[ad_1] The gateway is bathed in the evening light with a beauty so tender you fear it might vaporise with the next heatwave. The time is altering the place in […]
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Delhiwale: Knock knock! Who’s there?
[ad_1] The door is stained with tiny shreds of old peeling paint. The latch is entwined into a small lock so rusty that it has turned red. Green plants are […]
Delhiwale | Midnight, but mid-work
[ad_1] Noorjehan is at work. “I’m like a mazdoor who builds grand houses for the rich but who can never live in them.”\ [ad_2] Source link
Many Delhis in one frame
[ad_1] In Delhi, several centuries live together, and here’s a rare place where you get to see all those centuries in a single view. The Jama Masjid at Feroze Shah […]
Delhiwale: ‘Earnest Hemingway’
[ad_1] Isn’t he a Hemingway lookalike? Perhaps because of his beard, or his cap, that greatly resembles the iconic fishing cap that the great American writer would wear. The man, […]
Delhiwale: Keeping the departed souls alive
[ad_1] KD Singh was an iconic Delhi bookseller who passed away in 2014. The inscription reads: “Husband, Father, Grandfather & Bookman Extraordinaire.” Beneath runs a verse by poet Pablo Neruda: […]
Delhiwale: Juggling cultures and identities
[ad_1] The most endearing aspect about the picturesque foot over bridges that fan out from Pragati Maidan Metro station are not them alone, but a cheerful snacks vendor who runs […]
Delhiwale: Cooling off in Shakarpur
[ad_1] The noon’s hot white light is entwined with the dusty air. The traffic on the main road is stubbornly stationary, yet it remains a noisy anarchy. Such are the […]
Delhiwale: Ali’s ‘darbar’ in ‘Purani Dilli’
[ad_1] The door is coated with dust. Its brown shade has faded into one of translucence. Yet, it looks distinguished, here in Old Delhi’s Haveli Azam Khan street. Equally distinguished […]
Delhiwale: Glimpse of autumn in spring
[ad_1] There is a particularly friendly tree in Jacobpura in old Gurugram, under whose shade the area’s cart pullers would sit for a few minutes of repose. But today the […]
Delhiwale: Colours of labour and love
[ad_1] The heart is pierced by the proverbial Cupid’s arrow. And within the heart is inscribed ‘I Love You’. This is a tattoo on Khajani’s right arm — his working […]
Delhiwale: Not just a hot air balloon
[ad_1] He is often seen with his bicycle parked on one Walled City lane or another, selling ‘udne wale gubbare’. These are helium-filled balloons that float into the air if […]
