Events of the week

Antique art What: Lithographs, portraits, maps, watercolours, depicting the history of India from the late 1600s. There has been a lot of hype about the Indian Art which was taken overseas. India Habitat Centre presents, ‘Art of Hindustan Through The Ages’ by curator and collector Nikhil Gupta. The current government is doing a lot to […]

Feeding the poor, Gambhir’s Jan Rasois are winning hearts 

The Jan Rasoi initiative undertaken by East Delhi’s MP Gautam Gambhir is a hit amongst the people, with many waiting in lines for their chance to munch on what “feels like home made food”  Established at Gandhi Nagar on 24 December 2020, the first Jan Rasoi serves food to around 500-600 people on a daily […]

Dengue cases over cross 8,200; more than 6,700 in November alone

Dengue cases in Delhi this season has jumped to over 8,200, with more than 6,700 of those being recorded in November alone, according to a civic report released on Monday On November 17, the city had recorded a total of 5,277 dengue cases, making it the highest number of cases of the vector-borne disease recorded […]

Old ‘Farzi’; new offerings 

After winning hearts with their unique style and dishes, the Farzi cafe is introducing a new menu with amalgamated flavours from across the country, so we gave it a shot  All Delhiites are well familiar with the high energy that Farzi café offers. Keeping with its Farzi style, they have revamped their menu which is […]

Unfavourable weather conditions drive up air pollution levels in Delhi

Air pollution levels in Delhi worsened on Friday morning due to unfavourable meteorological conditions — low temperature and slow wind speed — and the air quality index read 403 at 9 am, which falls in the severe category Low temperatures and slow surface winds allow accumulation of pollutants. The city’s 24-hour average air quality index (AQI) […]

Gushing life into a civilisation

With a complete new body of works, artist Jayasri Burman is back with a new show titled  “River of Faith” Presented by Gallery Art Exposure, the exhibition focuses on Ganga which occupies a foremost place among all the sacred rivers and has many stories surrounding it which have fascinated students, historians alike. Centering around this […]

An author who fought for writer’s moral right over their creative work

One of the leading personalities of the Nayi Kahani (New Story) movement of Hindi literature, Mannu Bhandari was quite unlike her peers One of the stalwarts of the Nayi Kahani literary movement in Hindi, Manu Bhandari stands out when looking at her peers like Kamleshwar, Bhisham Sahni, Nirmal Verma, Rajendra Yadav, and Mohan Rakesh, among […]

The chroniclers of Delhi: preserving the city’s soul on Instagram

Digitising the beauty of the city, these new age chroniclers are preserving and reidentifying the lost culture of the capital, through Instagram   “Ek roz apni rooh se pucha ke Dilli kya hai, to yu jawaab mein keh gayi, ye duniya maano jism hai aur Dilli uski jaan” -Mirza Ghalib (I once asked my soul what […]