Monday, May 16, 2016

Gramin Seva - a good idea that needs stricter monitoring

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If you live in a slum or village on the outskirts of Delhi, you will probably find yourself using one of these decrepit Gramin Seva vehicl...
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Friday, May 13, 2016

Evening gup-shup at Hauz Khas

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The ruins at Hauz Khas are a happy place to spend the evening catching up with friends. Amidst the medieval architecture of an old unive...
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Wednesday, March 16, 2016

“Nobody now listens to what I say.” - Mahatma Gandhi

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On January 30, 1948, Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated.  A couple of months before that, he said in Delhi: "Nobody now listens to w...
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Monday, January 18, 2016

Scaffolding at the Taj Mahal

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Just a quick post to show what the current scaffolding at the Taj looks like: It is on two of the minarets, one at the front and one at...
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Monday, December 21, 2015

Murray's Taj Mahal and the death of an empire

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With the advent of photography in the 1800's, armchair travellers in Europe could, for the first time, get a true picture of destinati...
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Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Textile tour in Delhi

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Last month we had a very interesting textile workshop in Delhi, for a group of visitors from the USA. We visited the home of one of my fri...
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Tuesday, October 6, 2015

A hand-painted signboard in Old Delhi

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I enjoy seeing hand-painted boards, even when they are not particularly artistic. The higgedly-piggedly defects seem delightful, compared ...
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Sunday, August 23, 2015

The Delhi Durbar, 1911 - without mincing words

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They say a picture speaks more than a thousand words. This one sure does! This illustration is from the famous Punch Magazine, and it ...
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