India, June 6 -- How do memories map a place? Just study the photo above. A few weeks ago, this space featured Gali Batashan, an Old Delhi street crowded with commercial establishments dealing exclusi... Read More
India, June 6 -- How do memories map a place? Just study the photo above. A few weeks ago, this space featured Gali Batashan, an Old Delhi street crowded with commercial establishments dealing exclus... Read More
India, June 4 -- Afternoon daylight is entering the kitchen through two large windows, falling softly across the floor. The eye though is immediately drawn to massive cooking pans lined along the wall... Read More
India, June 3 -- The menu of the day is nearly as long as the table itself. This afternoon, a row of pans-claiming most of the table-holds kali masur dal, makhani dal, matar paneer, chhole masala, alo... Read More
India, June 2 -- Delhi is littered with scraps of history that seem unrelated until they are placed alongside one another. Then a single narrative thread emerges from the scattered pieces. Over the pa... Read More
India, June 2 -- Delhi is littered with scraps of history that seem unrelated until they are placed alongside one another. Then a single narrative thread emerges from the scattered pieces. Over the pa... Read More
India, June 1 -- Chatta Sheikh Mangloo, an Old Delhi street that houses the grave of the mystic Sheikh Mangloo, stretches northward from beneath the shadow of Jama Masjid's southern tower. Yet a citiz... Read More
India, May 30 -- The informally named Gali Shyam Bhawan is very short. The roofed lane begins and ends as a passage, leading inward from the light and noise of Daryaganj in Old Delhi. As it stretches ... Read More
India, May 28 -- Dispatch on India's most famous qawwal At 64, Chand Nizami is beginning a new chapter. After performing for more than two decades with his nephews Shadab and Sohrab as part of the ce... Read More
India, May 28 -- At 64, Chand Nizami is beginning a new chapter. After performing for more than two decades with his nephews Shadab and Sohrab as part of the celebrated Nizami Bandhu qawwali group, th... Read More