Waiting to inhale: Welcome to the art of smell walking through the capital’s streets

Not just sights and sounds, the smells of Delhi shape the life and culture here – from the aroma of various food items in Chandni Chowk to the fragrance of incense sticks at Feroz Shah Kotla Fort

Silent sentinels of a heritage of respectability

Members of the intersex and trans communities, called khwajsaras in the Mughal era, made huge contributions to Delhi’s history. The architectural wonders they left behind still survive but the significance of this heritage is getting lost with time

Passionate chronicler

Rana Safvi’s book The Forgotten Cities of Delhi is a reminder of our composite culture, manifested in art, music, culture and architecture of the past 1,500 years An outsider is out to reveal the hidden secrets of Delhi, with much success and in quicktime. Rana Safvi’s association with Delhi started only in 2012, when she […]