Delhi
Do We Really Need a Capital?
Manu Joseph
The idea of a national capital is not any more meaningful than the idea of national sports and birds.
Behind the Common Stealth Games
When the Games’ tourists come to Delhi, they will find a swanky city that has no compassion for the poor.
Two Lives, Two Realities
Time and space, and inner and outer worlds, come together in Rahab Allana’s diptychs.
In Public Interest
An intriguing art project by Khoj Studios facilitates conversations between the city and its teeming millions.
The Sound of Winter
If you think Delhi is a musically dead city, tune in once again and listen to these notes blowing in with the cool winds.
Delhi in Doldrums
In artist Golak Khandual’s latest work, birds flee for their lives from ugly Delhi buildings. His visuals evoke a constant tussle between the city of old and the new
They are Hardworking and Hateworthy
The thing about hate—it’s about love, actually. It’s an emotion of denial. A defence mechanism. Hating a thing has much to do with coveting something about it.
Its Cosmopolitanism is a Veneer
Dreams have a habit of dissolving under scrutiny. Which other city can boast of Bal Thackeray as its patron saint? Mumbai always succumbs to chauvinism, unfailingly. It’s its defining feature
It’s a City of Undeserved Privilege
Like a rich man’s son, Delhi is a beneficiary of undeserved privileges. That is at the heart of Bombay’s contempt for Delhi.
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