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Delhiwale: Dilli Gate outside Dilli

India, Sept. 9 -- The pink gateway is flanked on each side by a small shop-Vikrant Generators and Sai Book Depot. This is Dilli Gate. The world's no. 1 Dilli Gate, of course, is one of the four surv... Read More


Delhiwale: Dome forever

India, Sept. 8 -- "Dome of Delhi's Humayun's tomb in Nizamuddin area collapses; many feared trapped." "Dome in Delhi's Humayun Tomb collapses, 10 feared trapped." Such were the breaking news headline... Read More


This way to Poet Wali Pahari

India, Sept. 6 -- What to do when a street has not one but two names? Naturally, it ought to be profiled twice, to present it in two different perspectives. For the last four years, this page has been... Read More


Delhiwale: A different Yamuna

India, Sept. 5 -- The galloping muddy water is flowing with the pace of a furious mountain stream. Trees are lying marooned in the water. White birds with long yellow beaks are perched atop the leafy ... Read More


In a fakeer's mind

India, Sept. 3 -- Wearing a green topi, he describes himself as a darvesh, a fakeer. Seated one night in a remote corner of the Sufi shrine of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya in central Delhi, Javed Ali agre... Read More


A tale of two cities

India, Sept. 2 -- Sometimes, citizens live in one city but are intensely affectionate towards another. Such is the bond between Delhi and Nainital. For a few Delhiwale, especially of earlier generatio... Read More


Delhiwale: A tale of two cities

India, Sept. 2 -- Sometimes, citizens live in one city but are intensely affectionate towards another. Such is the bond between Delhi and Nainital. For a few Delhiwale, especially of earlier generatio... Read More


The way we were

India, Sept. 1 -- Drawing room, bedroom, dining room, pooja room, kitchen, balcony. these are the angrezi words many of us Hindi-speakers employ to map the geography of our houses. The earlier terms-H... Read More


Delhiwale: This way to Matia Mahal

India, Aug. 29 -- Every bazar in the legendary Old Delhi has its legend, and Matia Mahal is no exception. It is said that emperor Shah Jahan, who founded the Walled City, built a palatial mahal of ear... Read More


Gurugram, beyond the litter-pt II

India, Aug. 29 -- Like most cities in our country, the Millennium City of Gurugram too is compromised with piles of garbage. Unlike most cities in our country, the good Gurugramwale are now refusing t... Read More