. The tongue rocks back and forth across the mouth before landing on the final gi. So musical, this word dugdugi. It recalls the rattle of the small hand dr... Read More
India, June 20 -- Dug-du-gi. Speak it aloud. The tongue rocks back and forth across the mouth before landing on the final gi. So musical, this word dugdugi. It recalls the rattle of the small hand dru... Read More
India, June 19 -- The street in central Delhi is lined on both sides by shops stocked with spare automobile parts. It is a landscape of metal. Battery rickshaws and motorcycles pass through. Summer's ... Read More