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Delhiwale: City surface full of clouds

India, July 28 -- Dull, smoggy, grey. Almost a rotting corpse. That's our Dilli sky most of the year. The same asmaan resurrects into life during the monsoon. It is the year's A-1 time for Delhi nepho... Read More


City surface full of clouds

India, July 28 -- Dull, smoggy, grey. Almost a rotting corpse. That's our Dilli sky most of the year. The same asmaan resurrects into life during the monsoon. It is the year's A-1 time for Delhi nepho... Read More


Delhiwale: This way to Gali Papad Wali

India, July 26 -- Old Delhi's Gali Parathe Wali is home to very many parathe wale. Similarly, Gali Kebabiyan is home to kebab wale. Per this straightforward logic, Gali Papad Wali must have papad wal... Read More


Delhiwale: That peculiar Chandni Chowk loneliness

India, July 25 -- Loneliness, a poet says, is a horror not to be surveyed. But loneliness lurks across Delhi. This is after all a megacity where men come from across the country to make a superior liv... Read More


Loneliness, at Chandni Chowk

India, July 25 -- Loneliness, a poet says, is a horror not to be surveyed. But loneliness lurks across Delhi. This is, after all, a megacity where people come from across the country in quest of a bet... Read More


A life behind the samosa

India, July 24 -- Here is a shrine to a fellow citizen's sweat, struggles, and steadfastness. And-perhaps this thing should have been mentioned first-it is an essential pilgrimage for anybody who aspi... Read More


Delhiwale: The world inside a home

India, July 22 -- The residence consists of two moderately sized rooms. The first is the workshop, albeit its one side is dedicated to a cooking counter with a gas range. The other is the windowless b... Read More


The world inside a home

India, July 22 -- The residence consists of two moderately sized rooms. The first is the workshop, albeit with a portion dedicated to a cooking counter with a gas range. The other is the windowless be... Read More


Delhiwale: An ode to hawa

India, July 21 -- Some hawkers hawk things as common as the mobile phone screen guard. Some hawk things as rare as the "drawing room fish." Consider this hawker of children's toys, here in a central D... Read More


An ode to hawa

India, July 21 -- Some hawkers hawk things as common as the mobile phone screen guard. Some hawk things as rare as the "drawing room fish." Consider this hawker of children's toys, here in a central D... Read More