Culture & Books

Tanisha Saxena -February 14, 2024

The 37th edition of the annual Surajkund crafts fair features a record 50 countries, besides a host of Indian states

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Yusra Nazim -February 12, 2024

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

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Tej Prakash Bhardwaj -February 10, 2024

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

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Vivek Shukla -February 8, 2024

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

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VIVEK SHUKLA -February 3, 2024

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

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Syed Ahmad Rufai -February 3, 2024

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

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VIVEK SHUKLA -January 26, 2024

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

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Tahir Bhat -December 30, 2023

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

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