Heritage

Gandhi’s final act: A quick visit to Mehrauli

Gandhi’s final act: A quick visit to Mehrauli

The iconic Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki Dargah in Mehrauli was vandalised in the aftermath of Partition, but Gandhi’s visit to the…

January 27, 2024

Sunder Nursery emerges as Delhi’s favourite urban oasis

Delhi's captivating urban sanctuary delights over a million visitors in 2023

January 6, 2024

Experts, historians object to proposal to remove Sunehri Masjid

The mosque got its name from Sunehra village, on which the Sunehri masjid now stands; it was redeveloped by Hakim Ajmal Khan, a Congress President,…

January 4, 2024

Hauz Khas Village through the lens of its pioneers

The story of how a little-known village in south Delhi with remnants of the Sultanate era was transformed into a…

July 23, 2024

Why Ghalib was buried so far away from his abode

Mirza Ghalib’s final resting place, far from his home, is better maintained than the graves of two of the other…

December 27, 2023

Dastkari Haat Samiti presents its 38th Craft Bazaar

Dastkari Haat Craft Bazaar's new edition will feature familiar faces, as well as, new goods and styles

December 23, 2023

Why did Jinnah visit Hindu College?

The college, which began in Chandni Chowk's Kinari Bazar before moving to Kashmere Gate and then to North Campus, has…

December 16, 2023

End of an era: Why travelling on DTC’s route 851 was more than a journey

Delhi Transport Corporation’s decision to stop the service of buses connecting areas in west and east Delhi with New Delhi…

December 11, 2023

Production in AIR Urdu stalled, service transmitting old Hindi programmes

All India Radio’s Urdu service, once running 24 hours and external services division’s most transmitted broadcast, is slowly dying following…

November 27, 2023

Keeper of the lost culture

Zillur Rahman, a professor, poet and hakim, has established a museum-cum-library in Aligarh to preserve books and artefacts that tell…

November 15, 2023