Painting a gritty picture
Niyaz Hussain, a Delhi-based artist, did not have an easy life. Yet, he did not let his passion for painting...
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Picking the lighter side of poets
KL Narang ‘Saaqi’, who has carved a niche for himself by specialising in compiling humorous incidents and quotes of Urdu...
Barking up the right trees
Ashoka tree (Saraca asoca) is believed to have grown in Ashokavatika, the garden of Ravana. Legend has it that Sita...
The life coach
In November last year, during Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA)’s annual awards function, 87-year-old Gurcharan Singh was called upon...
Life and times of a writer
In 1956, when writer and poet Farooq Argali, then a 16-year-old strapping man, came to Delhi from Fatehpur in Uttar...
When an idol is no more the idol it was
You’d expect idols and artefacts to be stolen and looted only in countries in the midst of war and not...
Getting high after a low
When Kaushal Pal was 16 years old, he would wait for the first week of the month when salaries would...
A platform for those who create art
Founded by Shefali Khanna, Dear Sunshine is a non-profit organisation that helps musicians and artisans looking for opportunities to showcase...
Rags to riches: Gem of a man on Old Delhi’s footpaths
At the age of 12, Mukeed Ahmad came to Delhi, a city of dreams, in search of work. “I started...