India, Nov. 18 -- Sore throat? You have it too! Must be the city's bad air. Whatever, early in the month, as Delhi was beset by extreme pollution, customer relations manager Jasbir Chatterjee was forc... Read More
India, Nov. 17 -- The Walled City dictionary See the small tiled platform at the centre of the chowk. A few flowers are scattered about it. Now, a citizen steps out from one of the lanes intersecting... Read More
India, Nov. 17 -- See the small tiled platform at the centre of the chowk. A few flowers are scattered about it. Now, a citizen steps out from one of the lanes intersecting at the crossroad. He walks ... Read More
India, Nov. 14 -- This stall has been selling used books for decades. This evening, it is additionally selling first-hand framed posters bearing such motivational exhortations: "Whatever you decide to... Read More
India, Nov. 12 -- The day has ended a couple of hours ago. By now, the tree-lined pathway in central Delhi's Barakhamba has grown deserted, except for an occasional man, or woman, hurrying towards the... Read More
India, Nov. 12 -- The day has ended a couple of hours ago. By now, the tree-lined pathway in central Delhi's Barakhamba has grown deserted, except for an occasional man, or woman, hurrying towards the... Read More
India, Nov. 10 -- Such happiness to join a party cheering for Jane Austen. The coming December marks the novelist's 250th birth anniversary. As a buildup to the auspicious occasion, the English liter... Read More
India, Nov. 10 -- Such happiness to join a party cheering for Jane Austen. The coming December marks the novelist's 250th birth anniversary. As a buildup to the auspicious occasion, the English litera... Read More
India, Nov. 8 -- There is no jamun in Gali Jamun Wali. The historical fact is that a jamun tree did stand there, and it did give its name to the street. While the tree ceased to exist a long time ago,... Read More
India, Nov. 7 -- There is Old Delhi. There is also older Delhi. A lot many monuments of Mehrauli were already centuries-old by the time Shahjahan laid the foundation of Old Delhi some 400 years ago. I... Read More