Lutyens out, time to honour city’s faceless makers

After the removal of Edwin Lutyens’ bust from Rashtrapati Bhavan, voices grow louder for honouring the thousands of labourers and contractors who built the capital between 1911 and 1931, arguing that true independence lies in recognising their sweat, skill and sacrifice

After Lutyens, a changing colonial landscape

With Edwin Lutyens’s statue now removed from Rashtrapati Bhavan, Delhi’s evolving relationship with its imperial past comes into sharper focus. As colonial symbols are relocated or replaced, questions arise about memory, legacy and the spaces they once defined

Sun sets on a royal legacy in Delhi

The likely Rs 1,000 crore sale of the Tehri Garhwal House, former royal residence on Bhagwan Das Road, signals the end of an era for one of Lutyens’ Delhi’s landmark estates, where princely legacy, political history and modern real estate now converge

The coffee house Delhi refuses to forget

Demolished during the Emergency in 1976, the Indian Coffee House at Connaught Place was more than a café. Half a century later, memories of its politics, arguments, friendships and defiance continue to shape Delhi’s cultural imagination

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

ED action brings Delhi’s iconic Ranjit Hotel back into spotlight

Once home to wrestling icons and football teams, the landmark near Ramlila Maidan was sold to the Anil Ambani group and redeveloped into Reliance Centre — now under the ED’s scanner

Prithiviraj Road: from Tata House to Ambedkar’s abode

From the Tatas’ Delhi base to Ambedkar’s study and Octavio Paz’s poetic retreat, Prithviraj Road has quietly witnessed chapters of India’s industrial, constitutional and cultural history

At 7 Jantar Mantar, echoes of India’s freedom and forgotten glory

Once the Congress nerve centre, the decaying mansion now stands as a relic of India’s political past