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
Why Biki Oberoi, the grand old man of Indian hotel industry and Chairman Emeritus of Oberoi Group, asked Bhutto’s friend to design Oberoi Intercontinental | Obituary
‘PRS Oberoi lived a full life. He was an icon, no doubt,’ friends and acquaintances remember Biki Oberoi, who died on Tuesday
Celebrating Diwali in home away from home
Many old people in the Capital, who have mostly been disregarded by their families, are living in retirement homes
Shops where Delhi sinks its sweet tooth
Ahead of Diwali, Capital's trusted, iconic sweet shops are chock-a-block with people lining up to savour their favourite delicacies and gift-wrap them for friends and colleagues
Remembering the queen of ghazal
Begum Akhtar, whose death anniversary falls on October 30, enchanted Delhiites many times through 1960s and early 70s with her melodious voice so much so that old-timers recall her vividly even 49 years after the singer’s death
Legend of Dr Sen and Durga Puja
While the relatively new pandals of CR Park bag most of the limelight, Delhi also boasts of decades-old, iconic Durga Pujas, including the one organised by the family of Delhi’s 'first' allopathic doctor
The man who put Amitabh Bachchan on path of glory
The Bollywood great, who celebrates his birthday on October 11, was introduced to acting by his Kirori Mal College teacher Frank Thakur Das
Fauji to Jawan: Shah Rukh Khan’s Delhi connection
A portrait of King Khan, who was born and raised in the Capital, based on people who saw him in the city, roaming around Bengali Market and Janpath during his student days, and visiting the graves of his parents at Delhi Gate
The familial ties that bond Mauritius PM and Karol Bagh’s Arya Samaj Road
Pravind Jugnauth’s sister is married to a Punjabi family based out of West Delhi's Karol Bagh; it is said that the first family of the island nation continues to send Diwali gifts to the Malhotra family