India, March 12 -- To turn 85 is a privilege. It means you have lived a decade beyond your golden anniversary. This year, two Delhi institutions meet this milestone. One is a novel. We celebrated Ahmad Ali's Twilight in Delhi earlier this week. The other is a restaurant. The year of founding-1940-is embossed on the glass door.
Kwality restaurant at Regal Cinema building is one of the longest surviving landmarks of Connaught Place (CP). This is a rare accomplishment considering that at least three other landmarks of Regal Cinema building have become history: A Godin & Co. piano shop, Gaylord restaurant and People's Tree boutique. Even the Regal Cinema hasn't screened a movie since 2017. But Kwality, so much a part of CP's rich past, is cont...