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His poetic grace

India, May 2 -- His elegant sartorial style and measured manner of speaking made him look like a poet. In truth, this graceful man was a devoted reader of Urdu poetry, with special attachment to late ... Read More


Delhiwale: His poetic grace

India, May 2 -- His elegant sartorial style and measured manner of speaking made him look like a poet. In truth, this graceful man was a devoted reader of Urdu poetry, with special attachment to late ... Read More


The bougainvillea boy

India, May 1 -- The cart is heaped with chikoos. In the gathering darkness, the brown-skinned fruits are resembling potatoes. Yet the cart glows. The pink bougainvillea, placed by fruit seller Chahat,... Read More


Delhiwale: The ballad of Jangpura

India, April 30 -- An archive is not always a grand building in the capital's heart, stocked with musty documents. It can be a photographer's lifework, an anthropologist's Instagram handle, or even a ... Read More


The ballad of Jangpura

India, April 30 -- An archive is not always a grand building in the capital's heart, stocked with musty documents. It can be a photographer's lifework, an anthropologist's Instagram handle, or even a ... Read More


His days of summertime hostility

India, April 29 -- The afternoon heat is as palpable as a solid surface. It is slamming down from the sky, and roaring up from the tarmac. Per the mobile, the temperature is hovering around 41degC. Fr... Read More


Delhiwale: His days of summertime hostility

India, April 29 -- The afternoon heat is as palpable as a solid surface. It is slamming down from the sky, and roaring up from the tarmac. Per the mobile, the temperature is hovering around 41degC. Fr... Read More


Seeing the Raghu Rai way

India, April 27 -- The first instinct, when one came face-to-face with this lean, long-limbed artist, was to meet his gaze. Because Raghu Rai's eyes carried entire histories within them. For decades, ... Read More


This way to Gali Altaf Hussain

India, April 25 -- No, he can't be that one. The Altaf Hussain of Old Delhi's Gali Altaf Hussain street cannot be the exiled Pakistani politician who lives in England. For one, the Pakistani Altaf was... Read More


Delhiwale: This way to Gali Altaf Hussain

India, April 24 -- No, he can't be that one. The Altaf Hussain of Old Delhi's Gali Altaf Hussain street cannot be the exiled Pakistani politician who lives in England. For one, the Pakistani Altaf was... Read More