Humayun’s Sher Mandal and Akbar’s Takht-i-Akbari

In mid October I, along with my friend Anil Nagwani, drove around 550 kms from New Delhi to Kalanaur, in Gurdaspur district of Punjab, to visit the place where Mughal emperor Akbar was coronated on 14 February 1556. Akbar's father had just passed away and it was decided that the thirteen year old Akbar be made …

Of video libraries, eBooks, paper books and the endangered species called bookstores

Today I read a very interesting article in the Mint newspaper by Mayank Austen Soofi - Delhi's Belly | Dial M for Mithilesh - on bookstore attendants and how they help book-lovers in some of the best known bookstores in the Capital city. The article also talked about bookstores that are fast disappearing, slowly being …

St. James Church

St. James Church, in the busy Kashmere Gate area of Old Delhi, holds the distinction of being the first church in Delhi. The mustard colored structure is not easy to miss if you are on Shamnath Marg, traveling from the post office towards the Metro Station - it will be on your right.  The old …