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
India, June 18 -- On lifting the lid off the giant aluminium deg, clouds of pure scented steam escapes into the city's smoggy air. Beneath the steam lie long grains of rice, each separate and glisteni... Read More
India, June 18 -- On lifting the lid off the giant aluminium deg, clouds of pure scented steam escapes into the city's smoggy air. Beneath the steam lie long grains of rice, each separate and glisteni... Read More
India, June 17 -- Poet Ana Dehlavi is a familiar face in the world of Delhi's poetry meets. This day, she graciously agrees to join our Proust Questionnaire series, in which citizens are nudged to mak... Read More