City Landmark - Goldsmith's Workshop, Nai Basti, Gurgaon

City Landmark – Goldsmith’s Workshop, Nai Basti, Gurgaon

Inside an old-fashioned world. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] In the so-called Millennium City, yet so far. This old-fashioned goldsmith’s workshop in Gurgaon’s Nai Basti in the Greater Delhi region. You get custom-made lockets, rings, and necklace pendants…

Home Sweet Home - Kabeer Jhinjhianvi's Bedroom Window, Old Delhi

Home Sweet Home – Kabeer Jhinjhianvi’s Bedroom Window, Old Delhi

Lovely but unloved. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] This window in theory should be listed in guidebooks, looking directly down on Chitli Qabar chowk—one of those rare squares in Old Delhi. But your chances of a glimpse are…

City Food - Dal Makhani, Cosy Restaurant

City Food – Dal Makhani, Cosy Restaurant

A lentil excursion. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] You must agree: the universally loved dal makhani is as critical for the survival of Delhi’s food and beverage service industry as India’s middle class is for its automobile economy….