But the building which brings the most nostalgic feeling that compels you to drop a tear in remembrance is Indira Gandhi Memorial Museum. It displays some of her personal effects, including the sari she was wearing at the time of her assassination

Almost all roads in central Delhi are named after historical personalities: the great Ashoka to Akbar and Aurangzed, to Lord Cornwallis to Tilak and Zakir Hussain - a collage of names giving it a cosmopolitan flavour.

Walk out of administration and you can play your time off on Delhi Golf Course, bet your wallet at Race Course, chug back along the time at Rail Bhavan, and stride leisurely at Mughal Gardens.

The shopoholics will love it at Cannaught Place. And then all roads - nine of them - lead to Palikha Bazar, a place where it is highly risky to carry your credit card. You just go underground and emerge out fully loaded with all that your hands can lay on.

On the further north, is one of the most spectacular pieces of Mughal Architecture - the Lal Quila or the Red Fort. It is here the Prime Minister of India addresses the nation on the Independence day.

In front of Red Fort are lined the tombs of Prime Ministers of India. The first in the line is Raj Ghat - a place where Mahatma Gandhi's last rites were performed. It is followed by Shanti Van (Jawahar Lal Nehru), Vijay Ghat (Lal Bahadur Shastri), Shakti Sthal (Indira Gandhi), Vir Bhoomi (Rajiv Gandhi).

Drive further on the ring road to enter the oldest Delhi. Excavations at the site of Purana Quila have yielded Painted Grey Ware pottery which has been dated to 1000BC, a time, according to Hindu Literature, when the epic Mahabharatha took place. Further excavations seem to conclusively prove that this indeed was the place where Indraprastha once flourished