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’
Posts by: VIVEK SHUKLA
Architect of Capital’s fortune
Rana Man Singh, who built landmarks such as the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, which has now been renamed, seems to have been forgotten
One hundred years of fortitude
Delhi University’s centenary year celebrations will culminate with its annual convocation of June 30, which will be attended PM Narendra Modi. A look-back at DU's formative years
Of Manto and Delhi’s longest bus ride
Mori Gate, where Saadat Hasan Manto used to live during his time in Delhi, is also the starting point of Delhi Transport Corporation’s longest bus ride
Icons on the road
Delhi has statues of many historical personalities that may interest world leaders like Joe Biden, Vladimir Putin and Rishi Sunak during the G-20 summit
Labour of love a footnote in pages of history
Labourers from West Bengal, Jharkhand, and Odisha who built the new Parliament are likely to be forgotten; much like the labourers of Rajasthan of the old Parliament who have been rendered invisible in pages of history
Nehru’s first house in Delhi
7, Moti Lal Nehru Marg has memories attached to India’s first Prime Minister who lived there before shifting to Teen Murti House