From Shahjahanabad’s lanes to global mushairas, Iqbal Ashhar carries Urdu’s legacy

From the lanes of Old Delhi to international stages, the poet reflects on Urdu’s cultural roots, fading readership, and poetry’s place in a digital age

Lutyens out, time to honour city’s faceless makers

After the removal of Edwin Lutyens’ bust from Rashtrapati Bhavan, voices grow louder for honouring the thousands of labourers and contractors who built the capital between 1911 and 1931, arguing that true independence lies in recognising their sweat, skill and sacrifice

Delhi’s Kerala Club: a legacy older than the state

With the Centre approving the change of the state’s name from Kerala to Keralam, attention has turned to institutions that predate the state itself. In Delhi, the 1939-founded Kerala Club remains unchanged, symbolising continuity for the Malayali community in the capital

After Lutyens, a changing colonial landscape

With Edwin Lutyens’s statue now removed from Rashtrapati Bhavan, Delhi’s evolving relationship with its imperial past comes into sharper focus. As colonial symbols are relocated or replaced, questions arise about memory, legacy and the spaces they once defined

Sun sets on a royal legacy in Delhi

The likely Rs 1,000 crore sale of the Tehri Garhwal House, former royal residence on Bhagwan Das Road, signals the end of an era for one of Lutyens’ Delhi’s landmark estates, where princely legacy, political history and modern real estate now converge

Old Delhi’s culinary rhythm recreated at Okhla food festival

Dilli 6 – Ishq-e-Dilli at Edesia presents a carefully sequenced journey through familiar flavours from the capital’s historic food districts

Fading cinema halls of Connaught Place

Once home to Regal, Rivoli, Odeon and Plaza, Connaught Place shaped generations of Delhi’s moviegoers. As shutters come down on historic screens and memories fade, this feature traces how the capital’s shared film culture is shrinking — and what its loss means for the city

Kahaani: Dilli Ki — telling the many stories of the capital

A two-day festival at Travancore Palace celebrates Delhi’s layered history through music, food, craft and conversation