Unchanging addresses in a changing Delhi

Across parts of Delhi, some families have continued to live at the same address for generations, rebuilding their homes over time but remaining rooted to place, offering a glimpse into continuity and belonging in a city shaped by constant change

From 200 cars to crores on Delhi’s roads

The Economic Survey of Delhi 2025–26, tabled in the Assembly recently, shows the capital adding over 6.4 lakh vehicles in a year, taking the total to 8.76 million — prompting a look back at how Delhi became India’s vehicle capital

Before Jewar, a journey that began at Safdarjung

With Noida International Airport at Jewar set to open, it is an opportune moment to look back at nearly a century of aviation in Delhi-NCR — from Safdarjung’s early airfield to Palam and IGI — and how the region’s skies have steadily expanded

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