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
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
The Prithviraj ‘JRD Tata’ Road
Prithviraj Road, which hosts several bigwigs in the Capital, was also the abode of India's business icon, JRD Tata, who would stay here during his jaunts to Delhi
End of an era: Authors’ space shuts down
The 'South Indian Restaurant' in Karol Bagh was the meeting point of renowned Hindi and Punjabi writers, including one Sampuran Singh who went on to become Bollywood lyricist Gulzar
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