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Mary Magdalen comes to Dilli

India, March 11 -- This piece of news needs no clever, artful opening. It is simply unprecedented. Until now, we Delhiwale would have to visit foreign museums to admire the works of great European pai... Read More


Delhiwale: Twilight of Delhi

India, March 11 -- To turn 85 is a privilege. It means you have lived a decade beyond your golden anniversary. This year, two Delhi institutions are reaching this milestone. One is a novel. The other ... Read More


Delhiwale: Mary Magdalen comes to Dilli

India, March 11 -- The city to host a great painter's original work This piece of news needs no clever, artful opening. It is simply unprecedented. Until now, we Delhiwale would have to visit foreign... Read More


This way to Gali Captain Wali

India, March 8 -- Captains lived here, just don't ask what kind of captains-pleads machine repairer Saif. His workshop is scooped into a lonesome stretch of Gali Captain Wali in Old Delhi. This aftern... Read More


Delhiwale: This way to Gali Captain Wali

India, March 7 -- Captains lived here, just don't ask what kind of captains-pleads machine repairer Saif. His workshop is scooped into a lonesome stretch of Gali Captain Wali in Old Delhi. This aftern... Read More


Delhiwale: River sutra

India, March 7 -- The water is opaque and blackish, moving sluggishly. A man slowly emerges from under it. His whole body stays submerged in the water, except for the head. He looks up, and waves at t... Read More


Delhiwale: Walking down the history lane

India, March 6 -- Consider the sixth Mughal emperor. He ill-treated his elderly father, executed his older brother, and was greatly intolerant to his people, especially those not sharing his Islamic o... Read More


Walking down the history lane

India, March 6 -- Consider the sixth Mughal emperor. He ill-treated his elderly father, executed his older brother, and was greatly intolerant to his people, especially those not sharing his Islamic o... Read More


Delhiwale: Pink, small and punctual

India, March 5 -- Why oh why he never wrote a poem on these two Lodhi Garden trees? Poet Octavio Paz was a Lodhi Garden loyalist, back in the 1960s when he was posted in our city as Mexico's ambassad... Read More


Pink, small and punctual

India, March 5 -- Why oh why he never wrote a poem on these two Lodhi Garden trees? Poet Octavio Paz was a Lodhi Garden loyalist, back in the 1960s when he was posted in our city as Mexico's ambassad... Read More