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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


Delhiwale: Gurugram, beyond the litter-part 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


Delhiwale: Princess Diana's ghost

India, Aug. 28 -- "There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded"- so said Princess Diana in a sensational TV interview in 1995. At the time she was married to Prince Charles, who w... Read More


Delhiwale: Our poet in the Foreign Service

India, Aug. 25 -- This unusual story began a decade ago, when a part of it appeared in a different version in HT's Mint Lounge. Last week, the story met its climax. In 2014, this reporter purchased f... Read More


In little Jyoti's memory

India, Aug. 25 -- Neem and tamarind trees watch over the weedy ground like friendly neighbourhood chowkidars. While bougainvillea shrubs liberally shed pink petals over old, cracked graves inscribed w... Read More


Delhiwale: In little Jyoti's memory

India, Aug. 25 -- Neem and tamarind trees watch over the weedy ground like friendly neighbourhood chowkidars. While bougainvillea shrubs liberally shed pink petals over old, cracked graves inscribed w... Read More


Delhiwale: Chandni Chowk's ground zero

India, Aug. 22 -- Watched by curious onlookers, a professional "influencer" in brocaded brown lehenga is boldly pacing about in circles, as a cameraman shoots her video. Some distance away, a professi... Read More


Chandni Chowk's ground zero

India, Aug. 22 -- Watched by curious onlookers, a professional "influencer" in brocaded brown lehenga is boldly pacing about in circles, as a cameraman shoots her video. Some distance away, a professi... Read More