Culture & Books

-February 12, 2024

The OG Meena Bazaar inside Red Fort!

The OG Meena Bazaar inside Red Fort!

During Shahjahan's era, the bazaar specialised in luxury goods, including Silk, Brocades, Velvets, Gold and Silverware, as well as jewellery and gems, catering to the imperial households

-February 10, 2024

JNU: A microcosm of Delhi’s climate, topography and ecology

JNU: A microcosm of Delhi’s climate, topography and ecology

Dikshu Kukreja, head of CP Kukreja Foundation for Design Excellence, explains why the university campus could be considered a microcosm of Delhi

-February 8, 2024

Jangpura chronicles: The highs and lows of a South Delhi nook

Jangpura chronicles: The highs and lows of a South Delhi nook

The posh South Delhi locality has been home to a galaxy of Bollywood stars, artists and performers. Renowned figures like former Doordarshan news anchor Salma Sultan, notable artists MF Hussain and Ram Kumar ensured that their neighbourhood became a confluence of various cultures

-February 3, 2024

No Urdu in walled city’s Urdu Bazaar

No Urdu in walled city’s Urdu Bazaar

The iconic Urdu Bazaar that once housed bookshops thronged by lovers of the language, is now packed with restaurants selling meat dishes with Urdu missing even from the sign boards

-February 3, 2024

Calligraphy in a conundrum

Calligraphy in a conundrum

Mohammad Ghalib a seasoned artist in Delhi's Urdu Bazar, grapples with technology's encroachment on his traditional craft despite waning interest among younger generation, Ghalib and other emerging young artists are trying to revive the timeless art

-January 26, 2024

Remembering the person behind the first Republic Day of India

Remembering the person behind the first Republic Day of India

Badruddin Tyabji, the grandson of freedom fighter and third Congress President by the same name, was entrusted with arrangements for the inaugural Republic Day celebrations in 1950

-December 30, 2023

Committed to advancing critical theory: Vani Prakashan chief

Committed to advancing critical theory: Vani Prakashan chief

Aditi Maheshwari Goyal, Vani Prakashan’s Executive Director, says she is thrilled after earning international recognition, and believes that feminist critical theory in literature facilitates social change

-December 19, 2023

Bringing traditional toys to the fore

Bringing traditional toys to the fore

From Ravana puppet made of leather to yaks moulded from dough, Delhi-based Asani Bhaduri’s traditional toys and dolls collection captured the heritage of India and its toymakers