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

Old Delhi’s culinary rhythm recreated at Okhla food festival

Dilli 6 – Ishq-e-Dilli at Edesia presents a carefully sequenced journey through familiar flavours from the capital’s historic food districts

Fading cinema halls of Connaught Place

Once home to Regal, Rivoli, Odeon and Plaza, Connaught Place shaped generations of Delhi’s moviegoers. As shutters come down on historic screens and memories fade, this feature traces how the capital’s shared film culture is shrinking — and what its loss means for the city

Kahaani: Dilli Ki — telling the many stories of the capital

A two-day festival at Travancore Palace celebrates Delhi’s layered history through music, food, craft and conversation

From green revolution to Central Vista: Delhi to bid farewell to Krishi, Shastri Bhawan

The post-Independence-era buildings, long at the heart of India’s agricultural and administrative policymaking, are set to be demolished to make way for new Common Central Secretariat structures

North Block’s final chapter in budget-making

As the Finance Ministry moves to the Central Vista, the Union Budget for 2026–27 may be the last to be prepared in North Block. A look at how the iconic building shaped decades of fiscal policymaking, secrecy, and tradition

Jhankis of unity: how Republic Day tableaux reflect India’s soul

Rolling down Kartavya Path each January, Republic Day tableaux — or jhankis — blend art, history and statecraft, turning the parade into a moving canvas of India’s diversity, aspirations and shared national imagination

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