VIVEK SHUKLA

The writer is a Delhi-based senior journalist and author of two books ‘Gandhi's Delhi: April 12, 1915-January 30, 1948 and Beyond’ and ‘Dilli Ka Pehla Pyar - Connaught Place’
Lutyens out, time to honour city’s faceless makers

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…

March 8, 2026

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.…

March 2, 2026

Stand. Serve. Survive — The untold lives of AIIMS security guards

As thousands stream into AIIMS every day, crowds, conflicts and crises are quietly managed by a team of security guards.…

March 1, 2026

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…

February 22, 2026

AI Summit in Delhi: echoes of home for world leaders

At the India AI Impact Summit 2026, visiting presidents from France, Sri Lanka and Brazil encountered symbols in Delhi that…

February 20, 2026

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…

February 15, 2026

The gardeners behind the bloom at Amrit Udyan

As Amrit Udyan reopens to the public, it is the generational labour of the malis, whose skill, discipline and continuity…

February 7, 2026

North Block’s final chapter in budget-making

As the Finance Ministry moves to the Central Vista, the Union Budget for 2026–27 may be the last to be…

January 31, 2026

Kartavya Path: where India’s Republic comes alive

From a colonial axis of imperial power to the symbolic heart of the Republic, Kartavya Path embodies India’s democratic journey.…

January 25, 2026