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
India, May 27 -- The midday is turning out to be intolerable. The summer air is so searingly hot that even the shirt collar is burning the neck. One wonders how can we the people survive in such hosti... Read More
India, May 25 -- The temple priest is concentratedly washing the temple's checkered marble floor early this morning. The water flowing from his plastic hose has most likely come from Yamuna ji, the sa... Read More
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
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
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
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
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
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