India, Oct. 3 -- Sure, this is easier than counting the stars. But still, it is something-to manually count the columns of Delhi's iconic Connaught Place (CP).

The white colonial-era columns constitute CP's signature persona. They support the ceilings of its many colonnades. Identical in shape and height, the stately columns line the market arcades of the Inner and Outer Circles, as well as the corridors that link the two circles.

Last to last week, the first part of this series conducted a count of the Outer Circle columns. Last week was the turn of Inner Circle columns. This week, the concluding agenda is to count the columns of CP's intervening corridors that link the Inner and Outer circles. The connecting corridors spread vein-like...