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The Alchemy of Secrets, by Priya Balasubramanian ♦ Originally published in Biblio India. I read…
A Conversation With: Shamsur Rahman Faruqi
A Conversation With: Literary Critic and Novelist Shamsur Rahman Faruqi ♦ India’s literary establishment is…
bpbScoop: Devan’s Now Has A Café
The old coffee store now makes drinks, because Devan is a place on earth. ♦ Stopping…
The Hunger Pandemic: Ash-filled Stoves and Empty Stomachs in Rural Uttar Pradesh
Originally published as part of Khabar Lahariya’s long-form series “Sound Fury & 4G” ♦ Around…
Interview: Raj Kamal Jha on ‘The City and the Sea’
Indian Express editor Raj Kamal Jha sheds light on why he believes stories like Nirbhaya’s…
Long exposure
Chirodeep Chaudhuri captured Durga Puja at his ancestral village in Bengal over 12 years ♦…
bpb Review: WD House, Greater Kailash II
A well-known Chandigarh restaurant unsheathes weapons of mass degustation. ♦ Crab cake at WD House….
Time to pretend
There’s a costume for every occasion at Abhiruchi ♦ Read this article as part of…
Eight Women: Shanti Devi
Shanti Devi works alongside her husband in the no woman’s land of Delhi’s largest truck…
I ❤️ Civil Lines
The civilised life in Delhi. ♦ When I came to Delhi for an exchange semester…
Lost and Found
Vasudha Thozhur’s intriguing works weave together personal loss and national tragedy. ♦ Vasudha Thozhur has…
Rain words
Compiled from John T Platt’s Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi and English. āb-i-bārān (m) Rain-water. abr-i-āẕur (m) A…
Fragments of beauty
Attiya Shaukat at Anant Art Gallery ♦ Bits & Pieces II Lahore-based…
Watching it burn
Image: Wikimedia Commons Marking an anniversary and the National Museum of Natural History ♦ I…
Printer’s proof
A public airing of a private collection of prints could spike interest in an underappreciated…
Choose your own Delhi adventure
Time Out Delhi’s 5th anniversary issue ♦ “For over five years, Time Out Delhi has…
Eight Women: Bhavna Paliwal
A private detective and head of her own agency, Bhavna Paliwal is intimately familiar with…
People of Tomorrow takes a “shameless” approach to vegan food in Delhi
The new restaurant in Chhatarpur wants to win you over with the food, not philosophy…
bpb Review: Napoli Pizza, Safdarjung Enclave
Let’s not beat about the bush. It’s amore. ♦ Every food review has its moment…
A Deadly Cocktail in Delhi
Book Review: Killing Time in Delhi ♦By Ravi Shankar Etteth A certain kind of book…
Footloose
Walking with a purpose ♦ “Every walk is a sort of crusade,” wrote Henry David…
The Saints Come Marching into Her Living Room
Behind the scenes at Marjorie Eliot’s Parlor Entertainment jazz sessions, an uptown institution. ♦ Over the…
bpb Review: Aku’s, Defence Colony
This new “brrgrr co.” urgently needs vowels, but is sweet on the tongue all the…
Portrait of a lady
The last century of Mughal rule comes to life in The Mirror of Beauty, Shamsur…
Eight Women: Pelva Naik
Young classical vocalist Pelva Naik lets nothing come between her and her passion for dhrupad,…
Objects
Group Show at the Visual Arts Gallery. ♦ This story was originally published in Time…
RT Book Reviews
Magazine review ♦ Name: RT Book Reviews Circulation: 70,000 Date of Birth: 1981 Frequency: Monthly…
A Lingering Puff of Smoke
With the Hyatt Regency opening a nightspot after a decade, Sonal Shah reflects on Djinns,…
Delhi-spotting
Looking for home at the National Museum’s Cosmology to Cartography: A Cultural Journey of Indian Maps exhibition.
Protest Code
Suñatā Samantā: Emptiness Equality invites you to look beyond the obvious in art to see…
Owl is Well, around Greater Kailash – I
A midnight takeaway delivers food that would be ambitious for a sit-down restaurant. ♦ The midnight burger…
Child Speak/Woman Song
Vasundhara Tewari Broota at Shridharani Gallery ♦ Much like her paintings, the title of Vasundhara Tewari…
To the Manohar born
Help yourself to a slice of Delhi food history ♦ Manmohan…
Shahjahanabad coolers
Street the heat ♦ Feeling a bit parched in puraani Dilli? Quench your thirst at…
Charred minars
Pakistani novelist Kamila Shamsie surveys the world from Guantanamo to Peshawar in an interview ♦ A panel from Vishal K…
bpb Review: Café Hameen Ast’o, Said-ul-ajaib, Saket
Firdaus lost and found. ♦ In a million tourism brochures and travel articles, both Delhi…
Tending Bar: Deepak Fartyal
The Turquoise Cottage veteran describes his job. ♦ This story was originally published in Time…
French Pâtisserie Ladurée’s First India Outpost
Sacrebleu, it’s pink! ♦ This story was originally published in Conde Nast Traveller India. Last…
A Bird’s-Eye View of the Raj
Science and whimsy mix in Delhi Art Gallery’s exhibition of Company paintings. ♦ This story…
From Baghdad to Your Backyard
Iraqi emigrée Roaa Sardar delivers kunafa, shawarma and more around Delhi. ♦ The Back(lava) Story…
Graveyard of the Raj
Secret Delhi: Coronation Durbar Park ♦ North of Old Delhi, in a now-desolate field, lies…
Greener Pastures
Aunty Sudha Aunty Radha is a world apart, capturing the slow rhythm of daily life…
Ten spiritual trails
Exploring Delhi’s religious landmarks ♦ Excerpt from a Time Out Delhi cover package from October 2008….
Gargoti Mineral Museum
A hidden gem ♦ This article is part of a longer story on Delhi’s museums….
Espresso Grill
Rich flavours on pretty plates ♦ Delhi’s largest multilevel parking lot on Baba Kharak Singh Marg,…
Darkness in Delhi
As Delhi’s lives are looted again, the architecture of the city too shifts beneath our…
Lockdown Life: Inside the Homes and Phones of a Covid-Shuttered Country
Originally published as part of Khabar Lahariya’s long-form series “Sound Fury & 4G” ♦ https://youtu.be/auJn7bXcBnA…
Patel Rap
Capital Communities: Delhi’s Gujaratis aren’t all business. ♦ Gujaratis have a long history in Delhi,…
Mother of Invention
Perumal Murugan remembers Amma in his latest book. ♦ Originally published in India Today. I’d…
Q&A: Alka Pande
Alka Pande has a finger in many artistic pies. ♦ This story was originally published…
Killing Snobbery Softly
Anuja Chauhan takes a stab at the murder mystery genre and skewers elitism in the…
Yoko Ono
The avante-garde artist performs and exhibits in Delhi ♦ Read this…
Eternal returns
William Dalrymple on researching Return of a King, his history of the First Afghan War ♦…
Asharq Al-Awsat
A worthy detour on the road to Damascus ♦ We don’t often find ourselves in…
Damn nation
Siddartha Deb finds life less than shiny in the new India ♦ In The Beautiful and…
bpbReview: The Hong Kong Club, Andaz Delhi, Aerocity
Sampan in the way she moves. ♦ This writer is a fan of Andaz hotel’s…