Culture & Books

Taking refuge in prayer, business and education

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…

August 15, 2023

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

August 15, 2023

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

August 14, 2023

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…

August 14, 2023

When Premchand penned Kafan in Delhi

The celebrated writer wrote the famous story in Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamia campus

August 9, 2023

Romance with the past: A Delhi museum bringing old to the new

Kathika Cultural Centre, which recently hosted a monsoon festival, is looking to promote the art and culture of old Delhi

August 6, 2023

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…

July 29, 2023

Painting Bengal beyond boundaries

Jogen Chowdhury has been a trendsetter in the world of art. At an exhibition in Delhi, he reflects upon the…

July 21, 2023

History teacher

Anjum Hasan’s latest novel, History’s Angel, describes the life of a middle-class school teacher and his family in contemporary Delhi

July 18, 2023

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…

July 15, 2023