Rats, ducks, dogs, birds of our oasis. Lodhi Gardens is a land of Very Important People and very showy lovers — as any regular visitor will testify. Also, according to figures provided to The Delhi Walla by the Gardens’ authority, this 90 acres of oasis in central...
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Historic treasures. The past gets tangible here. With over 200,000 exhibits, spanning over 5,000 years, the National Museum, India’s largest, is a storehouse of heritage. The museum has three floors. Its corridors are lined with 800 sculptures, from the 3rd century BC to the 18th century AD....
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The god of small things. A few flowers stand erect, full of life, with not a speck of dust. Others, half-drowned in water, look like broken promises. This lotus-covered pond occupies a small corner in the popular Lodhi Gardens. A cloud of stillness, it remains as silent...
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On the road. Friday. 10.30pm. Hauz Khas Village. The street lamps are not working. The headlights of passing cars briefly illuminate the faces of a chic crowd on the roadside, returning well-fed from Hauz Khas eateries. A group of four is walking towards the Pind Balluchi restaurant...
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A free land. Look. That man standing alone behind that tree. Over there, that gloomy-faced gentleman with his black briefcase… he is looking lost. That young woman, her arms folded. That backpacker with his Lonely Planet India; he seems to be overwhelmed by our country. The park...
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Rainy day delights. The Delhi Walla suggests places in the city where you can best experience the monsoon season. Go to the 14th century Hauz Khas monument complex in the south. With interlinked chambers and balconies, the ruins offer an unhindered view of Deer Park and the...
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India’s modern art. Set up in 1954 at Jaipur House near India Gate, the National Gallery of Modern Art’s old wing has stately marble flooring and arched corridors. One of the wing’s two sections is devoted to the works of Indian painters; the other is a permanent...
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A refuge for rejects. The most liberating space for Delhi’s social rejects lies in the heart of the capital. The park above Palika Bazaar parking in the colonial-era Connaught Place is one of those rare public places in the city where the jobless, the homosexuals, the eunuchs,...
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Believe it or not. A ball floating in air with no regard for gravity; a seat of nails actually comfortable to sit on. Discovering science at the National Science Center is fun. The learning is incidental and the exploration unending. Staircases lead up to more exhibition halls....
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Delhi’s biggest book market. There are two kinds of muggles in Delhi. Those who have been to the weekly book bazaar at Daryaganj and those who haven’t. The first group doesn’t want the others to know that each Sunday, the mile-long footpath between Delite cinema and the...
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