India, April 16 -- A novel way to experience the historic shopping plaza

In Dante's Inferno, Hell has nine concentric circles, each denoting a separate level of sin and punishment. In Delhi's Connaught Place (CP), the colonial-era shopping haven has four concentric circles, each denoting a separate level of experience. Last week, the first of these circles was tracked. It runs along CP's heart-core: the Central Park.

The second circle is separated from the first by a circular road. It comprises of a long-white colonnade supported by a series of white columns. Crammed with showrooms and restaurants, the Inner Circle has drastically changed over the decades and yet, its unique worn-out charm has remained unchanged. That makes it easy for ...