Friday photo: Jama Masjid
by This week, from one of my favourite photography spots in India… Delhi’s Jama Masjid in black and white… And from a long time ago, A …
Category: Delhi
A space to call their own
It is Sunday morning and the roads leading to Chandni Chowk are deserted. We cross the chaotic merry-go-round of Connaught Place in a trice and …
Sin and the city: street snacks in old Delhi
And if all the oil and spice of parathewaligali has not left you sated and/or with heart-burn, walk on… As you walk out of Chandni …
Sin and the city: in parathewaligali
Established in 1875, says the board. Five generations. That is what Kanhaiya Lal Durga Parshad Dixit’s strangely spelt parawthe are about. It is easy to …
Morning at Jama Masjid
It’s Sunday morning and the roads leading to Chandni Chowk are deserted. We cross the chaotic merry go round of Connaught Place in a trice …
And then night in Delhi
If days in Delhi are about long hot cab rides with drivers insisting on playing CDs of Kumar Sanu hits, or have the FM stations …
From Delhi…
Been in Delhi the last few days – haven’t been blogging regularly… Have been so spoilt as a Bombaiya, am still trying to come to …
Delhi through the centuries
Just finished reading Delhi by Khushwant Singh (I cannot stand Khushwant Singh and do not like Delhi, so why did I even bother?) Discounting Singh’s …