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
ED action brings Delhi’s iconic Ranjit Hotel back into spotlight
Once home to wrestling icons and football teams, the landmark near Ramlila Maidan was sold to the Anil Ambani group and redeveloped into Reliance Centre — now under the ED’s scanner
Prithiviraj Road: from Tata House to Ambedkar’s abode
From the Tatas’ Delhi base to Ambedkar’s study and Octavio Paz’s poetic retreat, Prithviraj Road has quietly witnessed chapters of India’s industrial, constitutional and cultural history
Newly elected New York mayor Zohran Mamdani’s Delhi connection
His middle name honours Ghana’s Kwame Nkrumah, linking him to a landmark in the capital
Delhi: Biker killed in accident in Sonia Vihar
Police scanning CCTV footage to identify vehicle that ran over victim after crash in Sonia Vihar
Delhi’s early mornings resonate with devotion as prabhat pheris mark Guru Nanak’s birthday
From Paharganj to Rajouri Garden, Sikh families in the capital revive the dawn tradition of shabad singing, community bonding and faith
The last Chinese of Connaught Place
George Chew, the only remaining Chinese-origin showroom owner in Connaught Place, recalls Delhi’s once-vibrant Chinese community of artisans, teachers, and cricketers
The artist in Central Park: PK Mahanandia’s Connaught Place legacy
Decades before Central Park’s new musical fountain, a young artist sat beneath the old one, sketching portraits for a few rupees — until a chance encounter changed his life and led him from Delhi to Sweden on a bicycle
From Sarojini Nagar to Yamuna Ghats: Chhath’s journey in Delhi
What began nearly seven decades ago as a small neighbourhood gathering by families from Bihar has today become one of Delhi’s grandest cultural celebrations — a story of migration, belonging, and how the city embraced Chhath as its own