This way to Gali Jane Austen Wali
India, Sept. 20 -- Sorry for the misleading headline. Gali Jane Austen Wali doesn't exist in Delhi. It certainly is not the name of this Old Delhi street. But then the gali's actual name has nothing to do with its present. While its present has everything to do with Jane Austen.
As you are aware, the great writer (its her 250th birth anniversary this year!) was obsessed with the theme of shaadi; all her six novels end with weddings. And here is this entire street devoted to shops for wedding cards. So, welcome to. Gali Jane Austen Wali!
The narrow lane, near Chawri Bazar's Shubh Murti Maa Chowk, is lined on both sides with card shops, each filled with very many kinds of wedding cards in many languages. Every card bears a variation of "you a...
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