Category Archives: New Delhi

A Cold and Foggy New Delhi

Posted on February 7, 2013 by nadia
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“Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. There’s heavy fog in New Delhi with visibility reduced to 100 meters so we’re going to delay our flight by thirty minutes or until the weather in New Delhi clears up a … Continue reading →

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Live from Delhi: The India Gate Canopy

Posted on February 1, 2013 by nadia
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  Just a few meters away from The India Gate, there’s this beautiful canopy with a roof of red sandstone. The canopy was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and was built in 1936. At that time, the marble statue of Sir George V stood under … Continue reading →

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Humayun’s Tomb, Delhi

Posted on July 6, 2011 by nadia
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Nine years after her husband’s death,  Hamida Banu Begum hired a Persian architect to build a grand mausoleum in honor of her husband, Humayun, the second Mughal emperor. Why it took her almost a decade to come up with this … Continue reading →

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