Delhi Homes – Windows of Delhi, Hazrat Nizamuddin Basti & Elsewhere Delhi Homes Life by The Delhi Walla - November 10, 20230 That opening in the room. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] With an upsurge in extreme weather conditions, along with pollution, smog and dengue mosquitoes, most of us are obliged to keep our household windows curtained and shut. The window now invites notice only while booking a seat on a plane or train, or while reserving a room in a resort. The household window might as well become obsolete, if not extinct. Here’s a brief citywide selection. 1. This small room at Old Delhi’s Haji Hotel belonged to poet Aamir Dehlvi, who helped manage the hotel. Its plain window shows the grand Jama Masjid, along with a bit of the sky (with birds in it). The window is designed in such a