Sunday, August 29, 2010

Delhi - Those Times and Lives - 5

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(Continued excerpts from The Last Mughal by  William Dalrymple ) For Sir Thomas Metcalfe, a little to the south at the Residency offices o...
Sunday, August 22, 2010

दवा-दारु

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"दवा-दारु" का इस से बेहतर नमूना आप को शायद ही कहीं मिले! हमारे मिलेनियम सिटी गुडगाँव की जय!
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Delhi - Those Times and Lives - 4

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(Continued excerpts from The Last Mughal by William Dalrymple ) Mirza Ghalib But the biggest draw of all were the poets and intellectua...
Saturday, August 14, 2010

64th Independence Day - Hope and Despair

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On the eve of 64th anniversary of Indian Independence Day, my feelings alternate between hope and despair. I am filled with hope when I rea...
Sunday, August 08, 2010

Delhi - Those Times and Lives - 3

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(Continued excerpts from The Last Mughal by William Dalrymple ) By now in the city itself, in the high-walled privacy of the courtyards o...
Sunday, August 01, 2010

कल शाम

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बारिशों के धुले धुले, खुशनुमा मौसम में अपनी एक पुरानी कविता याद आयी है, सो लगा रहा हूँ - कल शाम जब प्रकृति मुस्कुराई थी, जब बादल फट ...
Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Delhi - Those Times and Lives - 2

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(Continued excerpts from The Last Mughal by William Dalrymple ) (Picture Courtesy: i.dailymail.co.uk) As the cantonment memsahibs await...
Thursday, July 22, 2010

वाह ताज बोलिए!

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पिछले सप्ताहांत आगरा और फतेहपुर सीकरी हो कर लौटा हूँ. ताजमहल, सिकन्दरा (अकबर का मकबरा) और फतेहपुर सीकरी देख कर. जी, पहली बार. ताजमहल की हज...
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Friday, July 16, 2010

तालिबानी ऑटो? या, Your friendly neighborhood agony aunt?

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मिलेनियम सिटी गुडगाँव के एक ऑटो में लिखे इस मजेदार फरमान को क्या कहा जाये, खुद ही फैसला कीजिये. (चित्र के लिए माधव को धन्यवाद)
Sunday, July 11, 2010

Delhi - Those Times and Lives - 1

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In my post  The Last Mughal , I had promised that I would serialize the portions of this book by William Dalrymple , depicting the daily liv...
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Tuesday, July 06, 2010

The Why of Painting

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Following is a beautiful quote by the renowned American painter Robert Henri, which I stumbled upon on the internet while researching some p...
Sunday, July 04, 2010

The Last Mughal

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After the White Mughals  and City of Djinns , the third book by William Dalrymple, which I have just finished reading, is The Last Mughal ....
Sunday, June 13, 2010

Jai Badri Vishaal

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चरण , शरण गुरु , एक पैंडा * जाए चल , सतगुरु कोट * पैंडा अग्गे होए लेत है . * पैंडा - कदम ; * कोट - सहस्त्र , हज़ार     (Only the ...
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