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
Delhi’s secret reading rooms: where the sun replaces bulbs
From Connaught Place to Buddha Jayanti Park, Delhi’s quiet community of outdoor readers finds warmth, calm and companionship under winter skies.
Delhi’s markets to cricket fields: how Apollo Tyres went the distance
From Raunaq Singh’s journey from Lahore to Delhi’s Gole Market to Apollo Tyres’ appearance on Team India jerseys, the Kanwar family’s story blends enterprise, resilience and a quiet rise to sporting prominence
Driven to exhaustion: the unseen lives of Delhi’s wedding-season drivers
Drivers across Delhi-NCR endure 16–18-hour shifts, long waits and little rest during the wedding rush, working without food, relief or recognition
80 years on: the many lives of Sujan Singh Park
Built in 1945 as wartime housing, Sujan Singh Park became a haven for Partition survivors and a home to writers, officers and diplomats
Why Delhi’s Punjabi Partition families still seek matches from Lahore and Rawalpindi
For Delhi’s Punjabi Khatri and Arora families, marriages still follow roots across Lahore, Rawalpindi and Gujranwala
A century of quiet faith: the free church at Jantar Mantar
Built by Scottish missionaries in 1925, the Free Church in Central Delhi has stood through wars, protests and Delhi’s rapid growth. A modest sanctuary in the city’s political heart, it has served soldiers, refugees, worshippers and generations of migrants for a hundred years
Prakash Bhandari: Delhi’s first test cricketer and master of three sports
A rare, multi-disciplinary talent who moved with ease from cricket to golf and bridge, he spent seven decades nurturing Delhi’s sporting culture. Bhandari’s teammates recall his journey from Anand Parbat’s grounds to international arenas
Dharmendra in Lodhi Gardens: revisiting “Aapko Pyar Chhupane Ki Buri Aadat Hai”
A beloved 1965 duet, a summer shoot in Lodhi Gardens, and memories of Dharmendra’s gentle charm linger decades later