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Lights. Camera. Action. RajMan Talkies.
Life is a rollercoaster and you don’t know what’s coming. 11 July. This day, marks the most memorable day for me. The day, I saw my films...
Sep 2, 20222 min read


A Tourist in my very own Dilli.
I’m feeling like a tourist in my own city today. It feels like I’m visiting the Lodhi Gardens for the first time, which has been my path...
Sep 2, 20222 min read


A story unfolds at the Safdarjung Tomb.
The rain has finally stopped. The sky is overcast. The breeze is blowing. The weather is beautiful. I’ve packed my bag with a diary, a...
Sep 2, 20222 min read


A walk from Hauz Khas Metro Station to the Haus Khas Village.
The sun was playing hide and seek. The moment, the air conditioned metro ride turned to the heat wave street walk, I thought it isn’t my...
Aug 16, 20222 min read


Dilli’s treasured second-hand books store: Jacksons Books.
Paharganj is an antique trunk, full of treasures. A lot is hidden in it. The trunk (sandook) is painted with, writes Manan Kathuria.
May 28, 20222 min read


Jama Masjid at Night.
Shahjahan’s treasure, the epitome of architecture and the grandeur of heritage resides on a hill...writes Manan Kathuria
May 25, 20222 min read


Postcards from Majnu Ka Tila.
Dilli, what has happened to your coolness? Your scorching heat is making it unbearable for most of the people to explore. I may or may...
May 25, 20222 min read


A Colourful day in Chandigarh.
Brown, Green, Yellow, Red. That’s how life looks in the first planned city of India during the time when flowers bloom and the dry leaves...
May 11, 20222 min read


A tryst with Delhi’s Safdarjung Tomb.
Have you ever felt that the day is not going according to the way you want it to? ‘A lot of times’, I said to myself too. ‘Not a good...
Mar 24, 20222 min read


A Dilli Day after Twosday.
I was on a break but life was moving. It was the day after twosday, when I embarked upon a journey to Dilli. A walk around my favourite...
Mar 24, 20222 min read


Startup Kunji: My Father's Dream Book.
Startup Kunji: It’s a dream book. His dream book. My father’s dream book is out for the world now. This is where his world revolved. And...
Mar 22, 20222 min read


Chronicles of Dal Lake’s Houseboat, Srinagar.
It was dusk. Nothing was more beautiful than this. Trust me, nothing. I was on a shikara ride, on my way to the Houseboat in Dal Lake...
Mar 7, 20222 min read


Lonely benches of Delhi at Sunder Nursery.
A world around nature, a world around flying pigeons, falling leaves, feathers on the ground, mysteries and melancholy all around...
Mar 6, 20222 min read


Two, mostly two-gether at 32nd Avenue, Gurgaon.
A Winter afternoon. A very cold day. A picturesque place which looks like Paris, Italy or Germany. I haven’t been anywhere out of these...
Jan 29, 20222 min read


A day of my life: My Second Home, Faqir Chand Book Store, Khan Market.
3 weeks, it had been more than 3 weeks, that I felt something was missing, a void, a longing for something. I knew what it was. I asked...
Jan 23, 20222 min read


Manto Sahab: Mere dost, Mere dushman.
18 January, 1955 you left this world. After 45 years, I was born. 19 years after that, I was introduced to you at Daryaganj’s Big Book...
Jan 19, 20222 min read


A visit to Red Fort: From Meena Bazaar to Diwan-i-Aam.
A visit to Red Fort. Dilli is being missed, those streets, the people, the life, the rickshaw rides, the metro...writes Manan Kathuria.
Jan 17, 20222 min read


Memoirs from my life: A bench.
I was sitting on a bench which must have seen so many generations, so many days, so many months, so many years...read more - Manan Kathuria.
Jan 10, 20222 min read


Finding solace at Dargah Salim Chisti, Fatehpur Sikri, Agra
I knew the stars will align again and I’ll be visiting the place where I left a part of my heart, the very first time I visited it...
Jan 3, 20223 min read


Taj Mahal: an epitome of illusion where love resides forever.
Taj Mahal; who doesn’t know about this? The world comes to see this epitome of beauty where love resides forever. But, I never understood...
Dec 29, 20213 min read
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