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
Shivraj Patil and Parliament’s house of knowledge
Conceived under Shivraj Patil as Lok Sabha Speaker, the Parliament Library stands as a quiet testament to his belief in knowledge-driven democracy
Christmas carols light up Delhi homes during winter
From doorstep hymns to Christmas cakes, the Capital’s Christian neighbourhoods come alive each December with music, memories, and shared warmth that cut through the season’s chill
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