India, May 9 -- Batasha is an excessively sugary sweet, often offered in temples. Old Delhi has a street called Gali Batashe Wali, named for the many shops that would sell batashe. The Walled City has another street with a phonetically similar name. Curiously, nobody in Gali Batashan is able to explain what "Batashan" means. Nor is anyone willing to connect the word even remotely to the excessively sweet batasha. Situated in the heart of Chawri Bazar, the street begins as any narrow, Purani Dilli street, but soon reveals itself to be long and twisting, winding through a maze of corners, enclosed spaces, and sudden dead ends. It is full of beautiful gateways; one gateway is completely derelict (see left photo). Some stretches are utterly sil...