Rajkumari Sharma Tankha Heard a woman talking so loudly on her handphone in Delhi Metro on a Monday morning. This woman, in her late thirties or early forties, was talking to her friend about someone, may be her sister-in-law. From what I could gather from the forcible evesdropping (she was so loud, I couldn’t help […]Read More
Rajkumari Sharma Tankha Small, yet hardly green, It sticks stubbornly to the branch, Against sun and rain, breeze and storm, The last leaf of tree. I know- inside me, I will live as long as this leaf, Gently moving in life, As it sways in gentle breeze, Or going through a storm inside me, As […]Read More
Rajkumari Sharma Tankha Sheesh Mahal is one of the many pleasure gardens built by the Mughals, north of Shahjahanabad. Nestled amid the crowded bylanes of Shalimar Gaon near Shalimar Bagh in northwest Delhi, a few km off the Ring Road in the Sheesh Mahal District Park, Sheesh Mahal is quite a large building, constructed […]Read More
Frequented by good Dijnns famous for fulfiling wishes, Jami Masjid at Feroz Shah Kotla complex is swarmed by people on Thursdays.Read More
Rajkumari Sharma Tankha Tripolia Gate on the GT Karnal Road near Rana Pratap Bagh is one of the many heritage monument in the city that have been lying in dilapidated state. Uncared for by the authorities, this historic gate once stood guarding the entrance to Delhi. Tripolia Gate, meaning the triple gateway, was built during […]Read More
Rajkumari Sharma Tankha As a teenager, architect Yamini Agarwal once visited the Hotel Taj in Delhi and got so mesmerized by its interiors that she decided there and then that when she grew up she would design spaces. Following her passion, did her B.Sc (Interior Design) from Spectrum Institute, Delhi after completing her schooling from […]Read More
Rajkumari Sharma Tankha It was once a place brimming with activity. Hundreds of travellers on their way to Delhi would take shelter in one of the many rooms of this huge multi-storeyed haveli and enjoy the delicacies lovingly served by Chabili Bhatiyaran. And as the news reached far and wide the place came to be […]Read More
Rajkumari Sharma Tankha For the 25th day in a row, I have to bear with the song Tune maari entriyan to dil main baji ghantiyan from the recent Hindi flick Gunday. Everyday, this song is played to full volume in a school in my neighbourhood, from around 9 in the morning till 2PM when the […]Read More
Rajkumari Sharma Tankha These days the first job I have in the morning is to scan the daily newspapers we subscribe to. Why? Because I have to see and assure myself if there is any objectionable content or visual in it. My daughters are growing up, you see, and they are in that stage of […]Read More
Rajkumari Sharma Tankha Located on the highest part of the Northern Ridge, the Flagstaff Tower is one of the many historical monuments Delhi has. It was constructed by the British around 1828. It is a cake -shaped building, about 150 m in height, with a low parapet running around the top, approached by a narrow […]Read More
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