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Chai Garam

Foggy nights yield the floor to misty mornings and the sun makes a valiant effort to lift the veil enveloping Delhi. Doodh-wallahs careen round the corners on their noisy ‘Bullet’ bikes groaning under the weight of huge milk containers.

Mehrauli Archaeological Park Heritage Walk on 14th March 2010 at 9am

Date: 
14/03/2010 - 09:00 - 11:00

Delhi’s only Archaeological Park, spread out over a sprawling 200 acres in Mehrauli, encompasses over 100 historically significant monuments built over five centuries—from the early 11th century to the late Mughal period.

Lodi Garden Heritage Walk by Delhi Heritage Walks on 13th March 2010 5pm

Date: 
13/03/2010 - 17:00 - 19:00

Beautifully landscaped and well laid out with small water bodies, fountains and a jogging track, the gardens are very popular with people of all ages.

The main attractions are the ancient monuments belonging to the Sayyid and Lodi periods around which the garden was laid out in 1936 by relocating the then existing village.

Do Join the walk and experience Heritage With Nature

Today is International Women’s Day

For those of us who consider ourselves emancipated may scorn such a day that presumes to “uplift women” or “better their lot”; after all we are empowered, independent women who don’t need such patronage from the government or others. We may well be disdainful of reservations in the Loksabha and even  in public transport.

National Seminar on Community Radio at Marwah Studios

Date: 
10/03/2010 (All day)

Asian School of Media Studies, Noida in association with World Development Foundation has decided to organize a national seminar on community Radio covering opportunities and challenge on 10th march at Marwah studios, informed R.K.Singh the dean of ASMS.

Night Rider

A long gruelling day is over. The twilight gives way to the velvety darkness and Delhiites return home to their families. Dinner and television follow, though not necessarily in the same order or met with the same enthusiasm. Delhi, at large, is ready for bed.

Heritage Walk in Chandni Chowk by Delhi Heritage Walk

Date: 
07/03/2010 - 09:00 - 11:00

The antiquity of the main market area of Chandni Chowk has rendered it a venerated place in the markets of Delhi. It is said that it was once lined with beautiful fountains. However, with time, it grew as crowded as it is today.
Situated opposite the Red Fort, Chandani Chowk houses the Digambar Jain Temple, Fatehpuri Mosque - built by the wives of Shah Jahan - and Sunheri Masjid.

Hauz Khas Heritage Walk on 6th March 2010 at 5pm

Date: 
06/03/2010 - 17:00 - 19:00

Hauz Khas in Delhi is a composite site which consists of a tank and several monuments like mosque, madrasa and tomb. Hauz-i-Alai was a tank, built by Emperor Ala-ud-din Khilji in 1300, so that rainwater could be preserved in the tank and distributed across the city of Siri which served as the capital of Khilji dynasty.

Delhi Akharas- the ‘gripping’ capital

There’s certainly more to being active than just hitting the treadmill. Delhi, the capital of India, teems with all sorts of physical, ‘outdoorsy’ stuff such as wrestling, riding, and similar sort of gripping games. If one is a fitness freak with a pugnacious streak, and wants to try out some good ol’ Indian style wrestling, well, Delhi certainly doesn’t disappoint.

An Open Letter to ’Womens’ Magazines

All the magazines out there that claim to be for women, that claim to address the specific needs of this particular demographic of the world (half the world actually); why is it that they talk mainly about home about cooking and about make up? There are myriad different issues I have with women’s magazines:

The Taj Mahotsav, Agra on Soon

While it is usually people from Agra who travel down to the great metropolis of New Delhi for shopping and entertainment, Agra’s Taj Mahotsav is something of an exception and the reverse may be true. This is one opportunity for people from Delhi to perhaps make a weekend trip or even  take several days to be part of the fun and vibrant Taj Mahotsav that begins on 18 February 2010 and will continue for 10 days.

Book Release and discussion on Identity Politics In India And Europe

Date: 
17/02/2010 - 17:00

Nehru Memorial Museum And Library & SAGE Publications are organising a Book Release and discussion on IDENTITY POLITICS IN INDIA AND EUROPE by

 

Dr. Michael Dusche
Fellow, Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Advanced Study, JNU

 

on 17th February, 2010 (Wednesday), 5.00 pm

at the Seminar Room, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library,

My Name is Khan Releases Tomorrow

There is so much tumult with regard to My Name is Khan’s pre-release controversy that one has lost sight of the fact this is a film that actually has a very promising story; a film that people will likely enjoy watching.

What’s With the Hollywood Migration?

Indian leading ladies from tinsel town seem to be making a beeline for the far shores of Hollywood these days it would seem. There is Aishwarya Rai, Mallika Sherawat, and do we also hear Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone going the same way?

Sense & Sensibility – This Valentines Day

Valentine’s Day will be here soon and while many of us are probably thinking of ways to celebrate it with our loved ones, yet others among are wondering how they will dodge the moral police, the self appointed upholders of ‘Indian culture’ that will be lurking and lying in wait for an excuse for vandalism on the day.

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