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
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
Why Bangladesh’s Sheikh Hasina fled to Delhi twice in 50 years
The city had given her refuge and provided her with support after the assassination of her father, mother and several other family members back in 1975
Taking refuge in prayer, business and education
The Partition refugees settled in different places on arrival, and started gurudwaras, markets and schools. Some of the establishments even had ‘refugee’ in their names
The forgotten refugees who landed in Delhi after Partition
Buddhist refugees from Chittagong and Namdharis from Punjab have helped make Delhi diverse, but few know about them
When Connaught Place showrooms were set on fire
Connaught Place witnessed carnage in British-owned showrooms in 1942 before seeing similar havoc in 1984, during the anti-Sikh riots
Tale of two Delhi poets and the Pak national anthem
Poet Jagannath Azad, who wrote the first national anthem of Pakistan on Jinnah’s request, shifted to Delhi from Pakistan, while Hafiz Jalandhari, whose anthem was later adopted by Pakistan, moved to the new country from Delhi
When Premchand penned Kafan in Delhi
The celebrated writer wrote the famous story in Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamia campus