Written by phileasfogg on August 23, 2009
- Last spring, an American friend of mine had come visiting India and stopped a few days in Delhi. I took her shopping, and then out to lunch. When I asked Greta whether she’d prefer Indian...
Written by phileasfogg on February 25, 2009
- The last Mughal Emperor was the ill-fated Bahadur Shah II, an accomplished poet who used the pen name `Zafar’, Bahadur Shah `Zafar’ had the misfortune to be the de jure ruler when, in 1857, the...
Written by phileasfogg on February 25, 2009
- The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) has chapters all across India. The Delhi Chapter has its work cut out: Delhi has over 2,000 listed historical structures, many in constant danger of...
Written by phileasfogg on February 15, 2009
- The Qutb Minar, Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque, Alai Darwaza and the tomb of Iltutmish are the most striking of the monuments in the Qutb Archaeological Site complex, but that doesn’t mean these are the only structures here....
Written by phileasfogg on February 15, 2009
- Walking past the sarai and then the Alai Minar, the first building you’ll come to is the Quwwat-ul-Islam (`might of Islam’) Mosque. This name appears to have been applied to the mosque only from the...
Written by phileasfogg on February 15, 2009
- The `Qutb Minar and its Monuments’ (as listed in the UNESCO World Heritage sites list) were designated a World Heritage site in 1993, conforming to the criterion that it is "an outstanding example of a...
Written by phileasfogg on December 1, 2008
- Just about any publisher or book distributor worth their salt in Delhi (and even India, for that matter) has an office in Daryaganj. I haven’t been able to figure out the reason for this, but...
Written by francelvr on July 11, 2008
- If you've never before flown through a third-world airport and the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi is the first, it could well be your baptism of fire. Though there are signs plastered all...
Written by actonsteve on February 11, 2008
- It was as soon as I descended into the underpass connecting Janpath that things started to go horribly wrong.Everybody is green in tourist India. There are so many potholes for independent travel and in a...
Written by phileasfogg on December 31, 2007
- Too much of what passes for Indian food outside of India is an assortment of spicy, greasy dishes that give you indigestion and acidity. True, some Indian food is oily. And some Indian food...
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