Culture & Books
Recalling the Bollywood showdown for New Delhi: Kaka vs Shotgun
Late Rajesh Khanna’s win in the 1992 Lok Sabha by-election for the New Delhi constituency revealed his popularity among Delhiites; it, however, also impacted his friendship with co-star and BJP rival Shatrughan Sinha
Pay for box, not books
A startup with a unique concept, 'Story Box', offers affordable reading experience with thousands of books available in a pay-per-box format
Can Delhi think beyond caste, regional lines while voting in 2024 Lok Sabha election?
Political parties in the national capital have over the past few years patronised a few communities and ignored the others, despite the city having been built by generations of migrants from all parts of the country
IK Gujral’s eye-witness account of Shaheed Bhagat Singh’s funeral
Former Prime Minister late IK Gujral, one of the few people in post-Partition India to have seen the legendary freedom fighter’s last rites, once broke down while recalling that fateful March day in 1931
‘Music in the Park’ breathes fresh life into classical music
Organiser Rashmi Malik conceived the idea to reach out to an audience that would not perhaps go to a concert hall; she has succeeded
Apartments in Delhi-NCR lose ‘desi’ touch, get foreign feel
While housing societies and areas established before 1990 had indian-sounding names, post-liberalisation era spawned complexes in Gurugram and Noida with European names to attract expatriates and the global Indian
Election Museum: Cherishing India’s electoral legacy
The museum at Kashmere Gate is an ideal place to learn about the evolution of the world’s largest democracy
Ramleela in Urdu: A message of brotherhood, equality and inclusivity
Dastaan-E-Ramayana: Ramleela in Urdu was performed by the Shradha Ramleela Committee, a Faridabad-based theatrical group at Sunder Nursery, New Delhi during the four-day Jashn-E-Urdu festival which concluded on February 25
