India, July 11 -- Old Delhi's Farash Khana begins with two stories. Both try to explain how the street got its name. One account says the locality was settled by masons who laid the stone floors of th... Read More
India, July 11 -- Old Delhi's Farash Khana begins with two stories. Both try to explain how the street got its name. One account says the locality was settled by masons who laid the stone floors of th... Read More
India, July 10 -- The Proust Questionnaire is a confessional parlour game immortalised by great Parisian writer Marcel Proust, who answered it twice at different stages of his life. His responses to t... Read More
India, July 9 -- Perhaps America's 250th independence anniversary does matter to us in India. The United States has shaped global culture, giving the world jazz, Hollywood, and generations of influent... Read More
India, July 4 -- The street is in constant motion this afternoon. Labourers are weaving through the cramped way bearing hefty parcels on their backs. Delivery boys hurry on, balancing glasses of chai ... Read More
India, July 3 -- The street is in constant motion this afternoon. Labourers are weaving through the cramped way bearing hefty parcels on their backs. Delivery boys hurry on, balancing glasses of chai ... Read More
India, July 3 -- Young Aamir is eating rajma-roti while watching YouTube videos on his phone. See photo. This routine of meal-by-mobile has become part of our shared humanity, connecting citizens acro... Read More
India, July 2 -- 25 years ago today, on 2 July 2001, the foundation and plinth work for Akshardham Mandir on the eastern bank of the Yamuna was completed, and the first sculpted stone for the shrine w... Read More
India, July 1 -- 25 years ago today, on 2 July 2001, the foundation and plinth work for Akshardham Mandir on the eastern bank of the Yamuna was completed, and the first sculpted stone for the shrine w... Read More
India, July 1 -- Oops! Only one person as audience in the hall for a literary gathering. See photo. Blame the heat. Temperatures are in the 40s. The heat index makes it feel above 50. The programme is... Read More