“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…
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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…
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…
After a fabulous lunch and dinner at this legendary restaurant, we decide to try out its neighbor, the Al Jawahar. It’s located almost opposite to Jama Masjid’s Gate 1, making it easier to locate. The entrance to the restaurant is…
Three years before the Taj Mahal came into completion, Shah Jahan—the fifth Mughal emperor of India—laid the foundation stone for the building of Jama Masjid in Delhi, India’s largest mosque. Pretty busy guy, I must say, considering how he was…
The Neighborhood Located in a peaceful part of South Delhi, on a street lined with tall, green trees, Kapur Guest House welcomes its guests with a smile. I am truly impressed with the location of this budget hotel, its neighboring…
“Go straight then turn left on the third street,” explained the rickshaw driver, pointing towards a crowded street. Wiping the beads of perspiration quickly off his face with a small towel that hangs over his right shoulder, he adds,…
“Hotel Jaggi Palace is an edifice, au-courant with the nonpareil luxury in the capital that values your needs.” That is what it says on the hotel’s website, although I’m not entirely sure what it means. What I know is that…
Excruciatingly hot. Unbearably humid. Impossibly sticky. But it’s my favorite city in India so meaningful posts will be published soon, right after I recover back to my conscious and coherent state. In the meantime please excuse me; I’m going to…
“India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grandmother of tradition. Our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are…